Quotes from Tullian Tchividjian
There is no better story in the Old Testament, or perhaps the whole Bible, for depicting the difference between the ladder-defined life and the cross-defined life than that of the Tower of Babel.
- Tullian Tchividjian
For the life of the believer, one thing is beautifully and abundantly true: God's chief concern in your suffering is to be with you and be himself for you.
- Tullian Tchividjian
The gospel is for the defeated, not the dominant.
- Tullian Tchividjian
The gospel sets us free to become the romantic leaders of our marriages without fright or hesitation. Because we have been forever wooed by Jesus, we are now free to forever woo our wives.
- Tullian Tchividjian
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.
- Tullian Tchividjian
Because the church has moved away from the gospel anytime you move away from the gospel, you at the same time move toward pretense, you move toward image-keeping, you move toward the need to pretend.
- Tullian Tchividjian
Sanctification consists of the daily realization that in Christ we have died, and in Christ we have been raised.
- Tullian Tchividjian
Even political insiders recognize that years of political effort on behalf of Evangelical Christians have generated little cultural gain.
- Tullian Tchividjian
The emphasis of the Bible is on the work of the Redeemer, not on the work of the redeemed.
- Tullian Tchividjian
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.
- Tullian Tchividjian
The Bible is plain that God requires moral perfection. It tells us unambiguously that God is holy and therefore cannot tolerate any hint of unholiness.
- Tullian Tchividjian
From the time God saved me at 21 years old, I've always been fascinated by the parables of Jesus.
- Tullian Tchividjian