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Disobedience happens not when we think too much grace but when we think too little of it

Tullian Tchividjian

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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Church Moments Thinking
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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Enough Good Old Testament Work
I had turned personal validation into my primary source of meaning and value, so that without it I was miserable and depressed.
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Miserable Source Validation
Grace always runs downhill, meeting us at the bottom, not the top.
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Bottom Grace Run
The heart of the Christian faith is Good News, not good advice, good technique, or good behavior.
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Advice Christian Heart
Information is seldom enough to heal a wounded heart.
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Enough Heart Information
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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Compelled Feel Identity
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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Emotion Frustrat Men People
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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Get Better Need Self
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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Grace Judgment Longing
Disobedience happens not when we think too much grace but when we think too little of it
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Grace Little Think
I got my first tennis racket on my seventh birthday. And because we had a tennis court in our backyard, I played every day. By ten I was playing competitively.
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Backyards First Tennis
We are broken people living in a broken world with other broken people. We all need grace.
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Broken Grace People
Even political insiders recognize that years of political effort on behalf of Evangelical Christians have generated little cultural gain.
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Christian Effort Year
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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Grace Kindness Remedy
Because Jesus was someone, you’re free to be no one.
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Free God Jesus Someone

Disobedience happens not when we think too much grace but when we think too little of it

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