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People who know they are not good make the best messengers of grace because they are desperately aware of their own need for it.
Tullian Tchividjian
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Tullian Tchividjian
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: July 13
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William Graham Tullian Tchividjian
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The passive righteousness of faith frees me from passing final judgment on myself.
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