Radical by David Platt
Week 7: Chapter 6 — How Much Is Enough?
Read Chapter 6 of Radical by David Platt. Key passages: Luke 12:13–34; 1 Timothy 6:6–10, 17–19; Matthew 6:19–24.
This may be the chapter that hits closest to home for most American readers — Platt turns his full attention to money, possessions, and the question of what a genuinely gospel-shaped financial life looks like.
Discussion Questions
8 questions1.Platt opens with the observation that Jesus talked about money more than almost any other subject — and that American Christians are among the wealthiest people in the history of the world. Given both of those facts, why do you think money remains one of the most avoided topics in most churches?
2.He uses the parable of the rich fool (Luke 12:13–34) as a centerpiece of this chapter — a man who built bigger barns to store his abundance but was not "rich toward God." What does it mean to be "rich toward God"? What does it look like in practice?
3.Platt challenges the prosperity gospel directly — the idea that God's blessing is primarily evidenced by financial success. What is wrong with that theology, and why is it so appealing? What does it do to the gospel when material prosperity becomes the sign of God's favor?
a.Do you see traces of prosperity-gospel thinking in your own assumptions about finances and blessing? Be specific.
b.What passages of Scripture most directly challenge that thinking?
Closing Prayer
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