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.
TULLIAN TCHIVIDJIANBecause Jesus was someone, you’re free to be no one.
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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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Grace is the most dangerous, expectation-wre cking, smile-creating, counterintuitiv e reality there is.
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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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God has hardwired me to thoroughly enjoy and be sharpened by good and friendly theological discussion about the gospel.
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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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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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We are broken people living in a broken world with other broken people. We all need grace.
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Grace always runs downhill, meeting us at the bottom, not the top.
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Legalism breeds a sense of entitlement that turns us into complainers.
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Information is seldom enough to heal a wounded heart.
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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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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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The heart of the Christian faith is Good News, not good advice, good technique, or good behavior.
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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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