This is Josh from the radical team covering for Stacey Martin.

If you've ever had your hopes dashed, lost your joy, or experienced deep grief,

then it might be that you need to hear the voice of Jesus calling you like he called Mary

on that first Easter morning. Today, we hear his voice in the Word of Scripture,

and through the Gospel, he offers us the very same peace that he offered his followers while he was on earth.

In this message from John 20, David Platte urges us to respond to Jesus now,

while God has given us an opportunity. He's claimed to have risen from the dead,

has been believed by the most resistant skeptics. How will you respond to the risen Christ?

This is the radical with David Platte podcast. He is David with a message titled,

When Jesus calls your name.

I want to let you know where the next few minutes are headed.

A few minutes from now, I'm going to offer two specific invitations to you.

One, I'm going to invite you to experience new life and relationship with God through faith in Jesus.

And I want to be clear, this invitation is for everybody, whether you've grown up in church,

or this is your first time ever in church, or even watching church online.

It's an invitation for people who may have questions about God.

It's an invitation for people who may feel far from God because of your past,

or your present. It's an invitation for people who may have felt close to God at one point in

your life, but that was a long time ago, and a lot's happened since then.

It doesn't matter your past, your present, your personality, your age, your ethnicity,

your socioeconomic status. However, you might identify yourself. The Bible teaches that we have

all turned aside from God and His ways, and this is an invitation for you to come back to God.

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