The goal is not for us to get through the Scriptures. The goal is to get the Scriptures through us.
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The goal is not for us to get through the Scriptures. The goal is to get the Scriptures through us.
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 ORTBERGBoth hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader.
JOHN ORTBERGTrue repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace.
JOHN ORTBERGThe most important task of your life is not what you do, but who you become.
JOHN ORTBERGThe church is in the hope business.
JOHN ORTBERGGrace is the offer of God’s ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.
JOHN ORTBERGEvery human being who has ever lived has suffered from a messiah complex-except one.
JOHN ORTBERGThe problem with spending your life climbing up the ladder is that you will go right past Jesus, for he’s coming down.
JOHN ORTBERGGod is not interested in our spiritual life. He’s interested in our life.
JOHN ORTBERGYou can only love and be loved to the extent that you know and are known by somebody.
JOHN ORTBERGWe’d like to be humble…but what if no one notices?
JOHN ORTBERGHabits eat good intentions for breakfast.
JOHN ORTBERGThe Holy Spirit will lead you to be with people as Jesus would be with them if He were in your place.
JOHN ORTBERGI hate how hard spiritual transformation is and how long it takes. I hate thinking about how many people have gone to church for decades and remain joyless or judgmental or bitter or superior.
JOHN ORTBERGWho you become while you’re waiting is as important as what you’re waiting for.
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