Radical by David Platt

Week 10: Review & Reflection — The Radical Experiment

Re-read the Conclusion and the description of The Radical Experiment from Radical by David Platt. Review your notes and journal entries from the previous nine weeks.

You have now walked through every chapter of this challenging book — this final week is your opportunity to consolidate what you have learned, be honest about what has changed, and decide what you will actually do.

Discussion Questions

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1.Looking back across the entire book, which chapter or idea hit you hardest? What made it land with such force — was it something new you learned, something you already knew but had been avoiding, or something that confirmed a growing conviction?

2.Platt's central thesis is that American Christianity has been shaped by the American Dream more than by the gospel of Jesus. After nine weeks with this book, do you agree with that diagnosis? Has your assessment of it changed at all from where you started?

3.The book ends with "The Radical Experiment" — a one-year commitment involving five practices: praying for the whole world, reading through the whole Word, sacrificing your money for a specific purpose, spending your time in another context, and multiplying your life in others. Which of these five commitments feels most accessible to you, and which feels most frightening? Why?

4.Is there a specific, concrete change you have already made — or are committed to making — as a result of reading this book? Name it. Write it down. Tell the group.

5.Platt distinguishes throughout the book between a "cultural Christian" — one who has absorbed Christian identity from their environment — and a true disciple who has counted the cost and chosen to follow. Where would you place yourself honestly at the end of this book? Has that placement shifted at all?

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Closing Prayer

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Lord Jesus, we have heard Your words again — the real ones, the costly ones, the freeing ones. We have been confronted with how much we have settled for and how much we have left on the table. We do not want to close this book and return to our former lives unchanged. Forgive us for every way we have made the American Dream our gospel. We believe You are worth it — worth the discomfort, the sacrifice, the risk, the surrender. Seal what You have begun in us through these weeks. Lead us into The Radical Experiment — and whatever comes after it. We are Yours. Amen.

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