Follow Me: A Call to Die. A Call to Live.

David Platt · Francis Chan

Feb 2013 · Tyndale House Publishers · Narrated by David Platt

About this audiobook

2014 “Christian Retailing’s Best” award finalist!
What did Jesus really mean when he said, “Follow Me”?

In this new book, David Platt, author of the New York Times bestselling book, Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream, contends that multitudes of people around the world culturally think they are Christians yet biblically are not followers of Christ.

Scores of men, women, and children have been told that becoming a follower of Jesus simply involves believing certain truths or saying certain words. As a result, churches today are filled with people who believe they are Christians . . . but aren’t. We want to be disciples as long as doing so does not intrude on our lifestyles, our preferences, our comforts, and even our religion.

Revealing a biblical picture of what it means to truly be a Christian, Follow Me explores the gravity of what we must forsake in this world, as well as the indescribable joy and deep satisfaction to be found when we live for Christ.

The call to follow Jesus is not simply an invitation to pray a prayer; it’s a summons to lose your life—and to find new life in him. This book will show you what such life actually looks like.

Ratings and reviews

Profound. If you're in the middle of a struggle to represent Christ correctly (like I am) this is a great book for inspiration. Many of us Christians have lost our way and this book could definitely help put us back on the right path. Great great book.

About the author

David Platt was born in 1979. He received a B.A. in journalism from the University of Georgia and a M.Div, Th.M, and Ph.D from the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. After he finished his doctorate, Platt served at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary as Dean of Chapel and Assistant Professor of Expository Preaching and Apologetics. He also served at Edgewater Baptist Church in New Orleans. At the age of 26, Platt was hired to lead the congregation of The Church at Brook Hills in Birmingham, Alabama. He has written several books including Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream, Radical Together: Unleashing the People of God for the Purpose of God, Follow Me: A Call to Die. A Call to Live, and Counter Culture: In a World of Poverty, Same-Sex Marriage, Racism, Sex Slavery, Immigration, Persecution, Abortion, Orphans, Pornography.