When we depend on anything smaller than God to provide us with the security, significance, meaning, and value that we long for, God will love us enough to take it away. Much of our anger and bitterness, therefore, is God prying open our hands and taking away something we've held onto more tightly than him.
Tullian TchividjianGraciousness is the fruit of someone who knows how badly they themselves need grace.
Tullian TchividjianThe passive righteousness of faith frees me from passing final judgment on myself.
Tullian TchividjianI 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.
Tullian TchividjianThe emphasis of the Bible is on the work of the Redeemer, not on the work of the redeemed.
Tullian TchividjianWe make a big mistake when we conclude that the law is the answer to bad behavior. In fact, the law alone stirs up more of such behavior. People get worse, not better, when you lay down the law. To be sure, the Spirit does use both God's law and God's gospel in our sanctification. But the law and the gospel do very different things.
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