God's acceptance of us cannot be gained by our successes nor forfeited by our failures.
Tullian TchividjianThe gospel doesn't just ignite the Christian life but it keeps Christians growing and growing every day. There's no reason to move beyond the gospel. There's only movement more into it.
Tullian TchividjianGod is not interested in what you think you should be or feel. He is not interested in the narrative you construct for yourself, or that others construct for you. Rather, He is interested in you, the you who suffers, the you who inflicts suffering on others, the you who hides, the you who has bad days (and good ones). And He meets you where you are.
Tullian TchividjianThe biggest lie about grace that Satan wants the church to buy is the idea that itโs dangerous and therefore needs to be kept in check.
Tullian TchividjianSelf-righteousness is the fruit of a low view of God's law and a lite view of your own sin.
Tullian TchividjianThere are a still lot of people in today's church who can easily identify the idolatry outside the church and are pretty proud of the fact that they are not like them. And yet, we are far too slow to recognize the idolatry inside the church and more painfully, the idolatry inside our hearts.
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