God wants every local church to be the first place people think to go when they’ve really messed up…not the last.
TULLIAN TCHIVIDJIANOur deepest fear is judgment. Our deepest longing is love. The gospel of grace removes the one and provides the other.
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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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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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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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Even political insiders recognize that years of political effort on behalf of Evangelical Christians have generated little cultural gain.
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Graciousness is the fruit of someone who knows how badly they themselves need grace.
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Because Jesus was someone, you’re free to be no one.
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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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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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We are broken people living in a broken world with other broken people. We all need grace.
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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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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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Grace is the most dangerous, expectation-wre cking, smile-creating, counterintuitiv e reality there is.
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Disobedience happens not when we think too much grace but when we think too little of it
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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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Walking with God doesn’t lead to God’s favor; God’s favor leads to walking with God.
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