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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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“A religious approach to marriage is the idea that if we work hard enough at something, we can earn the acceptance, approval, and life we think we deserve because of our obedient performance.”

Ifs Thinking Ideas Hard Enough Religious Acceptance Hard Work Approach Deserve Performances Approval Obedient

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“We often read the Bible as if it were fundamentally about us: our improvement, our life, our triumph, our victory, our faith, our holiness, our godliness.”

Ifs Our Lives Victory Improvement Triumph Holiness Godliness

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“The truth is that when it comes to suffering, if we do not go to our graves in confusion, we will not go to our graves trusting. Explanations are a substitute for trust.”

Ifs Suffering Truth Is Graves Confusion Explanation Substitutes

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“Grace could not have done it’s curing work if the law had not first done its crushing work.”

Ifs Firsts Done Law Grace Crush

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“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

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“Our hearts are continuously rebellious. Every time we sin in thought, word, or deed, we're essentially saying in that moment that, "I don't need you God. I don't want you God. I like my way better than your way." If this goes on day after day after day, year after year, month after month, it would understandable for God to say, "I've given you ten trillion tries. You're finished." But it's not. So in that sense, His grace is always surprising, never ceases to be amazing and His mercy is remarkably outrageous.”

“God's grace is so counterintuitive and everything we do in our life is just based on conditions. You do this for me and I'll do that for you. Or if you don't do this for me, I won't do that for you. And God's grace works in a completely different direction.”

Ifs Different Life Is Grace Our Lives Conditions God's Grace Different Directions

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“Self-righteousness is unavoidable. You can either be a self-righteous Pharisee where you think you are better than everyone else or you can be a self-righteous pagan who thinks you are better than the Pharisee. If you are a self-righteous person, I could become very self-righteous thinking that you're self-righteous and you think you're so good but I know you're bad. I know I'm bad so that makes me better than you.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Persons Self Righteousness Righteous Pagan Better Than You Self Righteous Self Righteousness Pharisees

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“If you have suffered the loss of a family member to chronic disease, if you suffer debilitating seasons of depression, if you have lost your job and livelihood, gone through a divorce that came out of the blue, know that God is not punishing you. He is not waiting for you to do something.”

Ifs Knows Jobs Suffering Lost Waiting Loss Gone Members Disease Seasons Blue Divorce Family Members Livelihood Waiting For You

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“I was spending too much time thinking about how I was doing, if I was learning everything I was supposed to be learning during this difficult season, whether I was doing it right or not, taking my spiritual pulse, etc - my inner lawyer was working overtime.”

Ifs Thinking Spiritual Difficult Too Much Seasons Spending Lawyer Supposed To Be Etc Pulse Learning Everything

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“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!”

Ifs Way Choices Parent My Family Lifestyle Disruptive

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“If you look at the gospel, it just doesn't break things apart. The gospel brings things together. One of the great demonstration of the gospel's power is reconciliation.”

Ifs Looks Together Break Reconciliation Demonstration

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“If the depths of everyone's sin was made public, we would all be much more gracious to each other.”

Ifs Made Sin Depth Gracious

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“If your theological convictions are not producing a deeper love for others, then it's time to rethink some stuff.”

Ifs Stuff Conviction Deeper Theological Deeper Love

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“If you feel compelled to respond every time you're criticized it reveals just how much you've built your identity on being right.”

Ifs Feels Identity Built Compelled

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“I was afraid that if I surrendered my life over to God, God would tell me not to do those things that I desperately wanted to do.”

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“Legalism says God will love us if we change. The gospel says God will change us because He loves us.”

Ifs Lawyer Gods Will God's Love Legalism

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“If you uproot the idol and fail to plant the love of Christ in its place, the idol will grow back.”

Ifs Grows Christ Failing Plant Idols Idolatry

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“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.”

“If people knew the REAL us, they would run. God knows, stays, and loves.”

People Ifs Knows Real Running And Love God Knows

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“If we're not reaching the same people Jesus reached, then we're not preaching the same message Jesus preached.”

People Ifs Jesus Messages Reaching Preaching

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“If we read the Bible asking first, 'What would Jesus do?' instead of asking 'What has Jesus done?' we’ll miss the good news that alone can set us free.”

Ifs Firsts Done Jesus Missing News Asking Good News

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

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