Leave the American Gospel Behind to Fully Follow Jesus

The author of the New York Times bestseller Radical challenges Christians to break free from the American gospel that prostitutes Jesus for comfort, power, prosperity, and politics, and to fully pursue the true gospel that exalts Jesus above all else. Pastor David Platt believes we have become too good at following a really bad gospel—one that worships American ideas over biblical truth. It is time for disillusioned, disheartened, divided Christians, and the next generation, to follow Jesus into a different future. We have a choice: an American gospel or the biblical gospel. Worldly division or otherworldly unity. Compromise with the idols of our country or commitment to God’s call on our lives. In Don’t Hold Back, Platt encourages Jesus followers to take necessary risks and find unimaginable reward as we:

• Work for, not against, one another, especially when we disagree
• Turn the tide of centuries of racial division in the church
• Trust God’s whole Word with conviction while lovingly reaching out with compassion to everyone around us
• Do justice with kindness and experience the good life according to God
• Do our part in spreading the gospel to all nations of the world

We can experience the full wonder of Jesus and the transcendent beauty of His Church right here, right now. But to do so, some things must be different. Let’s start not with “those people,” but with each of us. With the gospel in our hearts and God as our prize, let’s go forward and don’t hold back.