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

Tullian Tchividjian

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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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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 drop our defenses, to escape not from pain but from the prison of How and Why to the freedom of Who?
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Grace doesn't lead us into destructive behavior. Sin does. And grace is the only remedy for sin. The kindness of God leads to repentance.
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If we're not reaching the same people Jesus reached, then we're not preaching the same message Jesus preached.
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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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In those moments when I'm obsessively counting my sins against me, it is good news to remember that God has counted my sins against Christ.
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You are not obligated to pull yourself up by your bootstraps and find a way to conquer the odds, to be stronger or transform yourself into some better version of yourself. The pain you are feeling (whatever the degree) may be a reminder that things are not as they should be.
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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 to be saved.
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Death is the operative device that sets us free in Christ - when we die, we truly live.
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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, in everything I say, in everything I like. I want desperately for the church in America to rediscover the power and the beauty and the nature and the necessity of the gospel.
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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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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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Sometimes God has to remind you that you're weak so that you can be set free from your self-sufficiency.
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God is inviting you today to appropriately grieve your pains and losses and to acknowledge the world is seriously broken.
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There's nothing like suffering to reveal how small and needy you are. Pain has the remarkable capacity to reveal the weakness of the things you're leaning on to make life worth living.
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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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Every time we sin in thought, word, or deed, we're essentially saying in that moment that, I don't need you God. I don't want you God. I like my way better than your way.
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God's grace meets us in messy places because messy places are all that there are.
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I was a surfer so I hung out with people who were surfers and made fun of people who weren't surfers and I listened to surf music and made fun of people who didn't listen to surfer music.
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When you don't have anything to lose, you discover something wonderful: you're free to take great risks without fear or reservation.
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When Martin Luther was asked what we contribute to our salvation, he said, Sin and resistance
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