Tullian Tchividjian Quotes

The tragic irony in all of this is that when we focus so strongly on our need to get better, we actually get worse.

most people live their life as if their justification depends on their sanctification: if I do and become all that I must do and become, God will love me and accept me.

Believe it or not, Christianity is not about good people getting better. If anything, it is good news for bad people coping with their failure to be good.

God wants to free us from ourselves, and there's nothing like suffering to show us that we need something bigger than our abilities and our strength and our explanations.

The deepest fear we have, 'the fear beneath all fears, ' is the fear of not measuring up, the fear of judgment. It's this fear that creates the stress and depression of everyday life.