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The Gospel frees us to speak honestly about the reality of pain, confident that nothing is riding on our ability to cope with or fend off suffering.
Tullian Tchividjian
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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 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 more I focused on my need to get better the worse I actually got - the more neurotic and self-conscious and self-absorbed I became.
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In the Old Testament, we are continually told that our good works are not enough, that God has made a provision. This provision is pointed to at every place in the Old Testament.
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We make a big mistake when we conclude that the law is the answer to bad behavior. In fact, the law alone stirs up more of such behavior. People get worse, not better, when you lay down the law. To be sure, the Spirit does use both God's law and God's gospel in our sanctification. But the law and the gospel do very different things.
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Assurance never comes from looking at ourselves. It only comes as a consequence of looking to Christ.
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Performancism is the mindset that equates our identity and value directly with our performance and accomplishments.
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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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People who haven't experienced major setbacks sometimes feel that their hurts are somehow less legitimate or real.
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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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To be Biblically balanced is to let our theology and preaching be proportioned by the Bible's radically disproportionate focus on God's saving love for sinners seen and accomplished in the crucified and risen Christ.
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Grace doesn't lead us into destructive behavior. Sin does. And grace is the only remedy for sin. The kindness of God leads to repentance.
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From the time God saved me at 21 years old, I've always been fascinated by the parables of Jesus.
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Grace is upside-down, to-do-list wrecking, scandalous and way-too free. It's one-way love.
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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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The gospel doesn't make bad people good, it makes dead people alive.
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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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Suffering reveals to us the two things that ultimately matter: that we are weak but He is strong.
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The good news of the gospel [for sufferers] is not an exhortation from above to 'hang on at all costs,' or 'grin and bear it' in the midst of hardship. No, the good news is that God is hanging on to you, and in the end, when all is said and done, the power of God will triumph over every pain and loss.
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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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Whatever we may mean by 'Christian growth,' it is ultimately this: less faith in me, more faith in God.
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