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Lazy grace?

By Dave Henning / August 7, 2014

Tullian Tchividjian begins Chapter 9 (“Objections to One-Way Love) of One Way Love by asking this question: “Does grace make you look lazy?”  In all honesty, states, the initial application of grace inspires sighs of relief and extended breathers that make it appear we’re doing nothing- lazy grace. However, in the long run grace has […]

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Control vs. grace

By Dave Henning / August 6, 2014

“Grace is radically unbalanced.  It contains no but: it is unconditional, uncontrollable, unpredictable, and undomesticated- or else it is not grace.”- Tullian Tchividjian As Tullian Tchividjian (One Way Love) continues his discussion of Jesus’ meal at the home of Simon the Pharisee, he observes that, unlike the other dinner guests, we have compassion for the […]

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Guess who’s coming to dinner?

By Dave Henning / August 5, 2014

Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw this he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would have know who and what sort of woman is touching him, for she is a sinner.”- Luke 6:39 In Chapter 9 (“An Offensive gift”) of One Way Love, Tullian Tchividjian reiterates the concept […]

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Our (second) best friend

By Dave Henning / August 4, 2014

Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.  They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.  I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.”- Lamentations 3:22-24 “Sometimes we stand to learn the most about God from the situations we understand […]

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Expectation- the mother of resentment

By Dave Henning / August 3, 2014

“What causes fights and quarrels among you?  Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you?  You want something but don’t get it. . . . You do not have, because you do not ask God.”-James 4:1-2 In Chapter 7 of One Way Love, Tullian Tchividjian notes that when the foundation of any relationship […]

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Self-forgetfulness

By Dave Henning / August 2, 2014

As Tullian Tchividjian continues Chapter 7 of One Way Love, he discusses what Timothy Keller refers to as “the freedom of self-forgetfulness”.  When we spend more time being introspective than thinking about Jesus and what He’s done, Pastor Tchividjian notes, we shrink into ourselves. Freed from the burden of establishing our own self-worth, God’s one-way […]

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Identity “theft”

By Dave Henning / August 1, 2014

“But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ.  Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord.”- Philippians 3:7 “The gospel doesn’t just free you from what other people think of you, it frees you from what you think of yourself.”- […]

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Hugging the cactus

By Dave Henning / July 31, 2014

“But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, so that no human being might boast in […]

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Breakfast on the beach

By Dave Henning / July 30, 2014

Just as day was breaking, Jesus stood on the shore; yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus.  Jesus said to them, “Children, do you have any fish? . . . When they got out on land, they saw a charcoal fire in place, with fish laid out on it, and bread.”- John […]

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Surprised by grace

By Dave Henning / July 29, 2014

And Jesus answered them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.  I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.”- Luke 5:31-32 “The great and merciful surprise is that we come to God not by doing it right but by doing it wrong.”- Richard […]

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Transformative grace

By Dave Henning / July 28, 2014

“But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”- Romans 5:8 (NIV) In Chapter 5 (“Ex-Convicts, Failed Disciples, and One-Way Love”) of One Way Love, Tullian Tchividjian comments that what brought him out of his rebellious period was not a spectacular, Damascus Road experience, but […]

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Cheap law

By Dave Henning / July 27, 2014

As Tullian Tchividjian concludes Chapter 4 of One Way Love, he cites J. Gresham Machen’s counterintuitive statement that “a low ( or cheap) view of the law always produces legalism; a high view of the law makes a person a seeker after grace.”  Pastor Tchividjian then contrast the two views. A low view of the Law: […]

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