Christianity Quotes by Tullian Tchividjian

The gospel doesn't just free me from what people think of me, but also from what I think of me.

— Tullian Tchividjian

Christianity is not "Jesus is our example." Christianity is "Jesus is our substitute."

— Tullian Tchividjian

The gospel doesn't make bad people good, it makes dead people alive.

— Tullian Tchividjian

The gospel is for the defeated, not the dominant.

— Tullian Tchividjian

I think it's super important for the church itself to rediscover the gospel.

— Tullian Tchividjian

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

— Tullian Tchividjian

The law demands that we do it all; the gospel declares that Jesus paid it all.

— Tullian Tchividjian

I never had an intellectual struggle with the Bible, with the gospel, with the claims of Christ.

— Tullian Tchividjian

The gospel announces that God doesn't relate to us based on our feats for Jesus, but Jesus' feats for us.

— Tullian Tchividjian

Unfortunately, some Christians are guilty of throwing out an equivalent sentiment when they play the "God is sovereign" card as a way…

— Tullian Tchividjian

The lifeblood of Christianity is not our persistence in moving toward God but God's persistence in moving toward us.

— Tullian Tchividjian

Believe it or not, Christianity is not about good people getting better. If anything, it is good news for bad people coping…

— Tullian Tchividjian

When the Christian faith becomes defined by who we are and what we do and not by who Christ is and what…

— Tullian Tchividjian

God has hardwired me to thoroughly enjoy and be sharpened by good and friendly theological discussion about the gospel.

— Tullian Tchividjian

Even political insiders recognize that years of political effort on behalf of Evangelical Christians have generated little cultural gain.

— Tullian Tchividjian

“The gospel doesn’t just free you from what other people think about you, it frees you from what you think about yourself.”

— Tullian Tchividjian

Christianity is not about good people getting better. If anything, it is good news for bad people coping with their failure to…

— Tullian Tchividjian

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

You see, the secret of the gospel is that we become more spiritually mature when we focus less on what we need…

— Tullian Tchividjian

The world tells us in a thousand different ways that the bigger we become, the freer we will be. The richer, the…

— Tullian Tchividjian

Contrary to what we conclude naturally, the gospel is not too good to be true. It is true! Its the truest truth…

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My job as a pastor and theologian is to tease out the nature and the necessity of the gospel in meticulous ways,…

— Tullian Tchividjian

Only the gospel can truly save you. The gospel doesn't make bad people good; it makes dead people alive...the gospel is God's…

— Tullian Tchividjian

To be Biblically balanced is to let our theology and preaching be proportioned by the Bible's radically disproportionate focus on God's saving…

— Tullian Tchividjian

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

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

“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

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

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

— Tullian Tchividjian

The law is God's first word; the gospel is God's final word.

— Tullian Tchividjian

The gospel is not about a lifestyle that we live, it's about the law-fulfilling life that Christ lived.

— Tullian Tchividjian

Once God saves us He doesn't move us beyond the gospel, but He moves us more deeply into the gospel.

— Tullian Tchividjian

The gospel alone liberates you to live a life of scandalous generosity, unrestrained sacrifice, uncommon valor, and unbounded courage.

— Tullian Tchividjian

Christianity is not about good people getting better. It is good news for bad people coping with their failure to be good.

— Tullian Tchividjian

The deepest cry of the human heart is to be loved without condition, no matter what. The gospel of grace announces that…

— Tullian Tchividjian

The gospel doesn't just ignite the Christian life but it keeps Christians growing and growing every day. There's no reason to move…

— Tullian Tchividjian

Our deepest fear is judgment. Our deepest longing is love. The gospel of grace removes the one and provides the other.

— Tullian Tchividjian

“The gospel doesn’t make bad people good; it makes dead people alive. That’s the difference between the gospel of Jesus Christ and…

— Tullian Tchividjian

For years and years, Christians have been singing about their wandering hearts. Our hearts need to be recalibrated and realigned and reoriented…

— Tullian Tchividjian

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

— Tullian Tchividjian