We may be unlovely yet we are not unloved.
JOHN ORTBERGWe are tempted to live under the illusion that somewhere out there are people who are normal.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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Joylessness may be the sin most readily tolerated by the church.
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Grace is the offer of God’s ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.
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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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The Holy Spirit says: You are it. You are God’s plan. In a thirsty world, people need to be refreshed. It is a broken world, and people need to be healed. Now get out there and do it!
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Jesus changed how the world thinks about science, medicine, human rights, education & more.
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Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
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The most frequent promise in the Bible is ‘I will be with you.’
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Death is the prerequisite to resurrection, the new life God intends.
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If 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.
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One of the hardest things in the world is to stop being the prodigal son without turning into the elder brother.
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Prayer allows us to wait without worry.
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The reason our souls hunger so is that the life we could be living so far exceeds our strangest dreams.
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The Holy Spirit will lead you to be with people as Jesus would be with them if He were in your place.
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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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The church is in the hope business.
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