Grace is the most dangerous, expectation-wre cking, smile-creating, counterintuitiv e reality there is.
TULLIAN TCHIVIDJIANInformation is seldom enough to heal a wounded heart.
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Legalism breeds a sense of entitlement that turns us into complainers.
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I became frustrated with myself for not being as sturdy and unquestioning as I knew a man in my position should be.
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I actually think one of most profoundly and deep pastoral moments between a pastor and his church is what happens between them before God in the context of preaching.
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God’s grace is so counterintuitive and everything we do in our life is just based on conditions. You do this for me and I’ll do that for you. Or if you don’t do this for me, I won’t do that for you. And God’s grace works in a completely different direction.
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We are broken people living in a broken world with other broken people. We all need grace.
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God wants every local church to be the first place people think to go when they’ve really messed up…not the last.
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Grace always runs downhill, meeting us at the bottom, not the top.
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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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Because Jesus was someone, you’re free to be no one.
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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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God has hardwired me to thoroughly enjoy and be sharpened by good and friendly theological discussion about the gospel.
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If you feel compelled to respond every time you’re criticized it reveals just how much you’ve built your identity on being right.
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The gospel doesn’t just free me from what people think of me, but also from what I think of me.
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Information is seldom enough to heal a wounded heart.
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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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