I Can't Urge You Strongly Enough...

Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world. - James 1:27

Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor will also cry himself and not be heard. - Proverbs 21:13

Last Friday I dared you, my readers, to listen to these sermons by David Platt. I posted links to all eight sermons, though at the time I'd only heard the first two and part of the third. Yesterday I finished listening to all of them, and I've changed my mind. I'm no longer daring you to listen to them.

Now I'm begging you.

I've never heard a sermon series like this before in my life. And though Bro. David entitled the series "Radical," (because their message truly is radical to our society,) yet in a greater sense, they're not radical... they're simply biblical.

Please. I'm really begging you. I don't remember the last time I've begged anyone for anything but to repent and believe the Gospel. (And in a way, that's what I'm begging for now.) Please please please. We need to hear this. The Church should never be afraid of hearing what God's Word actually says, because we know that by obeying God we draw closer to Him in fellowship, are more conformed to the image of His Son, and store up greater treasures in heaven. Christian sacrifice is not sacrifice at all. It's all gain. You have nothing to lose.

I've been encouraging everyone I talk to listen to this. When you've listened to some or all of it (though I encourage you to listen to each sermon, because questions and/or objections you may raise in response to some of the earlier sermons are answered in later ones,) I'd love to hear from you. Your comments are most welcome. May God be glorified in ways we never imagined.