Disgraced Pastor Tullian Tchividjian Preaches That His ‘Favorite Cuss Word’ Is a ‘Prayer’ and ‘Theologically Accurate’

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Disgraced Pastor Tullian Tchividjian, who is now the pastor of The Sanctuary in Jupiter, Florida, told his congregation last month that his “favorite cuss word” is “G** d*mn it.”

After confessing to an extramarital affair in 2015, Tchividjian resigned as senior pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Tchividjian, who is the grandson of the renowned evangelist Billy Graham, said that his favorite cuss word is actually a “prayer,” describing it as “the most theologically accurate cuss word on planet Earth.”

The 52-year-old pastor was preaching out of Exodus 20:1-7 when he started giving what he called an “apologetic” on the cuss word.

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“‘You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave him unpunished who takes his name in vain,'” Tchividjian read.

“Is keeping this commandment that simple?” Tchividjian asked. “I wish it was, but it’s not. Even this seemingly simple-to-keep command exposes us far deeper and demands from us far more than we think.”

Turning his attention to a commentary authored by Martin Luther, Tchividjian said, “[Luther] shows that taking the Lord’s name in vain is a much broader thing than not shouting ‘G** d*mn it’ at your kids when they make a mess or yelling ‘Jesus’ in your car at bad drivers.”

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“Let me give an apologetic for the word G** d*mn it, okay, which is my favorite cuss word, by the way, hands down my favorite cuss word,” Tchividjian said.

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