Book Review” “Unfashionable” by Tullian Tchividjan
March 2, 2011
I have recently finished reading Tullian Tchividjan’s book Unfashionable. I thoroughly enjoyed every page of it and found it to be incredibly refreshing in light of the spiritual climate in which we live.
In this book Tchividjan uses his own personal testimony to help us understand what the world is really looking for in their hedonistic pursuits. He speaks very personally about the day he was converted, he emphatically states, it wasn’t the great music, it wasn’t a trendy preacher he remembers, it was the simple fact that he was confronted with God is a real, profound and life changing event. He then talks about the need of the Christian today is to put God on display in our lives.
The premise of the book, is that “Christians make a difference in the world by being different”. This is a great reminder for us today to remember that true conversion takes place when people see God in all His glory through the person and the work of Jesus Christ. People aren’t converted by great bands or trendy preachers who have a luke warm message. The key to conversion, Tchividjan points out is the Gospel.
He then challenges us to learn how to answer the questions of our culture with the Gospel. The Gospel lived out in the church (Christian community relationships) as well as the culture around us. Gospel or kingdom principles lived out in our daily lives will have a profound affect upon the world around us.
The message is clearly that we do God and the church no good by compromising the Gospel for the sake of being missional. I highly recommend this book to everyone who has a desire to see their communities changed.
