Radical or Biblical?

I've been thinking a lot lately and I have come to the conclusion that many American Christians(including myself) misunderstand what a Biblical Christian really looks like. I feel as if certain acts of devotion such as stopping on the side of the road to give food to a homeless man, or sharing the gospel with a waiter or waitress, or giving away one's possessions, or blessing those who persecute you, or praising God in the midst of a severe trial, or suffering intense persecution because of one's faith, or giving one's life to overseas missions, or falling upon your knees at a church service while others are standing, or how about this one....martyrdom(this list could go on and on), are viewed as "radical Christianity". These acts of devotion and service are in essence extremely biblical, not necessarily radical. Now don't get me wrong, to the world, are lifestyle of sacrfice and surrender will appear "radical" or odd, this should be expected (1 Corinthians 2:14). However, as believers we must start viewing these type of actions as biblical.

In today's postmodern feel good culture that we live in, many so called followers of Christ exalt biblical acts of obedience to be "radical" or "out there" acts of devotion toward God. So many people(including myself) have succumbed to comfortable Christianity and are failing to be true zealots for Jesus Christ. I am ready to get back to biblical christian living. I think we need to call a spade a spade and start taking the Word of God at face value and obeying it, no matter who thinks it is "radical" or not. As a team, let's live biblical christian lifestyles through the power of the Holy Spirit to make God's name famous all across the world!