Quotes from Tullian Tchividjian

Legalism says God will love us if we change. The gospel says God will change us because He loves us.

Contrary to popular assumptions, the Bible is not a record of the blessed good, but rather the blessed bad. That's not a typo. The Bible is a record of the blessed bad. The Bible is not a witness to the best people making it up to God; it's a witness to God making it down to the worst people.

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.

If you look at the gospel, it just doesn't break things apart. The gospel brings things together. One of the great demonstration of the gospel's power is reconciliation.

Our deepest fear is judgment. Our deepest longing is love. The gospel of grace removes the one and provides the other.

Grace is love that seeks you out when you have nothing to give in return. Grace is love coming at you that has nothing to do with you. Grace is being loved when you are unlovable.

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

I was always in places where I was widely accepted, approved and loved and I was finally in a place where people did not approve of me, did not accept me and did not love me. It was killing me.

Explanations are a substitute for trust.

A biblical understanding of the Christian life is not 'let go and let God,' it's 'trust God and get going.'

I wish I could say that everything I do is for God's glory but I can't. And neither can you. What I can say is Jesus' blood covers all my efforts to glorify myself.

If your theological convictions are not producing a deeper love for others, then it's time to rethink some stuff.