Religion Quotes by Tullian Tchividjian

The heart of the Christian faith is Good News, not good advice, good technique, or good behavior.

— Tullian Tchividjian

“We spend more time asking what would Jesus do instead of what did Jesus do.”

— Tullian Tchividjian

You can be sure that your deepest desires reveal important truths about your spiritual condition.

— 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 emphasis of the Bible is on the work of the Redeemer, not on the work of the redeemed.

— 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

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

— Tullian Tchividjian

We often read the Bible as if it were fundamentally about us: our improvement, our life, our triumph, our victory, our faith,…

— Tullian Tchividjian

A biblical understanding of the Christian life is not 'let go and let God,' it's 'trust God and get going.'

— Tullian Tchividjian

When we reduce the notion of “calling” to work inside the church, we fail to equip our people to apply their Christian…

— Tullian Tchividjian

If we're not reaching the same people Jesus reached, then we're not preaching the same message Jesus preached.

— Tullian Tchividjian

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

— Tullian Tchividjian

“An institution theoretically devoted to providing comfort to those in need (the church) is in trouble because it has embraced the same…

— 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

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

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

— Tullian Tchividjian

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

— 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

“By looking at the Bible as if it were fundamentally about us, we totally miss the Point–like the two on the road…

— Tullian Tchividjian

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

The required cheerfulness that characterizes many of our churches produces a suffocating environment of pat, religious answers to the painful, complex questions…

— 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

“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

“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

The Bible is one long story of God meeting our rebellion with His rescue, our sin with His salvation, our guilt with…

— 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

When Martin Luther was asked what we contribute to our salvation, he said, "Sin and resistance"

— Tullian Tchividjian

Spiritual growth is marked by a growing realization of just how much grace you need.

— Tullian Tchividjian

The passive righteousness of faith frees me from passing final judgment on myself.

— Tullian Tchividjian

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

— Tullian Tchividjian

Jesus is not the man at the top of the stairs; He is the man at the bottom, the friend of sinners,…

— 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

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

— Tullian Tchividjian

A religious approach to marriage is the idea that if we work hard enough at something, we can earn the acceptance, approval,…

— Tullian Tchividjian

Whatever we may mean by 'Christian growth,' it is ultimately this: less faith in me, more faith in God.

— Tullian Tchividjian