A recent article in the New York Times Magazine (July 25, 2010) points out the new dilemma posed by the Internet: Some things are impossible to forget. The article recounts the story of Stacy Snyder, a 25-year-old teacher-in-training, who four years ago posted a photo of herself on her MySpace page. (For those who are relatively new to social networking, MySpace is to Facebook as a little country church is to the Crystal Cathedral. Come to think of it, Facebook and the Crystal Cathedral have way too many windows.) As the story explains, this picture shows Stacy "at a party wearing a pirate hat and drinking from a plastic cup, with the caption 'Drunken Pirate.'"

"I would say I'm learning first and foremost to trust the Word of God to do the work," Platt says. "As I look at what God is doing in my own life, as well as the lives of this church that He's entrusted to me to lead, it is clear that only His Word can bring about transformation and life change."

David Platt shares the five components of his Radical Experiment, which aims to "put some handles on tangible ways that we can put obedience to Christ into action in ways that we're seeing unfold in the gospels."

"Time overseas has opened my eyes to the global nature of God and His desire for His glory among all nations," pastor David Platt says. How is your life going to be a part of the global mission of God?

Pastor David Platt talks about the Biblical gospel versus the American gospel.