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It may be a very bad thing that I needed God to die for me, but it is a wonderful thing that God thinks I am worth dying for.

John Ortberg

Jesus changed how the world thinks about science, medicine, human rights, education & more.
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I’m more concerned about who you’re becoming than what you’re doing.
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Self-improvement is no more God’s plan than self-salvation.
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God Improvement Planning Salvation
Significance is about who we are before it is about what we do.
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Identity Significance
Jesus gave the world its most influential movement.
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Influence Movement World
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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Genuine brokenness pleases God more than pretend spirituality.
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Act Break Genuine God Pretend Spirituality
Make your life about something bigger than your life.
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Big Life Yourself
God is a God of endless opportunities to do good; the God of the open door.
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Door God Goodness Open Opportunity
We are tempted to live under the illusion that somewhere out there are people who are normal.
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Illusion Normal People Temptation
The goal is not for us to get through the Scriptures. The goal is to get the Scriptures through us.
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We are too often double espresso followers of a decaf Sovereign.
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Follow Identity
Skepticism can keep us from blessing, can keep us trapped in two minds.
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Skeptics would rather, even at their own expense, appear to be right than take the risk of trusting.
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You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
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Elimination Hurry Life Patience Yourself
Joylessness may be the sin most readily tolerated by the church.
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It may be a very bad thing that I needed God to die for me, but it is a wonderful thing that God thinks I am worth dying for.

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