True repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace.
JOHN ORTBERGRelated Topics
Anand Thakur
True repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace.
JOHN ORTBERGGod 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 ORTBERGTo become truly free, you must surrender.
JOHN ORTBERGEvery human being who has ever lived has suffered from a messiah complex-except one.
JOHN ORTBERGEvery day you and I walk through God’s shop. Every day we brush up against objects of incalculable worth to Him. People. Every one of them carries a price tag, if only we could see it.
JOHN ORTBERGAt the heart of Christian faith is the story of Jesus death and resurrection.
JOHN ORTBERGThe primary goal of spiritual life is human transformation.
JOHN ORTBERGThe 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 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 ORTBERGYou must arrange your days so that you are experiencing deep contentment, joy and confidence in your everyday life with God.
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 ORTBERGIf we are serious about loving God, we must begin with people, all people. And especially we must learn to love those that the world generally discards.
JOHN ORTBERGJesus is mysterious not just because of what we don’t know about him, but because of what we do know about him.
JOHN ORTBERGThe ministry of bearing with one another is learning to hear God speak through difficult people.
JOHN ORTBERGFailure 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.
JOHN ORTBERGOver time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.
JOHN ORTBERG