Tullian Tchividjian
Tullian Tchividjian
William Graham Tullian Tchividjian, born July 13, 1972, is the former senior pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and a former contributing editor to Christianity Today's Leadership Journal. He has written several books about Christianity and current issues...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth13 July 1972
CountryUnited States of America
identity way feels
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.
christian thinking political
When it comes to engaging and influencing culture, too many Christians think too highly of political activism.
pain grief exercise
Grief, of course, is not something that operates according to a specific time frame, and it seems cold to suggest otherwise. Yet when we do not grasp that God is present in pain, we eventually insist on victory or, worse, blame the sufferer for not "getting over it" fast enough. This is more than a failure to extend compassion; it's an exercise in cruelty.
jesus effort justify
Because Jesus came to secure for us what we could never secure for ourselves, life doesn't have to be a tireless effort to establish ourselves, justify ourselves, validate ourselves.
accomplishment identity mindset
Performancism is the mindset that equates our identity and value directly with our performance and accomplishments.
real believe self
Submitting self to God is the only real freedom-because the deepest slavery is self-dependence, self-reliance. When you live your life believing that everything (family, finances, relationships, career) depends primarily on you, you're enslaved to your strengths and weaknesses. You're trying to be your own savior. Freedom comes when we start trusting in God's abilities and wisdom instead of our own. Real life begins when we transfer our trust from our own efforts to the efforts of Christ.
blessed people records
Contrary to popular assumptions, the Bible is not a record of the blessed good, but rather the blessed bad. Thats 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; its a witness to God making it down to the worst people.
personal-opinions identity way
An identity based in the one-way love of God does not take into account public opinion or, thankfully, even personal opinion.
christian mean growth
Whatever we may mean by 'Christian growth,' it is ultimately this: less faith in me, more faith in God.
tennis firsts backyards
I got my first tennis racket on my seventh birthday. And because we had a tennis court in our backyard, I played every day. By ten I was playing competitively.
jesus important done
Don't get me wrong - what we do is important. But it is infinitely less important than what Jesus has done for us.
friendly enjoy theological
God has hardwired me to thoroughly enjoy and be sharpened by good and friendly theological discussion about the gospel.
grace lists way
Grace is upside-down, to-do-list wrecking, scandalous and way-too free. It's one-way love.
christ devices dies
Death is the operative device that sets us free in Christ - when we die, we truly live.