Having faith does not mean never having doubts or questions. It does mean remaining obedient.
JOHN ORTBERGYou must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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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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Acceptance is an act of the heart. To accept someone is to affirm to them that you think it’s a very good thing they are alive.
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Make your life about something bigger than your life.
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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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The possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
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Death is the prerequisite to resurrection, the new life God intends.
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The harder you strike it, the deeper it goes.
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At the heart of Christian faith is the story of Jesus death and resurrection.
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The character of the faith that allows us to be transformed by suffering and darkness is not doubt-free certainty; rather, it is tenacious obedience.
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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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Grace is the offer of God’s ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.
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We’d like to be humble…but what if no one notices?
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We are too often double espresso followers of a decaf Sovereign.
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What matters is not the accomplishments you achieve; what matters is the person you become.
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