failing follower?

May 2015 (13)“It is impossible to be a follower of Christ while denying, disregarding, discrediting, and disbelieving the words of Christ.”

David Platt, Counter Culture: A Compassionate Call to Counter Culture in a World of Poverty, Same-Sex Marriage, Racism, Sex Slavery, Immigration, Abortion, Persecution, Orphans and Pornography. Tyndale House Publishers, 2015, p.17.

most offensive claim

May 2015 (12)“…the most offensive claim in Christianity is that God is the Creator, Owner, and Judge of every person on the planet.”

David Platt, Counter Culture: A Compassionate Call to Counter Culture in a World of Poverty, Same-Sex Marriage, Racism, Sex Slavery, Immigration, Abortion,
Persecution, Orphans and Pornography
. Tyndale House Publishers, 2015, p.15.

just one more way

May 2015 (11)“If there were 1000 ways to God, we would want 1,001.  The issue is not how many ways lead to God, the issue is our own autonomy before God.  We want to make our own way.  This is the essence of sin in the first place – trusting our ways more than God’s way.”

David Platt, Counter Culture: A Compassionate Call to Counter Culture in a World of Poverty, Same-Sex Marriage, Racism, Sex Slavery, Immigration, Abortion,
Persecution, Orphans and Pornography
. Tyndale House Publishers, 2015, p.14.

chasing slavery

May 2015 (10)“We chase all these things, thinking that we’re free.  But we’re blind to our own bondage. For in all our running to serve ourselves, we’re actually rebelling against the only One who can satisfy our souls.”

David Platt, Counter Culture: A Compassionate Call to Counter Culture in a World of Poverty, Same-Sex Marriage, Racism, Sex Slavery, Immigration, Abortion, Persecution, Orphans and Pornography. Tyndale House Publishers, 2015, p.8.

what girls are not for

May 2015 (9)“God …has uniquely formed (each precious girl) not for forced sexual violation from countless random men but for joyful sexual union with a husband who cherishes, serves, and loves her.”

David Platt, Counter Culture: A Compassionate Call to Counter Culture in a World of Poverty, Same-Sex Marriage, Racism, Sex Slavery, Immigration, Abortion, Persecution, Orphans and Pornography. Tyndale House Publishers, 2015, p.6.