Christianity is not about good people getting better. It is good news for bad people coping with their failure to be good.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes that Christianity offers hope and redemption to those who struggle with their flaws rather than just improving the already 'good' individuals.
This quote by Tullian Tchividjian highlights a fundamental aspect of Christianity: it is not merely a moral improvement system for already decent people but rather a source of hope and guidance for those who acknowledge their shortcomings. It suggests that Christianity provides comfort and acceptance to individuals who fail to meet moral standards, acknowledging that everyone struggles and needs grace.
In practice
During a church sermon discussing grace and forgiveness.
Christianity is not about good people getting better. If anything, it is good news for bad people coping with their failure to be good. The heart of the Christian faith is Good News, not good advice, good technique, or good behavior. Too many people have walked away from the church, not because theyβre walking away from Jesus, but because the church has walked away from Jesus.
Grace is love that seeks you out when you have nothing to give in return. Grace is love coming at you that has nothing to do with you. Grace is being loved when you are unlovable.
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.
Legalism says God will love us if we change. The gospel says God will change us because He loves us.
She felt, as she felt so often with Murphy, spattered with words that went dead as soon as they sounded; each word obliterated, before it had time to make sense, by the word that came next; so that in the end she did not know what had been said. It was like difficult music heard for the first time.
Human beings are never to be treated as a means but always as ends.
The more dignity is widely and freely available in a society, the less people want to be famous.
I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I'm a human being, first and foremost, and as such I'm for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.
Away with that folly that her rights would be detrimental to her character - that if she were recognized as the equal to a man she would cease to be a woman!
Life never presents us with anything which may not be looked upon as a fresh starting point, no less than as a termination.
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