All David Platt Quotes
- Superficial religion consists of merely believing certain truths and doing certain things....such superficial religion is rampant in the world today. Believe
- This is the curse of superficial religion: the constant attempt to do outward things apart from inward transformation. Apart
- One of my favorite sights is to look across a room packed with people with their Bibles in their laps, studying who God is and… Across
- We have a dangerous tendency to misunderstand, minimize, and even manipulate the gospel in order to accommodate our assumptions and our desires. Accommodate
- The gospel reveals the glory of God. According to God's Word, he is the sovereign Creator of all things. According
- I wonder sometimes, though, if we intentionally or just unknowingly mask the beauty of God in the gospel by minimizing his various attributes. Attributes
- We are afraid that if we stop and really look at God in his Word, we might discover that he evokes greater awe and demands… Afraid
- This is the reality about humanity. We are each born with an evil, God-hating heart. Genesis 8: 21 says that every inclination of man's heart… Assume
- In our evil we rebel against God. We take the law of God, written in his Word and on our hearts, and we disobey it. Disobey
- Everything in all creation responds in obedience to the Creator... until we get to you and me. We have the audacity to look God in… All
- The gospel confronts us with the hopelessness of our sinful condition. But we don't like what we see of ourselves in the gospel, so we… Condition
- So the challenge for us is to live in such a way that we are radically dependent on and desperate for the power that only… Challenge
- The dangerous assumption we unknowingly accept in the American dream is that our greatest asset is our own ability. Ability
- While the goal of the American dream is to make much of us, the goal of the gospel is to make much of God. American
- Consider what it takes for successful businessmen and businesswomen, effective entrepreneurs and hardworking associates, shrewd retirees and idealistic students to combine forces with a creative… Associates
- The church I lead could have the least gifted people, the least talented people, the fewest leaders, and the least money, and this church under… Church
- Surrounded by the self -sufficiency of American culture, we can convince ourselves that we have what it takes to achieve something great. Achieve
- Our great need is to fall before an almighty Father day and night and to plead for him to show his radical power in and… Accomplish
- God really is in the business of blessing his people in unusual ways so his goodness and his greatness will be declared among all peoples. All
- We live in a church culture that has a dangerous tendency to disconnect the grace of God from the glory of God. Church