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The desperate addict is closer to the heart of grace than the devout moralist.

Tullian Tchividjian

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Tullian Tchividjian
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: July 13
Pastor
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Jacksonville
Florida
William Graham Tullian Tchividjian
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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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I enjoy receiving love from my wife. I'm ecstatic when Kim loves me and expresses affection toward me. Something in me comes alive when she does that. But I've learned this freeing truth: I don't need that love, because in Jesus, I receive all the love I need.
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Contrary to popular assumptions, the Bible is not a record of the blessed good, but rather the blessed bad. Thats not a typo. The Bible is a record of the blessed bad. The Bible is not a witness to the best people making it up to God its a witness to God making it down to the worst people.
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Here's one way I can know that I've forgotten the gospel of grace: when your sin bothers me more than my sin.
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Because the church has moved away from the gospel anytime you move away from the gospel, you at the same time move toward pretense, you move toward image-keeping, you move toward the need to pretend.
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The gospel frees you from the pressure of having to fix people: your worth is located in Christ, not in their transformation.
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The law is God's first word the gospel is God's final word.
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Jesus has done everything for you.
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The Bible makes it clear that self-righteousness is the premier enemy of the Gospel.
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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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We are not responsible for finding the right formula to combat or unlock our suffering.
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The gospel sets us free to become the romantic leaders of our marriages without fright or hesitation. Because we have been forever wooed by Jesus, we are now free to forever woo our wives.
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Our assurance is anchored in the love and grace of God expressed in the glorious exchange: our sin for His righteousness.
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The Gospel announces that Jesus came to acquit the guilty. He came to judge and be judged in our place. Christ came to satisfy the deep judgment against us once and for all so that we could be free from the judgement of God, others, and ourselves.
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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 I was 25, I believed I could change the world. At 41, I have come to the realization that I cannot change my wife, my church, or my kids, to say nothing of the world. Try as I might, I have not been able to manufacture outcomes the way I thought I could, either in my own life or other people's.
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I didn't realize that I was in a self-made prison of human approval and human acceptance. Didn't even realize it. Most of the prisons we live in we are not conscious of.
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The cross [is] the ultimate statement of God's involvement in the world on this side of heaven.
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