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To progress is always to begin again.

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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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If you have suffered the loss of a family member to chronic disease, if you suffer debilitating seasons of depression, if you have lost your job and livelihood, gone through a divorce that came out of the blue, know that God is not punishing you. He is not waiting for you to do something.
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The gospel is good news to those who know they don't measure up. It's offensive to those who think they do.
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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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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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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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The overwhelming emphasis of contemporary Christianity: Just do it. The overwhelming emphasis of Biblical Christianity: It is finished
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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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I was spending too much time thinking about how I was doing, if I was learning everything I was supposed to be learning during this difficult season, whether I was doing it right or not, taking my spiritual pulse, etc - my inner lawyer was working overtime.
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Even those of us who have tasted the radical saving grace of God find it intuitively difficult not to put conditions on grace.
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Even political insiders recognize that years of political effort on behalf of Evangelical Christians have generated little cultural gain.
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Whatever we may mean by 'Christian growth,' it is ultimately this: less faith in me, more faith in God.
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The people who have taught me the most about grace are those who have blown it so bad that they know how much they need it.
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I became frustrated with myself for not being as sturdy and unquestioning as I knew a man in my position should be.
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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 gospel sets us free to become the romantic leaders of our marriages without fright or hesitation. Because we have been forever wooed by Jesus, we are now free to forever woo our wives.
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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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We are not responsible for finding the right formula to combat or unlock our suffering.
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The gospel is for the defeated, not the dominant.
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The grace of God sets us free from a life of perfection, performing, and pretending.
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The desperate addict is closer to the heart of grace than the devout moralist.
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