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.
TULLIAN TCHIVIDJIANLegalism breeds a sense of entitlement that turns us into complainers.
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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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Grace is the most dangerous, expectation-wre cking, smile-creating, counterintuitiv e reality there is.
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Legalism breeds a sense of entitlement that turns us into complainers.
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Graciousness is the fruit of someone who knows how badly they themselves need grace.
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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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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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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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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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Grace always runs downhill, meeting us at the bottom, not the top.
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Because Jesus was someone, you’re free to be no one.
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Even political insiders recognize that years of political effort on behalf of Evangelical Christians have generated little cultural gain.
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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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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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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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Information is seldom enough to heal a wounded heart.
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