"One-way love has the unique power to inspire generosity, kindness, loyalty, and more love, precisely because it removes any and all requirements to change or produce."(p34)
About One Way Love:
Real life is long on law and short on grace—the demands never stop, the failures pile up, and fear sets in. Life requires many things from us—a stable marriage, successful children, a certain quality of life. Anyone living inside the guilt, anxiety, and uncertainty of daily life knows that the weight of life is heavy. We are all in need of some relief.
Bestselling author Tullian Tchividjian is convinced our world needs a fresh encounter with grace.
About the Author:
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William Graham Tullian Tchividjian (pronounced cha-vi-jin) is the Senior Pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Ft. Lauderdale, Fl. A Florida native, Tullian is the grandson of Billy and Ruth Graham. He is a visiting professor of theology at Reformed Theological Seminary, and a contributing editor to Leadership Journal. He is an ordained minister in Presbyterian Church of America. He is the author of six books; including the best seller, Jesus + Nothing = Everything that won Christianity Today’s 2011 book of the year. He travels extensively, speaking at conferences throughout the U.S.
My Review:
Unfortunately, I haven't finished reading this book. I have been reading and re-reading paragraph after paragraph. This is not my normal "candy" reading... this is MEAT!! As I am reading about One Way Love: Inexhaustible Grace for an Exhausted World, I am seeing the story of the the prodigal son in a whole new light. Tchividjian says:
"Once we understand that sin has more to do with what's on the inside than what we do on the outside, we begin to see our own desperate need for grace..." (p49)
Wow. Do you see what I mean? MEAT! So, he's saying it's our motivation, not the action taken. Looking at the parable of the Prodigal Son... the son that stayed home was no more obedient/righteous than the "prodigal son" that took of with his part of their father's fortune. Both were wrong in motivation...that being selfishness, and both were wrong in action... the one leaving with his inheritance, the other staying home with a defiant attitude.
I believe this book will give great insight on Grace and I'm praying that it will affect my own life... and possibly your's as well. Please, check it out for yourself. Ask for it at your local library. Get your hands on a copy!
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