Tullian Tchividjian Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“We are deeply conditioned against unconditionality because we've been told in a thousand different ways that accomplishment always precedes acceptance, that achievement always precedes approval.”

“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.”

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

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

“Our assurance is anchored in the love and grace of God expressed in the glorious exchange: our sin for His righteousness.”

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

“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.”

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

“Our minds are affected by sin. Our hearts are affected by sin. Our wills are affected by sin. Our bodies are affected by sin.”

“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.”