My observation of Christendom is that most of us tend to base our relationship with God on our performance instead of on… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
In 'Surprised by Grace: God's Relentless Pursuit of Rebels,' I retell the story of Jonah and show how Jonah was just as… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
The smaller you get-the smaller life makes you-the easier it is to see the grandeur of grace. While I am far more… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
Thankfully, God's restraining grace keeps even the worst of us from being utterly depraved. The worst people who have ever lived could've… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
My daily sins require daily distribution of God's grace. In that sense, it never ceases to surprise me because I don't deserve… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
Hollywood is not known as a culture of grace. Dog-eat-dog is more like it. People love you one day and hate you… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
The truth, whether we admit it or not, is that grace scares us to death. It scares us primarily because it wrestles… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
The biggest lie about grace that Satan wants the church to buy is the idea that it’s dangerous and therefore needs to… — 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