The miracle of Sunday is that a dead man lives. The miracle of Saturday is that the eternal Son of God lies dead.
JOHN ORTBERGJesus is mysterious not just because of what we don’t know about him, but because of what we do know about him.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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The life of Abraham Lincoln is by most accounts an amazing study in character formation. Yet he was notoriously disorganized; he even had a file in his law office labeled If you can’t find it anywhere else, try looking here.
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Our beliefs are not just estimates of probabilities. They are also the instruments that guide our actions.
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Disciplined people can do the right thing at the right time in the right way for the right reason.
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Who you become while you’re waiting is as important as what you’re waiting for.
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To love someone is to desire and work toward their becoming the best version of themselves. The one person in all the universe who can do this perfectly for you is God.
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Going in faith does not necessarily mean going with serenity or without doubts. Faith can be difficult.
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God is so immense that if he were ‘too visible,’ people would give forced compliance without expressing their heart. So God made it possible, in enormous love, for us to live as if he were not there.
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Solitude is the one place where we can gain freedom from the forces of society that will otherwise relentlessly mold us. Solitude requires relentless perseverance.
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What repeatedly enters your mind and occupies your mind, eventually shapes your mind, and will ultimately express itself in what you do and who you become.
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Jesus changed how the world thinks about science, medicine, human rights, education & more.
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The most frequent promise in the Bible is ‘I will be with you.’
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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.
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For the soul to be well, it needs to be with God.
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The greatest moment of your life is now. This moment is God’s irreplaceable gift to you.
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The greatest bloodbaths in the history of the human race were recorded in the twentieth century in countries that sought to eliminate God, worship, and faith.
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