Churches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.
JOHN ORTBERGReal question is not who was this man (Jesus), but who is this man?
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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We must assess our thoughts and beliefs and reckon whether they are moving us closer to conformity to Christ or farther away from it.
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Real question is not who was this man (Jesus), but who is this man?
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We’d like to be humble…but what if no one notices?
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We are tempted to live under the illusion that somewhere out there are people who are normal.
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To become truly free, you must surrender.
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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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Grace is the offer of God’s ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.
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Every day you and I walk through God’s shop. Every day we brush up against objects of incalculable worth to Him. People. Every one of them carries a price tag, if only we could see it.
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If you want to walk on water, you have to get out of the boat.
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True repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace.
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Failure does not shape you; the way you respond to failure shapes you.
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You have a “turn” every time you have an opportunity to choose. But most of us only see a tiny fraction of the choices we have.
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Your Mission starts where you are,Not where you think you should be.Sometimes we’re tempted to think that our current position/job/situation is a barrier to our mission, but, in fact, it is where it starts.
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Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader.
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