David Platt wrote one of the most influential books in the church of this century. Radical made David Platt a celebrity pastor for his passion for foreign missions going so far as to argue that American Christians are obligated to go on foreign mission trips. But with the rise of mass migration, David Platt has opted to let the immigrants come to us and chides Christians for their opposition to mass migration and resettling of “refugees” in the United States.
David Platt argues that Acts 17 establishes that God sets a time for mass migrations, when it is talking about nations and borders. While, in a cosmic sense, Platt is correct, he is incorrect on what Acts 17 teaches.
Moreover, Platt broadly uses the term refugee, despite the illegitimacy of most asylum claims. He also claims Christians should be excited to welcome them into their neighborhoods, while Platt himself lives in an affluent White neighborhood in an expensive value market. This signals the type of elitism that ignores the plebian plight of importing unskilled labor in an already inflationary economy and housing crisis. The hypocrisy is akin to Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco.
Underlying a liberal worldview is a misplaced order of loves, where in this case, David Platt cares more about foreigners entering his country than his own countrymen.
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