Episode 108: Something Needs to Change with David Platt

Bestselling author and pastor David Platt rocks.

He navigated our interview with humility and courage.

Not only did he open up his heart and journals with us about his new book 'Something Needs to Change' (and how he went from writing "coldhearted" sermons about poverty and sex trafficking to weeping about them both), but he also encouraged us and leaders everywhere not to sit down when it comes to engaging culture's urgent challenging questions about sexuality.

Hear his humble exhortation with us today on the podcast.

 

//: Highlights:

• "If I preach the whole counsel of God but ignore the areas in which the Devil is at that moment attacking in the culture around me, then I am not faithfully confessing Christ--no matter how much other stuff I may say." --David Platt
• "You go up to people on these trails and you say, 'What do you know about Jesus?' And they say, 'Who is that?' --like you're talking about someone in their village that they've never met." --David Platt
• "I wrote a sermon on the plane on the way over there talking about poverty and trafficking. I wrote it from this frighteningly coldhearted perspective. Apparently, it's possible to know a bunch of facts and even know the Bible ... and totally be unaffected by these things." --David Platt

//: Question of the Week for Next Week:

• What is your spiritual gift?

//: Do the Next Thing:

• David's book Something Needs to Change ? Find it here.
• That sermon he gave on God's design for sexuality? Find it here.
• That Christianity Today article highlighting one of David's favorite moments in the book? Find it here.
• That Journey Well Study? Find it here (Use offer code PODCAST to get both the videos and book for $19.99 only until Jan 31!)
• For More? Here.