Tag: Counter-Culture

guilt and obedience

May 2015 (21)“… simple guilt in the face of global statistics doesn’t produce sustainable obedience to God’s commands. We may change our ways for a short time based upon guilt, but it won’t last.”

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.32.

free to

May 2015 (20)“If you are a follower of Christ, then you are free to rest in his finished work on your behalf, and at the same time you are free to do good work according to his will.”

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.30.

simply not

May 2015 (19)“…those who claim to be Christians but refuse to help poverty stricken people are simply not children of God.”

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.29.

root of ignorance

May 2015 (18)“If the love of God is in our hearts, then it is not possible for us to ignore the poor in the world.”

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.27.

incredibly what?

May 2015 (17)“… if we have clean water, sufficient food and clothes, a roof over our heads at night, access to medicine, a mode of transportation … and the ability to read a book, then relative to billions of people in the world, we are incredibly wealthy.”

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.26.