The miracle of Sunday is that a dead man lives. The miracle of Saturday is that the eternal Son of God lies dead.
JOHN ORTBERGSloth is the failure to do what needs to be done when it needs to be done – like the kamikaze pilot who flew seventeen missions.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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Joylessness may be the sin most readily tolerated by the church.
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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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For the soul to be well, it needs to be with God.
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The 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.
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The church is in the hope business.
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Failure is not an event, but rather a judgment about an event. Failure is not something that happens to us or a label we attach to things. It is a way we think about outcomes.
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Willpower is trying very hard not to do something you want to do very much.
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Failure does not shape you; the way you respond to failure shapes you.
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The reason our souls hunger so is that the life we could be living so far exceeds our strangest dreams.
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Genuine brokenness pleases God more than pretend spirituality.
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Waiting on the Lord is a confident, disciplined, expectant, active, sometimes painful clinging to God.
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Greatness is never achieved through indecision.
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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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One of the most painful aspects of suffering is the loneliness of it. Others may offer support or empathy, but no one can walk the road to Moriah in our place.
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Too often we argue about Christianity instead of marveling at Jesus.
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