Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream

by David Platt

It’s easy for American Christians to forget how Jesus said his followers would actually live, what their new lifestyle would actually look like. They would leave behind security, money, convenience, and even family – for him. They would abandon everything for the gospel. They would take up their crosses daily. But who do you know who lives like that? Platt asks with an uncomfortable question: What is Jesus actually worth to you? He argues most American Christians have quietly reshaped the gospel to fit comfortable cultural expectations.

Radical contrasts what Jesus said discipleship costs with how most believers actually live. Platt tells the story of his own church wrestling with that gap in real time.

• The tension between the American Dream and radical discipleship
• What Jesus actually said his followers would give up
• A real church’s attempt to take the gospel seriously
• An invitation into a one-year “Radical Experiment” of obedience

Platt’s central call is simple but demanding: Abandon comfort and convenience for a costlier, more authentic faith.