Grace-Lit – My problem is not with him, but with what I call the current trend for Grace-Lit that is coming almost entirely out of American evangelicalism. Writing this review has actually been really difficult for lots of reasons – I am a bit of a coward and so many people who I admire and respect are raving about this book that I don’t want to upset any of them if they read it I don’t want it to be used by the very legalists Tullian rightly warns about and, knowing what it is like to write a book, I feel for any author whose book is not loved by everyone! I don’t know Tullian other than by his excellent reputation (which I have no reason to doubt), so I hope that no one will see this as personal. And yet…when I finished it last night I could only give it three stars and to be honest was even reluctant to do that.
He discusses the differences between justification and sanctification, and between law and grace, in a helpful way. He points out the errors of performancism, warns of the dangers of spiritual burn out, and suggests that the church in the 21 st Century needs another Reformation as radical as the 15 th Century one. In ten short chapters he brings a mix of biblical exegesis, personal stories, good quotes and relevant cultural examples to magnify and tell the wondrous story of Gods grace in Christ. I don’t know Tullian, but what I have read of him, and by him, is excellent. After all when The Gospel Coalition website carries several articles on the book, and when people as diverse as Billy Graham, Eric Metaxas, Sally Lloyd-Jones, Lee Strobel, Paul Tripp, Dr Iain Duguid, Max Lucardo, Sheila Walsh and Rick Warren so wholeheartedly endorse this book as life changing and like drinking from a fire hydrant, expectations are well and truly raised. The reviews I read about Tullian Tchividjian’s One Way Love were so enthusiastic that I immediately shelved out the £7.99 for the Kindle version, stopped reading the latest Keller book and jumped in, looking forward to a stimulating and encouraging account of Gods grace in my exhausted world. One Way Love – Inexhaustible Grace for an Exhausted World
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