What is indisputable is the fact that unbelief is the force that gives birth to all of our bad behavior and every moral failure. It is the root. - Tullian Tchividjian 1 Share Now -
The deepest fear we have, 'the fear beneath all fears,' is the fear of not measuring up, the fear of judgment. It's this fear that creates the stress and depression of everyday life. - Tullian Tchividjian 2 Share Now -
When the Christian faith becomes defined by who we are and what we do and not by who Christ is and what he did for us, we miss the gospel - and we, ironically, become more disobedient. - Tullian Tchividjian 3 Share Now -
The gospel alone liberates you to live a life of scandalous generosity, unrestrained sacrifice, uncommon valor, and unbounded courage. - Tullian Tchividjian 4 Share Now -
The good news of suffering is that it brings us to the end of ourselves - a purpose it has certainly served in my life. It brings us to the place of honesty, which is the place of desperation, which is the place of faith, which is the place of freedom. - Tullian Tchividjian 5 Share Now -
The 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 Tchividjian 6 Share Now -
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. - Tullian Tchividjian 7 Share Now -
The good news of suffering is that it brings us to the end of ourselves - a purpose it has certainly served in my life. It brings us to the place of honesty, which is the place of desperation, which is the place of faith, which is the place of freedom. - Tullian Tchividjian 8 Share Now -
The gospel sets us free to become the romantic leaders of our marriages without fright or hesitation. Because we have been forever wooed by Jesus, we are now free to forever woo our wives. - Tullian Tchividjian 9 Share Now -
Believe it or not, Christianity is not about good people getting better. If anything, it is good news for bad people coping with their failure to be good. - Tullian Tchividjian 10 Share Now -