There's nothing like suffering to remind us how not in control we actually are, how little power we ultimately have, and how much we ultimately need God. Tullian Tchividjian controlgodpower Change image and share on social
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 badbehaviorbirth Change image and share on social
Even those of us who have tasted the radical saving grace of God find it intuitively difficult not to put conditions on grace. Tullian Tchividjian conditiondifficultfind Change image and share on social
I ended up dropping out of high school at 16 and getting kicked out of my home. My parents told me, sadly, that because I was so disruptive to the rest of the household, that I could no longer live under their roof. Tullian Tchividjian disruptivedropend share on social
Grace is thickly counter-intuitive. It feels risky and unfair. It's dangerous and disorderly. It wrestles control out of our hands. It is wild and unsettling. It turns everything that makes sense to us upside-down and inside-out. Tullian Tchividjian controlcounterdangerous share on social
To be Biblically balanced is to let our theology and preaching be proportioned by the Bible's radically disproportionate focus on God's saving love for sinners seen and accomplished in the crucified and risen Christ. Tullian Tchividjian accomplishbalancebible share on social
The Bible makes it clear that self-righteousness is the premier enemy of the Gospel. Tullian Tchividjian bibleclearenemy Change image and share on social
The gospel is for the defeated, not the dominant. Tullian Tchividjian defeatdominantgospel Change image and share on social
Death is the operative device that sets us free in Christ - when we die, we truly live. Tullian Tchividjian christdeathdevice Change image and share on social
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 breakgodjudgment share on social