Neighborhoods & Nations
Neighborhoods & Nations is a video documentary series that explores the big questions, challenges, and obstacles Christians face as they navigate a complex world.
Neighborhoods & Nations is a video documentary series that explores the big questions, challenges, and obstacles Christians face as they navigate a complex world.
Series
12 Traits of a Biblical Church
What do biblical churches look like? What should we look for in a church? Today, some Christians assume that we can or should change the church to meet the demands of the culture. Still, others give little thought to the…
A Chronicle of Redemption
From beginning to end, from creation to new creation, the Bible is telling God’s story of redemption. In this sermon series on the entire Bible, Pastor David Platt guides Christians through God's redemptive plan in all of Scripture. This year-long…
A Study in Acts
More than any other book in the New Testament, the book of Acts provides us with a clear picture of how the early church made disciples in obedience to the command of Christ and multiplied churches in order to advance…
Abide
If you’re a disciple of Jesus, then your abiding in Christ and his abiding in you defines everything about who you are. To abide in Christ means to remain in him. In the church, we often refer to this as…
Advent: He Came
Each year, at Christmas, we take time to reflect on the birth of Jesus Christ. It’s one thing to acknowledge that Christ came as a baby in Bethlehem nearly two thousand years ago, but do you know why he came?…
Advent: The Incarnation of Jesus
Each year, at Christmas, we take time to reflect upon the reality of Christ's incarnation. In the incarnation, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, became a man. He did so in humility by coming to earth as a baby, born…
Attachment: The Gospel and Our Families
In this sermon series, Pastor David Platt shows Christians how the gospel affects every relationship in their life. The gospel affects not only our relationship with God but also how we relate to each other. This is most clearly seen…
Awaken: Crucial Concepts for Biblical Worship
In this sermon series, Pastor David Platt teaches Christians how to worship God individually and corporately. Many Christians only associate the word worship with musical styles and preferences. However, Scripture gives us a different set of priorities when it comes…
Calling
What is calling? How does the Bible speak about calling? In this series, David Platt talks about the four types of calling that the Bible presents. The Call to Salvation The Call to Mission The Call to Station The Call…
Church & Culture: A Study in First Corinthians
As followers of Jesus, we have to navigate a culture that opposes the gospel. Despite this, God has called the church to be faithful in a world that celebrates sin as freedom and views righteousness as oppression. In this sermon…
Covenant Community
As followers of Christ, we are recipients of a new covenant. Christ has bought us with his blood and sealed our salvation for all of eternity. As a result of each of us being in Christ, we are also members…
Cross Culture
The power of the gospel lies in part that it is truly cross-cultural. As we learn to share our faith, we can follow God’s Word to learn how the gospel applies to any culture, anywhere. In this sermon series, Pastor…
Different to Make a Difference
What’s really different about those who make up the church? Could you pick them out of a crowd? As Christians, we are called to be different to make a difference. What does that mean for us today? In an ever-growing…
Engage: Finding Community in the Church
Jesus spent more time with 12 men than he did with everyone else in the world put together. As we look throughout the New Testament we see small groups of believers everywhere. In this sermon series on the New Testament,…
Faith Works: A Study on James
In this sermon series on James, Pastor David Platt preaches on the practical and pointed instructions on the Christian life. James' letter was written to people who were scattered and suffering, James encourages communities of faith to obey God and…
Follow Me
In this sermon series, Pastor David Platt spends time thinking through the call to make disciples and how Jesus commands us to follow him. As he focuses on passages like Matthew 4, David Platt will help you understand how we…
Following Jesus: A Study in the Gospel of Mark
How do we follow Jesus? In this sermon series on the gospel of Mark, Pastor David Platt helps the church understand how to study Mark's gospel. David Platt encourages Christians to walk with Jesus through the challenges and joys of…
For the Love of God
In this sermon series, Pastor David Platt guides Christians through the Old and New Testaments to help them grow in their love for God. The "For the Love of God" series is a journey through different portions of the Old…
Foretold in the Old Testament
In this sermon series on the Old Testament, Pastor David Platt shows us how Christ was foretold in the Old Testament. He guides us through the Old Testament to see how Christ’s coming is foretold from Genesis to Isaiah to…
Free at Last: A Study in Galatians
In this sermon series on Galatians, Pastor David Platt preaches on the way Christians are saved by grace through faith alone. In Galatians, we encounter the true meaning of grace—the kind of grace that leads us to liberty in Christ,…
Global Gospel
In this sermon series on the gospel, Pastor David Platt reminds Christians that the gospel is for all nations. Christ’s command to make disciples of all nations requires us to look beyond our own priorities and our own comforts. Caring…
God's Love for Us: A Study in John 3:16
Why did God send his Son to earth? What is the purpose of the gospel? In this sermon series on John 3:16, Pastor David Platt reminds Christians how God demonstrates his love for them. He remembers a time when he…
Hard to Reach: Indonesia
Journey with us to Indonesia to discover the most spiritually diverse nation in the world, and learn how Christianity can grow in its midst.
Hard to Reach: Iran
Journey with us to Iran where the Church is growing and multiplying despite persecution. Explore Iran's secret church, the kinds of oppression Iranian Christians face, and how Christians outside Iran are using the internet to spread the gospel inside the…
Hard to Reach: Japan
Journey with us to Japan, a country that has had religious freedom for at least 150 years, and Christianity is legal. Still, most people will live and die here without ever meeting a Christian or attending a church.
Hard to Reach: North Korea
Travel with us to the Korean Peninsula, where megachurches and labor camps exist just miles from each other. Explore how one of the world's largest hubs for the gospel grew right next door to the country that wants to extinguish…
Holy Week
What is Holy Week? Why do Christians place so much significance on a few days? In this series, David Platt walks through Holy Week in short, devotional videos. Join David Platt as he walks through the most important week in…
Hope Happens: An Advent Study in Ruth
Scripture is packed full of stories in which God offers hope to the hopeless. The book of Ruth is a prime example. In this Advent sermon series on Ruth, Pastor David Platt shows us how God offers hope to the…
How Every Local Church Can (and Must) Fuel Global Missions
Approximately 3.2 billion people have little to no access to the gospel today. That’s approximately 3.2 billion children, women, and men who are on a road that leads to eternal suffering, and no one has told them how to have…
Impact: Membership in the Local Church
In this sermon series on church membership, Pastor David Platt helps us understand why every Christian should join a biblical church. This sermon series reveals the biblical basis for commitment to membership in the local church and the missional purpose…
In Plain Sight
In Plain Sight is a series of short videos dealing with current events and important ideas from an evangelistic standpoint. This series prepares believers to defend their faith and brings clarity to confusing religious beliefs.
Incarnation: The Mystery of Christmas
Each year, at Christmas, we take time to reflect upon the reality of Christ's incarnation. In the incarnation, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, became a man. He did so in humility by coming to earth as a baby, born…
Kingdom: A Journey through Matthew
In this sermon series on the gospel of Matthew, Pastor David Platt preaches on the coming kingdom of Christ in Matthew's gospel. In this Gospel, Matthew puts Jesus' life on full dislay. His teaching, death, and resurrection are the focal…
Lifeblood: The One Thing You Can't Live Without
This series tackles foundational issues about the gospel and the Christian life. What is the gospel? Why is the gospel important? How do I know if I’m saved? How does a person go from being dead in sins to being…
Lifeline: Power Through Prayer
In this sermon series on prayer, Pastor David Platt helps Christians know how to pray based on Jesus' example. When the disciples asked Jesus to teach them something, they asked how to pray. Jesus responded not with a five-point lecture…
Love Made Known: A Study in 1 John
In this sermon series on 1 John, Pastor David Platt reminds us that God cares that we have an assurance of our salvation. In 1 John, we learn that God not only wants his people to know him, he also…
Love Story: A Study in Ruth
The book of Ruth has all the elements of a love story. Tragedy, loss, despair, triumph, hope, loyalty and romance all leading up to climactic conclusion as surprising as it is satisfying. But it’s more than a love story between…
Mission Precision
Mission Precision is a video series with David Platt on the mission of the church to reach unreached people groups among all nations. Passion and willingness to obey Christ’s command to make disciples of all nations and go to hard-to-reach…
Multiply Movement
Multiply Movement is a video series with David Platt and Francis Chan that exists to serve local churches by encouraging and equipping disciples who make disciples in all nations. David Platt and Francis Chan prepare followers of Christ to go,…
Neighborhoods & Nations
Neighborhoods & Nations is a video documentary series that explores the big questions, challenges, and obstacles Christians face as they navigate a complex world.
Peace in the Middle of a Pandemic
In this series of messages given during the Pandemic of 2020, David Platt points to the promises and character of God, as this is what gives us peace amidst even the most difficult circumstances. During the pandemic, Christians across the…
Q&A with David Platt
Who has impacted David Platt's life through discipleship? What is the church's role in discipleship? How can we have assurance of salvation? How do we respond to the gospel? In this short series, David Platt answers a number of questions…
Radical Restoration
In this sermon series, Pastor David Platt reminds the church to remember that we are called to be led by Christ. The church is a beautiful masterpiece of God’s craftsmanship. God has perfectly created the church for a divine purpose.…
Radical: What the Gospel Demands
In this sermon series, Pastor David Platt shows Christians that the gospel demands us to live sacrificially for the gospel. While American cultural Christianity tends to distort the gospel and leads us to pursue comfort, the Jesus of Scripture has…
Sermon Clips
In this series, the team at Radical curates top sermon clips from David Platt's preaching. Join Radical as we explore some of Christianity's most difficult questions in short clips from David Platt's expositional messages.
Sin in the Camp
When we look throughout church history, we see a back-and-forth flow between two extremes when it comes to sensitivity to sin. If we are honest with ourselves in the contemporary church, we may find ourselves much more casual with sin,…
The Beauty of Faith
In the Beauty of Faith sermon series on James, Pastor David Platt explores the trials that test our faith and the distinction between dead and living faith. He discusses how trials, by God’s grace, can strengthen our faith, emphasizing the need…
The Cross and Christian Community: A Study in 1–2 Corinthians
In this sermon series on 1–2 Corinthians, Pastor David Platt shows us how the cross should affect everything about the Christian life. Paul addresses everything from suffering to sexual immorality to marriage to leadership to spiritual gifts to the resurrection,…
The Expected One
In this sermon series, Pastor David Platt focuses on the Old Testament promises concerning Christ's incarnation. While the circumstances of Jesus’ birth may have been unexpected, the arrival of a king who would bring salvation to God’s people was a…
The Gospel and Suffering: A Study in Job
These four sermons deal with the topic of suffering in the book of Job. Hardship is a given in a fallen world, and followers of Christ are not immune to the pain of earthly trials. In fact, following Christ may…
The Gospel and the Next Generation
Throughout Scripture, God has instructed his people to pass his Word on from generation to generation. As his people in our day, we want to be faithful to this command––for our good and the good of children across our community,…
The Hope of Glory: A Study in Revelation
While many Christians ignore the book of Revelation because it seems so strange, others spend all their time arguing about its various interpretations. Both of these approaches are unfortunate, for here in the last book of the Bible God gives…
The Household of God: A Study in 1 Timothy
In this sermon series on 1 Timothy, Pastor David Platt reminds Christians that the church is at the center of God’s purposes for the world. That’s why Paul’s instructions to a young pastor named Timothy are so critical for the…
The Story of Scripture
In this series, David Platt and the pastors at McLean Bible Church preach on a variety of topics from Genesis to Revelation corresponding with the church’s Bible reading plan.
Threads: The Gospel and Personal Evangelism
How do you weave the message of the gospel into your everyday life? Join us as we discover how the gospel threads are woven into our everyday lives and ministry. In this sermon series on personal evangelism, Pastor David Platt…
United by Hope: A Study in 1 Peter
In this sermon series on 1 Peter, David Platt encourages Christians to be united by the hope that comes through Christ's sacrificial work on the cross. In the midst of hardship and suffering, Pastor David Platt reminds the church to…
Unstoppable Church
What would happen if the church really took God at his Word? In this sermon series on the local church, Pastor David Platt teaches us what a church that took God at his Word looks like. David Platt takes an…
We Could All Use Some Good News
In this message series from Philippians 4, David Platt points to some key truths that should comfort all believers. God invites us to bring our cares and anxieties to him. Despite sickness, relational difficulties, and a host of other trials,…
