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The gospel doesn't just free me from what people think of me, but also from what I think of me.

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Tullian Tchividjian
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: July 13
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Jacksonville
Florida
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Our deepest fear is judgment. Our deepest longing is love. The gospel of grace removes the one and provides the other.
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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 only thing that frees you from the need to pretend in order to make people believe you are something when you are actually not is the gospel because the gospel tells you that identity, my meaning, my security, and all of those things are in Christ.
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Christianity is in no way a stoic faith. It fundamentally rejects the stiff upper lip school of thought.
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