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

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Tullian Tchividjian
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: July 13
Pastor
Writer
Jacksonville
Florida
William Graham Tullian Tchividjian
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Suffering reveals to us the two things that ultimately matter: that we are weak but He is strong.
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The emphasis of the Bible is on the work of the Redeemer, not on the work of the redeemed.
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Grace frees you to be honest about what you've always known to be true about yourself: that you're weaker & more afraid than you want to be.
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I actually think one of most profoundly and deep pastoral moments between a pastor and his church is what happens between them before God in the context of preaching.
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As long as I am focusing on the faults of others, then I don't have to face my own.
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Mt. Sinai says, 'You must do. Mt. Calvary says, 'Because you couldn't, Jesus did.' Don't run to the wrong mountain for your hiding place
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God's grace meets us in messy places because messy places are all that there are.
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The good news of suffering is that it brings us to the end of ourselves - a purpose it has certainly served in my life. It brings us to the place of honesty, which is the place of desperation, which is the place of faith, which is the place of freedom.
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My daily sins require daily distribution of God's grace. In that sense, it never ceases to surprise me because I don't deserve any of it. I mean, I deserve to be locked in a cage and for God to throw away the key.
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The hub of Christianity is not do something for Jesus. The hub of Christianity is Jesus has done everything for you.
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God does everything through people who understand they're nothing. And God does nothing through those who think they're everything.
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There's absolutely no way you can feel the freedom to embarrass and humiliate yourself unless you have finally recognized that your identity is in someone other than yourself.
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Christmas is the beachhead of God’s campaign against sin and sadness, darkness and death, fear and frustration.
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