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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.

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Tullian Tchividjian
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: July 13
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Jacksonville
Florida
William Graham Tullian Tchividjian
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If we read the Bible asking first, 'What would Jesus do?' instead of asking 'What has Jesus done?' we’ll miss the good news that alone can set us free.
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Being the middle child, I couldn't figure out where I fit in the home. I couldn't figure out whether I was the youngest of the older three or the oldest of the younger three.
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Legalism breeds a sense of entitlement that turns us into complainers.
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The best evangelists, the best preachers, the best teachers are desperate people.
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Self-righteousness is the fruit of a low view of God's law and a lite view of your own sin.
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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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Your identity is firmly anchored in Christ's accomplishment, not yours his strength, not yours his performance, not yours his victory, not yours.
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The grace of God sets us free from a life of perfection, performing, and pretending.
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Only the Holy Spirit can comfort a person in the depths of grief.
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Nothing makes me want to obey more than knowing that God unconditionally loves me and forgives me even when I disobey.
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A religious approach to marriage is the idea that if we work hard enough at something, we can earn the acceptance, approval, and life we think we deserve because of our obedient performance.
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God's ability to clean things up is infinitely greater than our ability to mess things up.
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Remember on your best day that Jesus had to die for you. Remember on your worst day that he did.
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God's acceptance of us cannot be gained by our successes nor forfeited by our failures.
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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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I think it's super important for the church itself to rediscover the gospel.
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Grace could not have done it’s curing work if the law had not first done its crushing work.
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My observation of Christendom is that most of us tend to base our relationship with God on our performance instead of on His grace.
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I'm not sure I'll ever fully understand why some Christians get mad when we say that the ultimate hero in the Bible is not Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, Paul, etc... but Jesus.
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The law is God's first word the gospel is God's final word.
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