Top 81 Quotes by Tullian Tchividjian

For years and years, Christians have been singing about their wandering hearts. Our hearts need to be recalibrated and realigned and reoriented by God.

My observation of Christendom is that most of us tend to base our relationship with God on our performance instead of on His grace.

Because of total depravity, you and I were desperate for God's grace before we were saved. Because of total depravity, you and I remain desperate for God's grace even after we're saved.

Thankfully, God's restraining grace keeps even the worst of us from being utterly depraved. The worst people who have ever lived could've been worse.

When we imply that our works are for God and not our neighbor, we perpetuate the idea that God's love for us is dependent on what we do instead of on what Christ has done.

When you don't have anything to lose, you discover something wonderful: you're free to take great risks without fear or reservation.

Even those of us who have tasted the radical saving grace of God find it intuitively difficult not to put conditions on grace.

Because Jesus came to secure for us what we could never secure for ourselves, life doesn't have to be a tireless effort to establish ourselves, justify ourselves, validate ourselves.

God has hardwired me to thoroughly enjoy and be sharpened by good and friendly theological discussion about the gospel.

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.