Tullian Tchividjian

Grace always runs downhill, meeting us at the bottom, not the top.

— Tullian Tchividjian

Information is seldom enough to heal a wounded heart.

— Tullian Tchividjian

Jesus has done everything for you.

— Tullian Tchividjian

God is the one to be praised, not our transformation.

— Tullian Tchividjian

To progress is always to begin again.

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Because Jesus was someone, you’re free to be no one.

— Tullian Tchividjian

When you fail to distinguish Law and Gospel, you lose both.

— Tullian Tchividjian

The gospel is for the defeated, not the dominant.

— Tullian Tchividjian

“God’s chief concern in your suffering is to be with you and be Himself for you.”

— Tullian Tchividjian

If your theological convictions are not producing a deeper love for others, then it's time to rethink some stuff.

— Tullian Tchividjian

Even those of us who have tasted the radical saving grace of God find it intuitively difficult not to put conditions on…

— Tullian Tchividjian

Assurance never comes from looking at ourselves. It only comes as a consequence of looking to Christ.

— Tullian Tchividjian

Death is the operative device that sets us free in Christ - when we die, we truly live.

— Tullian Tchividjian

The focus of the Christian faith is not our morality; it is Jesus, who died for our immorality.

— Tullian Tchividjian

To focus on how I'm doing more than what Christ has done is Christian narcissism

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The desperate addict is closer to the heart of grace than the devout moralist.

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The Gospel is not ultimately a defense from pain, it is the message of God's rescue through pain. In fact, it allows…

— Tullian Tchividjian

Real, pure, unadulterated freedom happens when the resources of the gospel smash any sense of need to secure for myself anything beyond…

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God's grace is so counterintuitive and everything we do in our life is just based on conditions. You do this for me…

— Tullian Tchividjian

Because Jesus came to secure for us what we could never secure for ourselves, life doesn't have to be a tireless effort…

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The Bible is plain that God requires moral perfection. It tells us unambiguously that God is holy and therefore cannot tolerate any…

— Tullian Tchividjian

“most people live their life as if their justification depends on their sanctification: if I do and become all that I must…

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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…

— Tullian Tchividjian

The overwhelming emphasis of contemporary Christianity: "Just do it." The overwhelming emphasis of Biblical Christianity: "It is finished"

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When we depend on anything smaller than God to provide us with the security, significance, meaning, and value that we long for,…

— Tullian Tchividjian

Our hearts are continuously rebellious. Every time we sin in thought, word, or deed, we're essentially saying in that moment that, "I…

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Unfulfilled dreams, ongoing relational tension, the loss of friendships, a hard marriage, rebellious teenagers, the death of loved ones, remaining sinful patterns…

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“Pulpits today are full of preachers telling one-legged people to jump higher and run faster. Musician Rich Mullins once wrote, “I have…

— Tullian Tchividjian

I've got three kids. I worry about them but the gospel freed me and freed my wife. We are not trying to…

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Contrary to popular assumptions, the Bible is not a record of the blessed good, but rather the blessed bad. Thats not a…

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My failure to lay aside the sin that so easily entangles is the direct result of my refusal to die to my…

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God reminds us again and again that things between He and us are forever fixed. They are the rendezvous points where God…

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“Jesus came to show us that the gospel explains success in terms of giving, not taking; self-sacrifice, not self-protection; going to the…

— Tullian Tchividjian

“Jesus’ teaching consistently attracted the irreligious while offending the Bible-believing, religious people of his day. However, in the main, our churches today…

— Tullian Tchividjian

I grew up in a remarkable home, the middle of seven children. My parents raised us well. They loved us well. We…

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“Sadly, the Christian church has not proven to be immune to performancism. Far from it, in fact. In recent years, a handful…

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The world isn't scandalized by our freedom but by our fakeness.

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Grace flows most refreshingly through the faucet of brokenness.

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Because Jesus was strong for us we are free to be weak.

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Only the Holy Spirit can comfort a person in the depths of grief.

— Tullian Tchividjian