Tullian Tchividjian Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Thankfully, while our self-righteousness reaches far, God's grace reaches farther.”

“Grace is upside-down, to-do-list wrecking, scandalous and way-too free. It's one-way love.”

“Jesus is not the man at the top of the stairs; He is the man at the bottom, the friend of sinners, the savior of those in need of one. Which is all of us, all of the time.”

“Passive righteousness tells us that God does not need our good works. Active righteousness tells us that our neighbor does. The aim and direction of good works are horizontal, not vertical.”

“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.”

“The emphasis of the Bible is on the work of the Redeemer, not on the work of the redeemed.”

“The Gospel announces that Jesus came to acquit the guilty. He came to judge and be judged in our place. Christ came to satisfy the deep judgment against us once and for all so that we could be free from the judgement of God, others, and ourselves.”

“Rest assured: Before God, the righteousness of Christ is all we need; before God, the righteousness of Christ is all we have.”

“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.”

“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.”