The more I focused on my need to get better the worse I actually got - the more neurotic and self-conscious and… — 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… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
The people who tend to be the most gracious are those who know how badly they need grace — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
Even one who has been to God a million times with the same problem need not fear exhausting the grace of God. — 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
We are broken people living in a broken world with other broken people. We all need grace. — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
Spiritual growth is marked by a growing realization of just how much grace you need. — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
Graciousness is the fruit of someone who knows how badly they themselves need grace. — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
Jesus is not the man at the top of the stairs; He is the man at the bottom, the friend of sinners,… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
Real, pure, unadulterated freedom happens when the resources of the gospel smash any sense of need to secure for myself anything beyond… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
Contrary to what we conclude naturally, the gospel is not too good to be true. It is true! Its the truest truth… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
I enjoy receiving love from my wife. I'm ecstatic when Kim loves me and expresses affection toward me. Something in me comes… — 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
Passive righteousness tells us that God does not need our good works. Active righteousness tells us that our neighbor does. The aim… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
Every time we sin in thought, word, or deed, we're essentially saying in that moment that, "I don't need you God. I… — 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
You see, the secret of the gospel is that we become more spiritually mature when we focus less on what we need… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
Our hearts are continuously rebellious. Every time we sin in thought, word, or deed, we're essentially saying in that moment that, "I… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
God reminds us again and again that things between He and us are forever fixed. They are the rendezvous points where God… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
There's nothing like suffering to remind us how not in control we actually are, how little power we ultimately have, and how… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
We don't need answers and explanations as much as we need God's presence in and through the suffering. — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
The people who have taught me the most about grace are those who have blown it so bad that they know how… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
Rest assured: Before God, the righteousness of Christ is all we need; before God, the righteousness of Christ is all we have. — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
People who know they are not good make the best messengers of grace because they are desperately aware of their own need… — 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
Whether it's a Christian or a non-Christian, there's nothing like suffering to show us how small, needy, and not in control 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
