Tullian Tchividjian

Christian Post Columnist

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Mar 16, 2013
Resentment, Rebellion and Exhaustion
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.
Mar 2, 2013
Does Grace Make You Lazy?
The gospel announces that it's not on me to ensure that the ultimate verdict on my life is pass and not fail. But doesn't this unconditional declaration generate apathy – an "I don't care" posture toward life?
Feb 9, 2013
Preachers Should Be Like Naughty Kids
For every head-scratching page that Robert Capon writes, he pens a a mind-blowingly insightful one. Some of the best paragraphs I've ever read on grace come from Capon. As far as I can tell, he holds some wild ideas about the atonement. So, as with anyone, you have to discern the meat from the bones.
Jan 19, 2013
Time to Stop Looking in and Start Looking Up
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. This shift effects us on the ground of everyday life.
Jan 5, 2013
On to the Next One ...
This is the year. It all starts now. We resolve to turn over a new leaf–and this time we're serious. What I'm most deeply grateful for is that God's love for me, approval of me, and commitment to me does not ride on my resolve but on Jesus' resolve for me.
Dec 28, 2012
Give Me Law or Give Me Death!
For Javert (as with all of us), the logic of law makes sense. We love the "if/then" proposition: "If" you do this, "then" I will do that. We love "what-goes-around-comes-around" conditionality. It makes us feel safe. The logic of grace, on the other hand, is incomprehensible to our law-locked hearts.
Dec 17, 2012
God Doesn't Need Your Good Works But Your Neighbor Does
Pertinent to any discussion regarding justification and sanctification is the question of effort. Any talk of sanctification which gives the impression that our efforts secure more of God's love, itself needs to be mortified.
Nov 10, 2012
Moralism vs. Jesus-Centered Preaching
There is, in the end, only two ways to read the Bible: is it basically about me or basically about Jesus? In other words, is it basically about what I must do, or basically about what he has done?
Nov 3, 2012
Politics Is Not a Cure-All
When it comes to engaging and influencing culture too many Christians think too highly of political activism. After decades of political activism on the part of Evangelical Christians we're beginning to understand that the dynamics and complexities of cultural change differ radically from political mobilization.
Oct 20, 2012
Freedom in Smallness
The world tells us in a thousand different ways that the bigger we become, the freer we will be. The richer, the more beautiful, and the more powerful we grow, the more security, liberty, and happiness we will experience. And yet, the gospel tells us just the opposite, that the smaller we become, the freer we will be.