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Jesus plus nothing equals everything everything minus Jesus equals nothing.

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Tullian Tchividjian
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: July 13
Pastor
Writer
Jacksonville
Florida
William Graham Tullian Tchividjian
Minus
Equals
Plus
Jesus
Everything
Nothing

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I enjoy receiving love from my wife. I'm ecstatic when Kim loves me and expresses affection toward me. Something in me comes alive when she does that. But I've learned this freeing truth: I don't need that love, because in Jesus, I receive all the love I need.
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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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