Tullian Tchividjian

• 10/22/2011

  Grace Without Buts and Brakes

  We often speak about grace with a thousand qualifications which reveal a paralyzing fear that grace will be taken too far. Our greatest concern, it seems, is that people will take advantage of grace
• 10/15/2011

  Law Without Gospel Leads to Licentiousness

  The ironic thing about legalism is that it not only doesn’t make people work harder, it makes them give up. Moralism doesn’t produce morality; rather, it produces immorality.

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• 10/05/2011

  Christianity Is the End of Religion

  Christianity is not a religion; it is the announcement of the end of religion.

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• 08/19/2011

  Deconstructing Moralism

  Since our culture is relativistic, licentious, and morally lax, is preaching grace what this culture really needs? Or, to put it another way, is preaching the gospel of grace really the means by which God will save licentious people?
• 08/16/2011

  On Death to Self

  The truth is, that it’s only when we come to terms with the fact that we can’t to do anything for Jesus (Jesus paid it all) that we will want to do everything for Jesus (all to him I owe).
• 08/13/2011

  The Double-Reach of Self-Righteousness

  The Bible makes it clear that self-righteousness is the premier enemy of the Gospel.
• 08/06/2011

  You’re Free to Stay Put

  In becoming a Christian, we don’t need to retreat from the vocational calling we already have—nor do we need to justify that calling, whatever it is, in terms of its “spiritual” value
• 06/17/2011

  First Things First

  When the Christian faith becomes defined by who we are and what we do and not by who Christ is and what he did for us, we miss the gospel–and we, ironically, become more disobedient.
• 06/13/2011

  Work Hard! But in Which Direction?

  The Christian life is not effortless – ”let go and let God” is not biblical. Sanctification is not passive but active.
• 06/04/2011

  The Pitfall Of Perfectionism

  Perfectionism (or performancism) is a horrible disease. It comes from the pit of hell, smelling like rotting flesh. Someone convinced these folks that they were called to measure up to an unattainable standard
• 05/26/2011

  We Are Seasoned Do-It-Yourselfers

  We are, without question, a society of doers. Christians in this cultural context have absorbed this mentality and taken it into their relationship with God and their understanding of the Christian life.
• 05/09/2011

  Where to Look When You're In Trouble

  A shift has taken place in the evangelical church with regard to the way we think about the gospel–and it’s far from simply an ivory tower conversation.
• 05/03/2011

  Our New and Exalted Identity

  While the world constantly tempts us to locate our identity in something or someone smaller than Jesus, the gospel liberates us by revealing that our true identity is locked in Christ.
• 04/28/2011

  God's Final Solution

  We Christians have a remarkable tendency to focus almost exclusively on the fruit of the problem.
• 04/20/2011

  Rethinking Progress in the Christian Life

  The gospel has me reconsidering the typical way we think about Christian growth. It has me rethinking spiritual measurements and maturity