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This is a very challenging book for any Christian who takes the Gospel and their faith seriously.

Quite simply Platt asks his readers to think about how they might live if they really believed what they read in the Bible. He argues that churches have accepted too much of the culture of individualism and materialism and turned Christianity into a comfortable life choice and therapy program instead of something that demands everything you can give.

With hundreds of thousands of innocent children dying without adequate food and water Christians need to wake up and think about these needs not their own comfort. With millions of people unreached by the gospel Christians need to wake up and think about the Great Commission. He challenges you to think about what is comfortable and convenient and what is real faith.

And in a very helpful step, in my opinion, at the end he offers a year long program to begin the process of re-orienting your life and faith: pray for the entire world; read through the entire Word; sacrifice your money for a specific purpose; spend time in another context; and commit yourself to to a multiplying community.

The writing is a big awkward at times as he switches between anecdotes, theology, cultural criticism, and memoir rather frequently and not always smoothly. The chapters are not tightly argued point as much as conversational and anecdotal descriptions mixed with arguments.

But the message is powerful and, in my opinion, one that needs to be heard.Get more detail about Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream.