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I think for far too long the Church has concluded that Christians don't need the gospel, it's simple what non-Christian people need in order to be saved.

Tullian Tchividjian

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Tullian Tchividjian
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: July 13
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Jacksonville
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An identity based in the one-way love of God does not take into account public opinion or, thankfully, even personal opinion.
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God is not interested in what you think you should be or feel. He is not interested in the narrative you have construct for yourself, or that others have construct for you. He may even use suffering to deconstruct that narrative.
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In those moments when I'm obsessively counting my sins against me, it is good news to remember that God has counted my sins against Christ.
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Contrary to what we conclude naturally, the gospel is not too good to be true. It is true! Its the truest truth in the entire universe. No strings attached! No fine print to read. No buts. No conditions. No qualifications. No footnotes. And especially, no need for balance.
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Only the gospel can truly save you. The gospel doesn't make bad people good it makes dead people alive...the gospel is God's acceptance of us based on what Christ has done, not on what we can do.
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The bad news that we are all guilty is met with the best news that God loves and forgives guilty people.
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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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When you don't have anything to lose, you discover something wonderful: you're free to take great risks without fear or reservation.
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My job as a pastor and theologian is to tease out the nature and the necessity of the gospel in meticulous ways, in everything I say, in everything I like. I want desperately for the church in America to rediscover the power and the beauty and the nature and the necessity of the gospel.
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Performancism is the mindset that equates our identity and value directly with our performance and accomplishments.
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Grace flows most refreshingly through the faucet of brokenness.
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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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Information is seldom enough to heal a wounded heart.
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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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The heart of the Christian faith is Good News, not good advice, good technique, or good behavior.
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Even one who has been to God a million times with the same problem need not fear exhausting the grace of God.
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There's nothing like suffering to remind us how not in control we actually are, how little power we ultimately have, and how much we ultimately need God.
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Thankfully, while our self-righteousness reaches far, God's grace reaches farther.
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