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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
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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Church People 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
The heart of the Christian faith is Good News, not good advice, good technique, or good behavior.
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Advice Christian Heart
Legalism breeds a sense of entitlement that turns us into complainers.
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Complainer Entitlement Legalism
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
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
Grace always runs downhill, meeting us at the bottom, not the top.
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Bottom Grace Run
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
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
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
God has hardwired me to thoroughly enjoy and be sharpened by good and friendly theological discussion about the gospel.
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Enjoy Friendly Theological
Because Jesus was someone, you’re free to be no one.
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Free God Jesus Someone
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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Different Grace Life
Walking with God doesn’t lead to God’s favor; God’s favor leads to walking with God.
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Favor Favors God Walk
Information is seldom enough to heal a wounded heart.
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Enough Heart Information

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

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