When I teach the formal curriculum, I have the chance to think about it ahead of time. I can rehearse it. I can illustrate it with self-deprecating humor and humble-sounding personal disclosure. I can try to make it comes out just right.
JOHN ORTBERGWhen preaching is done right, it can change lives. When it’s done badly, my failure goes beyond the merely human.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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One of the most painful aspects of suffering is the loneliness of it. Others may offer support or empathy, but no one can walk the road to Moriah in our place.
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Hurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart.
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Jesus is mysterious not just because of what we don’t know about him, but because of what we do know about him.
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Having faith does not mean never having doubts or questions. It does mean remaining obedient.
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I hate how hard spiritual transformation is and how long it takes. I hate thinking about how many people have gone to church for decades and remain joyless or judgmental or bitter or superior.
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Grace is the offer of God’s ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.
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The Bible does not say you are God’s appliance; it says you are his masterpiece. Appliances get mass-produced.
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Who you become while you’re waiting is as important as what you’re waiting for.
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In reality, each thought we have carries with it a little spiritual power, a tug toward or away from God. No thought is purely neutral.
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The ministry of bearing with one another is learning to hear God speak through difficult people.
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Love and hurry are fundamentally incompatible. Love always takes time, and time is the one thing hurried people don’t have.
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God is a God of endless opportunities to do good; the God of the open door.
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Every human being who has ever lived has suffered from a messiah complex-except one.
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Never try to have more faith – just get to know God better. And because God is faithful, the better you know Him, the more you’ll trust Him.
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Jesus changed how the world thinks about science, medicine, human rights, education & more.
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