God has entrusted us with his most precious treasure – people. He asks us to shepherd and mold them into strong disciples, with brave faith and good character.
JOHN ORTBERGThe 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.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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Skepticism can keep us from blessing, can keep us trapped in two minds.
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Significance is about who we are before it is about what we do.
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The miracle of Sunday is that a dead man lives. The miracle of Saturday is that the eternal Son of God lies dead.
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One of the great illusions of our time is that hurrying will buy us more time.
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Willpower is trying very hard not to do something you want to do very much.
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Who you become while you’re waiting is as important as what you’re waiting for.
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You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
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Death is the prerequisite to resurrection, the new life God intends.
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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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The only cure from sin is by maintaining a vision of God.
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Jesus changed how the world thinks about science, medicine, human rights, education & more.
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God is a God of endless opportunities to do good; the God of the open door.
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Skeptics would rather, even at their own expense, appear to be right than take the risk of trusting.
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Grace is the offer of God’s ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.
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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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