Tullian Tchividjian, Unfashionable p.129
Friday, August 07, 2009
Quote of the Week
"The world strongly influences us in a thousand ways to take a short view of life - eat, drink and be merry now because tomorrow may never come. Christians, on the other hand, are to take a longer, more clearheaded view of life, living intentionally and responsibly in order to make contributions to society that will last long after our individual lives in this world are over."
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thanks ESI for this quote. i was recently place on a special diet and it is challenging but thoughts like this are what help me to look beyond the temporary pleasure of eating whatever i want to taking care of this frame that belongs to the Savior. this helps me to remember i was bought with a price (1Cor 6:20) and He has good works prepared for me (Eph 2:10). Thus i need to make sure i am healthy and strong enough to be fruitful.
thanks for the help!
btw - what did you think of the book?
Jimmy - thanks for sharing your recent challenge. I hope the diet goes well for you.
Regarding the book - it's an easy, quick read. I would characterize it as a good book, not a great one. (I don't mean that as a criticism, just an opinion)
TT hammers on his main point - that Christians make a difference by being different from the world. It's an important point to make at a time where many christian leaders are espousing the necessity of contextualizing the gospel in order to be relevant to a postmodern world. I think it's worth a read...his writing is conversational in style so it;s a relatively quick read
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