Skeptics would rather, even at their own expense, appear to be right than take the risk of trusting.
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Skeptics would rather, even at their own expense, appear to be right than take the risk of trusting.
JOHN ORTBERGThe goal is not for us to get through the Scriptures. The goal is to get the Scriptures through us.
JOHN ORTBERGGreatness is never achieved through indecision.
JOHN ORTBERGGod is so immense that if he were ‘too visible,’ people would give forced compliance without expressing their heart. So God made it possible, in enormous love, for us to live as if he were not there.
JOHN ORTBERGPassion for our work is not usually a subterranean volcano waiting to erupt. It is a muscle that gets strengthened a little each day as we show up – as we do what is expected of us, and then some.
JOHN ORTBERGFailure does not shape you; the way you respond to failure shapes you.
JOHN ORTBERGToo often we argue about Christianity instead of marveling at Jesus.
JOHN ORTBERGThe only cure from sin is by maintaining a vision of God.
JOHN ORTBERGThe life of Abraham Lincoln is by most accounts an amazing study in character formation. Yet he was notoriously disorganized; he even had a file in his law office labeled If you can’t find it anywhere else, try looking here.
JOHN ORTBERGWise people build their lives around what is eternal and squeeze in what is temporary. Not the other way around.
JOHN ORTBERGLeadership is the art of disappointing people at a rate they can stand.
JOHN ORTBERGAt the deepest level, pride is the choice to exclude both God and other people from their rightful place in our hearts. Jesus said the essence of the spiritual life is to love God and to love people. Pride destroys our capacity to love.
JOHN ORTBERGThe miracle of Sunday is that a dead man lives. The miracle of Saturday is that the eternal Son of God lies dead.
JOHN ORTBERGTo become truly free, you must surrender.
JOHN ORTBERGOne 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.
JOHN ORTBERGSpiritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely.
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