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Once God saves us He doesn't move us beyond the gospel, but He moves us more deeply into the gospel.

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Tullian Tchividjian
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: July 13
Pastor
Writer
Jacksonville
Florida
William Graham Tullian Tchividjian
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Gospel
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Thankfully, while our self-righteousness reaches far, God's grace reaches farther.
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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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I was spending way too much time thinking about me and what I needed to do, and far too little time thinking about Jesus and what he had already done for me.
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Our deepest fear is judgment. Our deepest longing is love. The gospel of grace removes the one and provides the other.
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I was afraid that if I surrendered my life over to God, God would tell me not to do those things that I desperately wanted to do.
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