Legalism says God will love us if we change. The gospel says God will change us because He loves us.
Tullian TchividjianThe world tells us in a thousand different ways that the bigger we become, the freer we will be. The richer, the more beautiful, and the more powerful we grow, the more security, liberty, and happiness we will experience. And yet, the gospel tells us just the opposite, that the smaller we become, the freer we will be.
Tullian TchividjianI think there is tribalism is a big deal inside of the church, that the church thinks of themselves as a tribe and not a mission.
Tullian TchividjianThe Gospel frees us to speak honestly about the reality of pain, confident that nothing is riding on our ability to cope with or fend off suffering.
Tullian Tchividjian