Leadership is the art of disappointing people at a rate they can stand.
JOHN ORTBERGOne of the great illusions of our time is that hurrying will buy us more time.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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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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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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The goal is not for us to get through the Scriptures. The goal is to get the Scriptures through us.
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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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Spiritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely.
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The main measure of your devotion to God is not your devotional life. It is simply your life.
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For the soul to be well, it needs to be with God.
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The Holy Spirit will lead you to be with people as Jesus would be with them if He were in your place.
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At the heart of Christian faith is the story of Jesus death and resurrection.
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Never try to have more faith – just get to know God better. And because God is faithful, the better you know Him, the more you’ll trust Him.
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Jesus gave the world its most influential movement.
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Ever console or scold people hurt in human relationships that satisfaction comes from God alone? Stop. Adam’s fellowship with God was perfect, and God Himself declared Adam needed other humans.
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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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To become truly free, you must surrender.
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