I had turned personal validation into my primary source of meaning and value, so that without it I was miserable and depressed.
TULLIAN TCHIVIDJIANI had turned personal validation into my primary source of meaning and value, so that without it I was miserable and depressed.
TULLIAN TCHIVIDJIANEven political insiders recognize that years of political effort on behalf of Evangelical Christians have generated little cultural gain.
TULLIAN TCHIVIDJIANGod wants every local church to be the first place people think to go when they’ve really messed up…not the last.
TULLIAN TCHIVIDJIANThe gospel doesn’t just free me from what people think of me, but also from what I think of me.
TULLIAN TCHIVIDJIANI 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 TCHIVIDJIANWalking with God doesn’t lead to God’s favor; God’s favor leads to walking with God.
TULLIAN TCHIVIDJIANGrace doesn’t lead us into destructive behavior. Sin does. And grace is the only remedy for sin. The kindness of God leads to repentance.
TULLIAN TCHIVIDJIANDisobedience happens not when we think too much grace but when we think too little of it
TULLIAN TCHIVIDJIANLegalism breeds a sense of entitlement that turns us into complainers.
TULLIAN TCHIVIDJIANI became frustrated with myself for not being as sturdy and unquestioning as I knew a man in my position should be.
TULLIAN TCHIVIDJIANOur deepest fear is judgment. Our deepest longing is love. The gospel of grace removes the one and provides the other.
TULLIAN TCHIVIDJIANWe are broken people living in a broken world with other broken people. We all need grace.
TULLIAN TCHIVIDJIANGod’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.
TULLIAN TCHIVIDJIANThe 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.
TULLIAN TCHIVIDJIANThe heart of the Christian faith is Good News, not good advice, good technique, or good behavior.
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