Greg Stier, an evangelist, author, and founder of Dare 2 Share, is releasing a new book that gives 21 challenges to help Christians live a revolutionary life. Titled “Radical Like Jesus,” the book releases on Aug. 20.
For more than three decades, Dare 2 Share has mobilized millions to share the gospel boldly. Stier told ChurchLeaders that he’s noticed a “tendency in Christianity where Christians tend to wanna do Bible studies more and more and more…Christians tend to exegete but we don’t execute.”
“I’m a big theology guy. I love the Word. I do expository preaching [and] all that stuff,” Stier said. But if Christians don’t put what they’ve learned “into practice, James 1 calls us foolish.”
In “Radical Like Jesus,” Stier provides “21 snapshots of the life of Jesus from the time he is 12 to the time he sends his disciples out to go and make disciples of all nations.”
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Every chapter ends with a challenge that Stier hopes every reader puts into practice before starting the next chapter. The challenges are designed to “activate your faith,” Stier said, so that readers can, as James 1:22 says, “be doers of the Word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.”
Stier shared that he believes the church in America is “safe.” He argued that many Christians simply go to church but never make disciples. They never have to worry about encountering the “dangerous,” Stier said.
“Meetings are safe. There’s nothing dangerous about a meetings,” Stier explained. “You go to a meeting, and you feel good. You take notes, and you sing songs…I love that part of the Christian faith; I don’t want to dismiss meetings.”
“But I think there’s a safety that [comes with] ‘I’m involved in Bible studies and I’m involved with serving in this ministry department,'” Stier said.
“But do you know your neighbors? Have you reached your coworkers? Are you building redemptive bridges with your classmates?” Stier asked. “Are you coming back ready to tell stories? And do you have a church that [so] cares about those stories that you’re actually involved in making and multiplying disciples?”
