The law demands that we do it all; the gospel declares that Jesus paid it all. — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
I never had an intellectual struggle with the Bible, with the gospel, with the claims of Christ. — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
The gospel doesn't just free me from what people think of me, but also from what I think of me. — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
The gospel doesn't make bad people good, it makes dead people alive. — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
Christianity is not "Jesus is our example." Christianity is "Jesus is our substitute." — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
I think it's super important for the church itself to rediscover the gospel. — 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
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
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
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
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
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
“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 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
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
“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 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
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
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
Christianity is not about good people getting better. If anything, it is good news for bad people coping with their failure to… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
Only when you realize that the gospel has nothing to do with your obedience but with Christ's obedience for you, will you… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
The world tells us in a thousand different ways that the bigger we become, the freer we will be. The richer, the… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
What I'm most deeply grateful for is that God's love for us, approval of us, and commitment to us does not ride… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
Only the gospel can truly save you. The gospel doesn't make good people good; it makes dead people alive. That's the difference… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
I've got three kids. I worry about them but the gospel freed me and freed my wife. We are not trying to… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“Sadly, the Christian church has not proven to be immune to performancism. Far from it, in fact. In recent years, a handful… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
To focus on how I'm doing more than what Christ has done is Christian narcissism — 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
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
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
Unfortunately, some Christians are guilty of throwing out an equivalent sentiment when they play the "God is sovereign" card as a way… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
The gospel announces that God doesn't relate to us based on our feats for Jesus, but Jesus' feats for us. — 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
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
God has hardwired me to thoroughly enjoy and be sharpened by good and friendly theological discussion about the gospel. — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
The lifeblood of Christianity is not our persistence in moving toward God but God's persistence in moving toward us. — 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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Sanctification consists of the daily realization that in Christ we have died, and in Christ we have been raised. — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
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 Image
![“The good news of the gospel [for sufferers] is not an exhortation from above to 'hang on at all costs,' or 'grin and bear it' in the midst of hardship. No, the good news is that God is hanging on to you, and in the end, when all is said and done, the power of God will triumph over every pain and…” quote by Tullian Tchividjian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/eb8/tullian-tchividjian-1105_bears_the-good-news-of-the-gospel-for-sufferer_774270.jpg)
