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A bad sermon is like a car wreck – everyone slows down to see what happened.

John Ortberg

Jesus changed how the world thinks about science, medicine, human rights, education & more.
JOHN ORTBERG

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You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
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Elimination Hurry Life Patience Yourself
Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation.
JOHN ORTBERG

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Peace does not lie in getting God to give me other circumstances. Peace lies in finding God in these circumstances.
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Real question is not who was this man (Jesus), but who is this man?
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Man Question Reality
We who preach have one tool. We are people of the book.
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When I teach the formal curriculum, I have the chance to think about it ahead of time. I can rehearse it. I can illustrate it with self-deprecating humor and humble-sounding personal disclosure. I can try to make it comes out just right.
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The test of love is that it gives even when there is no expectation of a return.
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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.
JOHN ORTBERG

Deep Hard Strike Yourself
Spiritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely.
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Spirituality Training Transformation Wisdom
Jesus is mysterious not just because of what we don’t know about him, but because of what we do know about him.
JOHN ORTBERG

God Himself Known Mysterious
The most frequent promise in the Bible is ‘I will be with you.’
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God sees with utter clarity who we are. He is undeceived as to our warts and wickedness. But when God looks at us that is not all He sees. He also sees who we are intended to be, who we will one day become.
JOHN ORTBERG

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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.
JOHN ORTBERG

Acceptance Act Affirmation Alive Heart
Skeptics would rather, even at their own expense, appear to be right than take the risk of trusting.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur

A bad sermon is like a car wreck – everyone slows down to see what happened.

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