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Tullian Tchividjian is a well-known pastor and theological writer, recognized for his contemporary and insightful approach to Christian faith and practice. Born on July 13, 1972, he has been influential in Christian circles, particularly for his emphasis on grace and the transformative power of the Gospel.

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“Daily Christian living, in other words, is daily Christian dying: dying to our trivial comforts, soul-shrinking conveniences, arrogant preferences, and self-centered entitlements, and living for something much larger than what makes us comfortable and safe.”

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Book:Jesus + Nothing = Everything

Source: Jesus + Nothing = Everything

“Your identity is firmly anchored in Christ's accomplishment, not yours; his strength, not yours; his performance, not yours; his victory, not yours.”

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Book:One Way Love: Inexhaustible Grace for an Exhausted World

Source: One Way Love: Inexhaustible Grace for an Exhausted World

“When we reduce the notion of “calling” to work inside the church, we fail to equip our people to apply their Christian faith to everything they do, everywhere they are.”

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Author:Tullian Tchividjian

“Only when you realize that the gospel has nothing to do with your obedience but with Christ's obedience for you, will you start to obey. The only Christians who end up getting better are those who realize that if they don't get better, God will love them anyway.”

Ifs Ends Christian Christ Realizing Gods Will Obedience Get Better

Author:Tullian Tchividjian

“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.”

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Book:Glorious Ruin: How Suffering Sets You Free

Source: Glorious Ruin: How Suffering Sets You Free

“The Christian life has been nothing more and nothing less than a daily dependence on and a rediscovery of God's grace.”

Has Beens Christian Grace Christian Life Dependence God's Grace Rediscovery

Author:Tullian Tchividjian

“I think for far too long the Church has concluded that Christians don't need the gospel, it's simple what non-Christian people need in order to be saved.”

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“The 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.”

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“The focus of the Christian faith is not our morality; it is Jesus, who died for our immorality.”

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“Even political insiders recognize that years of political effort on behalf of Evangelical Christians have generated little cultural gain.”

Years Littles Christian Political Effort Gains Behalf Evangelical Insiders

Book:Unfashionable: Making a Difference in the World by Being Different

Source: Unfashionable: Making a Difference in the World by Being Different

“When it comes to engaging and influencing culture, too many Christians think too highly of political activism.”

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Author:Tullian Tchividjian

“I'm not sure I'll ever fully understand why some Christians get mad when we say that the ultimate hero in the Bible is not Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, Paul, etc... but Jesus.”

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“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.”

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Author:Tullian Tchividjian

“To focus on how I'm doing more than what Christ has done is Christian narcissism”

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Author:Tullian Tchividjian

“Whether it's a Christian or a non-Christian, there's nothing like suffering to show us how small, needy, and not in control we are. Suffering has a way of sobering us up to the realization that we can't make it on our own, that we need help, that we're broken.”

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Author:Tullian Tchividjian

“You can be sure that your deepest desires reveal important truths about your spiritual condition.”

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Book:Do I Know God?: Finding Certainty in Life's Most Important Relationship

Source: Do I Know God?: Finding Certainty in Life's Most Important Relationship

“The Bible is one long story of God meeting our rebellion with His rescue, our sin with His salvation, our guilt with His grace, our badness with His goodness. The overwhelming focus of the Bible is not the work of the redeemed but the work of the Redeemer. Which means that the Bible is not first a recipe for Christian living but a revelation book of Jesus who is the answer to our un-Christian living.”

Source: One Way Love: Inexhaustible Grace for an Exhausted World

“Christianity is not about good people getting better. If anything, it is good news for bad people coping with their failure to be good. The heart of the Christian faith is Good News, not good advice, good technique, or good behavior. Too many people have walked away from the church, not because they’re walking away from Jesus, but because the church has walked away from Jesus.”

“A biblical understanding of the Christian life is not 'let go and let God,' it's 'trust God and get going.'”

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Author:Tullian Tchividjian

“Whatever we may mean by 'Christian growth,' it is ultimately this: less faith in me, more faith in God.”

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Author:Tullian Tchividjian

“The heart of the Christian faith is Good News, not good advice, good technique, or good behavior.”

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Book:One Way Love: Inexhaustible Grace for an Exhausted World

Source: One Way Love: Inexhaustible Grace for an Exhausted World

“Christian growth doesn't happen by first behaving better, but by believing better--believi ng in bigger, deeper, brighter ways what Christ has already secured for sinners.”

Way Firsts Believe Happens Christian Growth Christ Bigger Deeper Sinner Brighter Secured Christian Growth

Author:Tullian Tchividjian

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Born: July 13, 1972
Known for: Pastor
Quotes: 242

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