Who hasn’t endorsed this new book by Billy Graham’s grandson? Here’s just one of them:
Tullian Tchividjian, one of today’s brightest young Christian leaders, makes a refreshing call for
orthodoxy. He does not apologize for the Gospel; he wears it like a red badge of courage. Read this book to recover the faith once for all delivered to the saints in fresh, courageous terms.
– Chuck Colson, Founder of Prison Fellowship and author of The Faith
I feel blessed to have received an advance copy of Unfashionable.In the early chapters, I’ve been impressed with the blend of scholarship, vulnerability, and cultural savvyness in which this book is written. I believe Tullian’s message harmonizes well with where The Fine Line ends. No wonder Amazon pairs our books together. I encourage you to pick up this new work which gives ample rationale as to why Christ followers need to be different in the world in which they live.
Official Release date: April 21, 2009
Unfashionable—Making a Difference in the World by Being Different
By Tullian Tchividjian
Publisher: Multnomah Books, a division of Random House Inc.
ISBN-13: 978-1-60142-085-5
SIZE: 5 x 8
PAGES: 224, Hardcover
PRICE: $17.99 US/ $19.99 CAN
I look forward to seeing more about this book…and will probably buy it on your recommendation. But not pressure!
Sorry: No pressure.
As far as I can tell the book looks good and his interview with the NC Baptists was good. The problem is that all I can find are endorsements of the book and Tim Keller’s preface. I can’t find anything from the book itself. Not even a table of contents.
I’ve thought about taking my teen daughter through this book, but I’m just not sure right now due to lake of info.
Look forward to your review.
Mark
Too often, Christians call other Chrisitans to be different from the world merely by encourging each other not to have before marriage, not to live together before getting married, not to party, etc. What’s missing are the far more important calls for us to not resort to file lawsuits, not to engage in retributive violence, not to endorse retributive justice, not to use violence, not to embrace a worldly economic system (even capitalism), and not to get caught up into greed and consumerism; and likewise for us to instead, embrace nonviolence, forgiveness, reconciliation, radical hospitality, communitarianism, and restorative justice.
For the first 300 years of Christianity, the early Christians refused to serve in military forces – and often paid a great price for such refusal. However, since the age of Constantine, Christianity has become accomodated to the ways of the world and tainted by Empire. Would that we would come back to our senses.
I don’t know if this book covers these bases, but I sure hope so.