Oct
25
2008
You Will Be Unfashionable Next Spring
Check out this YouTube sneak peek of Tullian Tchividjian’s book, Unfashionable: Making a Difference in the World by Being Different
Unfashionable is a terrific book. Here are some quotes worth pondering:
“My hope and prayer is that this book, in some small way, will mobilize a generation of God-saturated-missionaries who will live against the world, for the world.”
“By continuing to pursue worldly relevance so emphatically, Christians will ironically render themselves completely irrelevant to the world. There’s an irrelevance to pursuing relevance, just as there’s a relevance to practicing irrelevance. To be truly relevant, you have to say things which are eternal, not trendy.”
“God’s ultimate purpose for Christians is not bringing them out of this world and into heaven, but using them to bring heaven into this world. As we hallow God’s name and do God’s will in how we think, feel, and act—as we live unfashionably—the power of Christ’s resurrection flows through us, and as a result, we bring heaven’s culture to earth; we give people a foretaste of what’s to come. In this manner we continue the work Christ began and will one day complete.”
“There’s no such thing as Christian individualism; it’s an oxymoron. The church is meant to be a God-formed community of people who have abandoned the notion that life can and should be lived in isolation. Christians are connected people—connected with each other by God the Father, through God the Son, in God the Spirit.
“This is why we make a difference in our community by being a different community—together, Christians with other Christians, churches with other churches. When we exhibit corporate togetherness, we show the world God’s original intention and design not only for individual human lives, but also for human communities.”
You can pre-order Unfashionable: Making a Difference in the World by Being Different