The possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
JOHN ORTBERGTrue love is willing to warn, reprove, confront or admonish when necessary.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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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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What matters is not the accomplishments you achieve; what matters is the person you become.
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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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You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
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One of the hardest things in the world is to stop being the prodigal son without turning into the elder brother.
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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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A boss who interrupts an employee a lot is called an extrovert, whereas an employee who interrupts a boss too often is called an ex-employee.
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There is no way for a human being to come to God that does not involve surrender.
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We who preach have one tool. We are people of the book.
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Biblically, waiting is not just something we have to do until we get what we want. Waiting is part of the process of becoming what God wants us to be.
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The test of love is that it gives even when there is no expectation of a return.
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When preaching is done right, it can change lives. When it’s done badly, my failure goes beyond the merely human.
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Art is built on the deepest themes of human meaning: good and evil, beauty and ugliness, life and death, love and hate. No other story has incarnated those themes more than the story of Jesus.
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Significance is about who we are before it is about what we do.
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Prudence is not hesitation, procrastination, or moderation. It is not driving in the middle of the road. It is not the way of ambivalence, indecision, or safety.
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