Grace could not have done it’s curing work if the law had not first done its crushing work. Tullian Tchividjian More Quotes by Tullian Tchividjian More Quotes From Tullian Tchividjian My lifestyle got so disruptive to my family that my parents had no choice but to say, "You can't live here any longer if you're going to live this way." So, I was thrilled about it - thrilled! Tullian Tchividjian parent choices way For the life of the believer, one thing is beautifully and abundantly true: God's chief concern in your suffering is to be with you and be himself for you. Tullian Tchividjian chiefs concern suffering My daily sins require daily distribution of God's grace. In that sense, it never ceases to surprise me because I don't deserve any of it. I mean, I deserve to be locked in a cage and for God to throw away the key. Tullian Tchividjian keys grace mean The only thing that frees you from the need to pretend in order to make people believe you are something when you are actually not is the gospel because the gospel tells you that identity, my meaning, my security, and all of those things are in Christ. Tullian Tchividjian order believe people I agree we have enough books that attempt to explain why God allows suffering, presumably in a way that lets God off the hook. And while much smarter men than I have constructed elaborate systems in this pursuit, they are by definition exercises in speculation. Tullian Tchividjian exercise letting-go book I 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 Tchividjian tribes church thinking I was a surfer so I hung out with people who were surfers and made fun of people who weren't surfers and I listened to surf music and made fun of people who didn't listen to surfer music. Tullian Tchividjian surf fun people You are not obligated to pull yourself up by your bootstraps and find a way to conquer the odds, to be stronger or transform yourself into some better version of yourself. The pain you are feeling (whatever the degree) may be a reminder that things are not as they should be. Tullian Tchividjian pain odds feelings Unfortunately, some Christians are guilty of throwing out an equivalent sentiment when they play the "God is sovereign" card as a way to trump every evil that comes your way. Tullian Tchividjian christian evil play Only the Holy Spirit can comfort a person in the depths of grief. Tullian Tchividjian depth grief comfort I 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 Tchividjian church moments thinking Before we can even begin to grapple with the frustrations and tragedies of life in this world, we must do away with our faithless morality of payback and reward. Tullian Tchividjian payback frustration tragedy My job is not to show my children that I'm the man, but to show them that Christ is the man. Tullian Tchividjian jobs men children Between writing, traveling, speaking, preaching, and doing my best to be a good husband to my wife and my three kids, that's about as much as one man or at least this man can do. Tullian Tchividjian husband writing kids Unfulfilled dreams, ongoing relational tension, the loss of friendships, a hard marriage, rebellious teenagers, the death of loved ones, remaining sinful patterns - whatever it is for you - live long enough, lose enough, suffer enough, and the idealism of youth fades, leaving behind the reality of life in a broken world as a broken person. Tullian Tchividjian teenager dream loss I've got three kids. I worry about them but the gospel freed me and freed my wife. We are not trying to make our kids think that we're super spiritual or we've got it all together. They see mom and dad being real people. What they hear dad talking about at home is not different from what they see from dad [at church]. That won't guarantee that they'll avoid the whole PK, MK thing. But we are hopefully not contributing to what normally produces that crisis, which is pretending. Tullian Tchividjian dad mom spiritual The Bible is plain that God requires moral perfection. It tells us unambiguously that God is holy and therefore cannot tolerate any hint of unholiness. Tullian Tchividjian moral perfection god bible 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 good failure believe people God loves us too much to leave us in the hell of unhappiness that comes from trying to do his job. Into the slavish misery of our ladder-defined lives, God condescends. Tullian Tchividjian job hell god trying As Luke 24 shows, it's possible to read the Bible, study the Bible, and memorize large portions of the Bible, while missing the whole point of the Bible. Tullian Tchividjian possible study missing bible
