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" 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. "

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

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Grace

God

Righteousness

" Christianity affirms that Jesus severed the link between suffering and deserving once for all on Calvary. God put the ledgers away and settled the accounts. "

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

" Indeed, there is nothing like suffering to remind us how much we need God. What good news that His purpose and plan for our lives moves in a different direction from ours! "

" The truth is, narratives of self-justification burble beneath more of our relationships and endeavors than we would care to admit. "

" I never had an intellectual struggle with the Bible, with the gospel, with the claims of Christ. "

" Your identity is firmly anchored in Christ's accomplishment, not yours; his strength, not yours; his performance, not yours; his victory, not yours. "

" At some level, every relationship is assaulted by an aroma of judgment - this sense that we will never measure up to the expectations and demands of another. "

" Contrary to what we conclude naturally, the gospel is not too good to be true. It is true! It's the truest truth in the entire universe. No strings attached! No fine print to read. No buts. No conditions. No qualifications. No footnotes. And especially, no need for balance. "

" The gospel alone liberates you to live a life of scandalous generosity, unrestrained sacrifice, uncommon valor, and unbounded courage. "

" God loves us too much to leave us in the hell of unhappiness that comes from trying to do his job. Into the slavish misery of our ladder-defined lives, God condescends. "

" In 'Surprised by Grace: God's Relentless Pursuit of Rebels,' I retell the story of Jonah and show how Jonah was just as much in need of God's grace as the sailors and the Ninevites. "

" In the Old Testament, we are continually told that our good works are not enough, that God has made a provision. This provision is pointed to at every place in the Old Testament. "

" 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. "

" An identity based in the one-way love of God does not take into account public opinion or, thankfully, even personal opinion. "

" When we imply that our works are for God and not our neighbor, we perpetuate the idea that God's love for us is dependent on what we do instead of on what Christ has done. "

Tullian Tchividjian

God

Neighbor

" Sanctification consists of the daily realization that in Christ we have died, and in Christ we have been raised. "

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

" When it comes to engaging and influencing culture, too many Christians think too highly of political activism. "

" A religious approach to marriage is the idea that if we work hard enough at something, we can earn the acceptance, approval, and life we think we deserve because of our obedient performance. "

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

" I was afraid that if I surrendered my life over to God, God would tell me not to do those things that I desperately wanted to do. "

Tullian Tchividjian

Afraid

Life

" Whether this was explicitly taught or implicitly caught, I grew up with the impression that when it comes to the Christian life, justification was step one and sanctification was step two and that once we get to step two there's no reason to revisit step one. "

Tullian Tchividjian

Two

Christian

" 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. And in the end, what we discover is that this really is enough. "

" There is a strange impulse in many to protect Bible characters and to use them as inspiration... as if sanctification happens as a result of emulation. "

" There's absolutely no way you can feel the freedom to embarrass and humiliate yourself unless you have finally recognized that your identity is in someone other than yourself. "

" 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

Bible

Holy

" If we read the Bible asking first, 'What would Jesus do?' instead of asking 'What has Jesus done,' we'll miss the good news that alone can set us free. "

" 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. "

" Performancism is the mindset that equates our identity and value directly with our performance and accomplishments. "