Follow Me

1.Platt emphasizes that when Jesus called his first disciples, they left everything — nets, boats, and in James and John's case, their own father — immediately. What does that kind of immediate, total response tell us about the authority of Jesus?

1.Platt grounds the need for discipleship in a robust doctrine of human depravity. He describes people apart from Christ as spiritually dead — not sick, not confused, but dead. How does this diagnosis change how we think about evangelism and discipleship?

1.Platt unpacks Luke 9:23, where Jesus says disciples must deny themselves, take up their cross *daily*, and follow him. What does it mean to deny *yourself* — not just deny yourself things, but deny the self itself as the center of your life?

1.Platt argues that the life Jesus promises in John 10:10 — "life to the full" — is not a more comfortable or prosperous version of our current life but something qualitatively different: eternal life, which Jesus defines in John 17:3 as *knowing* God. How does defining eternal life as a relationship rather than a destination change how you think about it?

1.Platt argues that 2 Corinthians 5:17 — "if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation" — is not a poetic metaphor but a literal description of spiritual reality. What does it mean in practice that the old self is "gone" and the new has come?

1.Platt points to Matthew 12:46–50, where Jesus redefines family as those who do the will of the Father, as evidence that the church is not an optional add-on to Christian faith but is itself a new family. How does this challenge the common view that church attendance is simply one spiritual practice among many?

1.Platt structures his vision of discipleship around 2 Timothy 2:2 — Paul's charge to Timothy to entrust what he has received to "faithful men who will be able to teach others also." This is four generations of disciples in one verse. How does this passage reshape what discipleship looks like practically?

1.Platt opens the global dimension of discipleship with the vision in Revelation 7:9 — people from every tribe, tongue, and nation gathered before the throne. How does beginning with this end-time picture change how you think about global missions today?

1.Platt draws from Matthew 10, where Jesus sends the disciples out and tells them to expect persecution, hatred, and danger. How does this passage serve as a corrective to versions of Christianity that promise health, safety, and prosperity?

1.Looking back across the whole book, which chapter or idea hit you the hardest — the one you most wanted to argue with, or the one that most clearly named something true about your life? Why did it land that way?