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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.

John Ortberg

When we live in the love of God, we begin to pay attention to people the way God pays attention to us.
JOHN ORTBERG

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The church is in the hope business.
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Joylessness may be the sin most readily tolerated by the church.
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The problem with spending your life climbing up the ladder is that you will go right past Jesus, for he’s coming down.
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We may be unlovely yet we are not unloved.
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Skepticism can keep us from blessing, can keep us trapped in two minds.
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The possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
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Essence Hope Possible Transformation
True love is willing to warn, reprove, confront or admonish when necessary.
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Love Necessary True Willing
The primary goal of spiritual life is human transformation.
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We must assess our thoughts and beliefs and reckon whether they are moving us closer to conformity to Christ or farther away from it.
JOHN ORTBERG

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Our beliefs are not just estimates of probabilities. They are also the instruments that guide our actions.
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One of the great illusions of our time is that hurrying will buy us more time.
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sometimes we do not realize how much we have to be grateful for until it is threatened.
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Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation.
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To love someone is to desire and work toward their becoming the best version of themselves. The one person in all the universe who can do this perfectly for you is God.
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Desire God Love Perfection Person Universe Work
The good news as Jesus preached it is not just about the minimal entrance requirements for getting into heaven when you die. It is about the glorious redemption of human life-your life.
JOHN ORTBERG

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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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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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