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My job is not to show my children that I'm the man, but to show them that Christ is the man.
Tullian Tchividjian
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Tullian Tchividjian
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: July 13
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Jacksonville
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William Graham Tullian Tchividjian
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Rest assured: Before God, the righteousness of Christ is all we need before God, the righteousness of Christ is all we have.
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I ended up dropping out of high school at 16 and getting kicked out of my home. My parents told me, sadly, that because I was so disruptive to the rest of the household, that I could no longer live under their roof.
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