Our deepest fear is judgment. Our deepest longing is love. The gospel of grace removes the one and provides the other.
TULLIAN TCHIVIDJIANI 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 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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Walking with God doesn’t lead to God’s favor; God’s favor leads to walking with God.
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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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Because Jesus was someone, you’re free to be no one.
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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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Graciousness is the fruit of someone who knows how badly they themselves need grace.
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Grace always runs downhill, meeting us at the bottom, not the top.
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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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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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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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Information is seldom enough to heal a wounded heart.
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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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Even political insiders recognize that years of political effort on behalf of Evangelical Christians have generated little cultural gain.
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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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