Quotes from Tullian Tchividjian

Sometimes God has to remind you that you're weak so that you can be set free from your "self-sufficiency."

The cross [is] the ultimate statement of God's involvement in the world on this side of heaven.

We must reacquaint ourselves with the biblical weight of the problem that we less-than-perfect human beings contend with in the face of a holy and righteous God.

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

The law is God's first word; the gospel is God's final word.

In 'Surprised by Grace: God's Relentless Pursuit of Rebels,' I retell the story of Jonah and show how Jonah was just as much in need of God's grace as the sailors and the Ninevites.

The way of God's grace becomes indispensable when we realize that the way of God's law is inflexible.

Because of Jesus the sin we cannot forget God does not remember.

The bad news that we are all guilty is met with the best news that God loves and forgives guilty people.

Holy Saturday. The best reminder that the silence of God doesn't equal the absence of God.

When God saved me, He gave me a thirst to learn and to read and to study. I thrived in college. I got a bachelor's degree in philosophy and then went to Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando.

God's grace meets us in messy places because messy places are all that there are.

Christmas is the beachhead of God's campaign against sin and sadness, darkness and death, fear and frustration.

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

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

My struggle isn't believing my performance can earn God's favor; my struggle is believing my performance can keep God's favor

God is inviting you today to appropriately grieve your pains and losses and to acknowledge the world is seriously broken.

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.

Christianity is not about good people getting better. It is good news for bad people coping with their failure to be good.

In those moments when I'm obsessively counting my sins against me, it is good news to remember that God has counted my sins against Christ.

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.

Between writing, traveling, speaking, preaching, and doing my best to be a good husband to my wife and my three kids, that's about as much as one man or at least this man can do.

Assurance never comes from looking at ourselves. It only comes as a consequence of looking to Christ.

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