God has hardwired me to thoroughly enjoy and be sharpened by good and friendly theological discussion about the gospel. — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
Believe it or not, Christianity is not about good people getting better. If anything, it is good news for bad people coping… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
When the Christian faith becomes defined by who we are and what we do and not by who Christ is and what… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
“Contrary to popular belief, Christianity is not about good people getting better. If anything, it is about bad people coping with their… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
The gospel is good news to those who know they don't measure up. It's offensive to those who think they do. — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
I'm not sure I'll ever fully understand why some Christians get mad when we say that the ultimate hero in the Bible… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
Here's one way I can know that I've forgotten the gospel of grace: when your sin bothers me more than my sin. — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
The hub of Christianity is not "do something for Jesus." The hub of Christianity is "Jesus has done everything for you". — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
Because the church has moved away from the gospel anytime you move away from the gospel, you at the same time move… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
The good news of the gospel [for sufferers] is not an exhortation from above to 'hang on at all costs,' or 'grin… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
“Real change does not and cannot come independently of the gospel, which is the good news that even though we’re more defective… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
The gospel brings things together. One of the great demonstration of the gospel's power is reconciliation. I've got friends who are surfers,… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
The only thing that frees you from the need to pretend in order to make people believe you are something when you… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
When it comes to engaging and influencing culture, too many Christians think too highly of political activism. — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
Legalism says God will love us if we change. The gospel says God will change us because He loves us. — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
Christianity is in no way a stoic faith. It fundamentally rejects the "stiff upper lip" school of thought. — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
The gospel sets us free to become the romantic leaders of our marriages without fright or hesitation. Because we have been forever… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
Christianity affirms that Jesus severed the link between suffering and deserving once for all on Calvary. God put the ledgers away and… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
The gospel frees you from the pressure of having to fix people: your worth is located in Christ, not in their transformation. — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
Long-term, gospel-motivate d obedience can only come from the grace of what Jesus has already done, not the guilt of what we… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
Grace is upside-down, to-do-list wrecking, scandalous and way-too free. It's one-way love. — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share
“There is but one good,” C. S. Lewis writes in The Great Divorce; “that is God. Everything else is good when it looks to… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share
Once God saves us He doesn't move us beyond the gospel, but He moves us more deeply into the gospel. — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share
“An institution theoretically devoted to providing comfort to those in need (the church) is in trouble because it has embraced the same pressure cooker… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share
A preacher who doesn't believe he's that bad will attract people who don't think they're that bad. And that's bad. — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share
Our assurance is anchored in the love and grace of God expressed in the glorious exchange: our sin for His righteousness. — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share
I think for far too long the Church has concluded that Christians don't need the gospel, it's simple what non-Christian people need in order… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share
While our sin reaches far, God's grace reaches farther. God came after us not to strip away our freedom but to strip away our… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share
If you have suffered the loss of a family member to chronic disease, if you suffer debilitating seasons of depression, if you have lost… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share
Sanctification consists of the daily realization that in Christ we have died, and in Christ we have been raised. — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share
The ironic thing about legalism is that it not only doesn't make people work harder, it makes them give up. Moralism doesn't produce morality;… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share
The good news of suffering is that it brings us to the end of ourselves - a purpose it has certainly served in my… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share
The Gospel is not ultimately a defense from pain, it is the message of God's rescue through pain. In fact, it allows us to… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share
God is inviting you today to appropriately grieve your pains and losses and to acknowledge the world is seriously broken. — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share