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 Whether this was explicitly taught or implicitly caught, I grew up with the impression that when it comes to the Christian life, justification was step one and sanctification was step two and that once we get to step two there's no reason to revisit step one. Tullian Tchividjian step christian reason life Justification and sanctification are both God's work, and while they can and must be distinguished, the Bible won't let us separate them. Both are gifts of our union with Christ, and within this double-blessing, justification is the root of sanctification and sanctification is the fruit of justification. Tullian Tchividjian fruit god work bible The required cheerfulness that characterizes many of our churches produces a suffocating environment of pat, religious answers to the painful, complex questions that riddle the lives of hurting people. Tullian Tchividjian questions environment painful people When everyone in the world spoke the same language, God came down in judgment, breaking the world apart. But at just the right time, he came down again, this time to reconcile that sinful world to himself. Tullian Tchividjian language god time world There is a strange impulse in many to protect Bible characters and to use them as inspiration... as if sanctification happens as a result of emulation. Tullian Tchividjian result strange inspiration bible
