Tullian Tchividjian

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  Jan 15, 2012

  Why I Hate Religion Video Raises Question If 'Religion' Is Opposed to 'Gospel'

  A lot of attention has been paid to Jefferson Bethke’s video Why I Hate Religion But Love Jesus. Jefferson is a great, humble, teachable brother who loves the gospel. But the response to his video has been varied. Many love it. Others hate it. And still others have raised a caution flag – uncomfortable with the way “religion” is often contrasted with the gospel.

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  Jan 14, 2012

  Where Can I Find Assurance?

  Our assurance depends on how certain we are that God will say at the final judgment: “Not guilty!”

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  Jan 7, 2012

  Might as Well Face It, You're Addicted to Law

  I’ll never forget hearing Dr. Doug Kelly (one of my theology professors in seminary) saying in class, “If you want to make people mad, preach law. If you want to make them really, really mad preach grace.” I didn’t know what he meant then. But I do now.

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  Jan 1, 2012

  This Is the Year?

  Today is the very first day of a brand new year. And for many that means a fresh start. It all starts now. We resolve to turn over a new leaf–and this time we’re serious.

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  Dec 30, 2011

  What Is True Spirituality?

  The word spirituality conjures up all sorts of images and ideas. For non-Religious – or secular – people, spirituality is nothing more than “an inner path enabling a person to discover the essence of his/her being"

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  Dec 1, 2011

  Are You Righteous?

  Ethical behaviorism is a term Psychologists use which defines righteousness exclusively in terms of what a person does or does not do. In this sense, a righteous person is one who does the right things and avoids the wrong things.

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  Nov 26, 2011

  Fear of Judgment

  As you all know too painfully well, relationships flounder in an environment of judging. Both the Bible and our experience teach us that where judgment reigns relationships are ruined.

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  Oct 30, 2011

  What Abortion?

  What’s fascinating to me is that throughout the Bible, it’s the immoral person that gets the Gospel before the moral person; it’s the prostitute who gets grace; it’s the Pharisee who doesn’t

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  Oct 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

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  Oct 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.