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People cheer the Bible, buy the Bible, give the Bible, own the Bible - they just don't actually read the Bible.
— John Ortberg
Better to be a loving person without knowing how you got there, than an expert no one can stand to be around.
— John Ortberg
One reason why we fail to hear God speak is that we are not attentive. We suffer from what might be called 'spiritual mindlessness.'
— John Ortberg
artist, musician,
— John Ortberg
One of the reasons I'm an interesting person to be married to is my intensely late-blooming self-awareness.
— John Ortberg
what matters most is not the decision I make but how I throw myself into executing it well.
— John Ortberg
Over and over in the Bible, it is fear that threatens to keep people from trusting and obeying God.
— John Ortberg
We are not lost because we are going to wind up in the wrong place. We are going to wind up in the wrong place because we are lost.
— John Ortberg
God says, "I have set before you an open door," not "I have set before you a finished script.
— John Ortberg
No heart is as whole as a broken heart, and no faith is as solid as a wounded faith. Elie Wiesel
— John Ortberg
A simple way to address hidden curriculum issues is to spend time talking with staff and key leaders about their spiritual lives.
— John Ortberg
To become truly free, you must surrender.
— John Ortberg
'Amusement' is appealing because we don't have to think; it spares us the fear and anxiety that might otherwise prey on our thoughts.
— John Ortberg
You're a soul made by God, made for God, and made to need God, which means you were not made to be self-sufficient.
— John Ortberg
The church is in the hope business.
— John Ortberg
We're generally quite good at doing something, but we're really bad at doing nothing.
— John Ortberg
A very simple way to guard your soul is to ask yourself, Will this situation block my soul's connection to God?
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eschatological thinking.
— John Ortberg Jr.
The Bible's teaching on prayer leads overwhelmingly to one conclusion: Prayer changes things.
— John Ortberg Jr.
The miracle of Sunday is that a dead man lives. The miracle of Saturday is that the eternal Son of God lies dead.
— John Ortberg
The truth is, the soul's infinite capacity to desire is the mirror image of God's infinite capacity to give.
— John Ortberg
Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader.
— John Ortberg
God wishes to be seen, wishes to be sought, wishes to be expected, and wishes to be trusted.
— John Ortberg
Jesus is mysterious not just because of what we don't know about him, but because of what we do know about him.
— John Ortberg
God's primary will for your life is not the achievements you accrue; it's the person you become.
— John Ortberg
We do not need answers or formulas to minister in crisis.
— John Ortberg
sin always causes the disintegration of the soul.
— John Ortberg
The ministry of bearing with one another is learning to hear God speak through difficult people.
— John Ortberg
Prayer, perhaps more than any other activity, is the concrete expression of the fact that we are invited into a relationship with God.
— John Ortberg Jr.
It may not quite reflect the maturity of "Thy will be done," but it is better to be an honest mess before God than a dishonest "saint.
— John Ortberg
Your world could grow infinitely bigger if you were only willing to become ... appropri ately small.
— John Ortberg
Joy is God's basic character. Joy is his eternal destiny. God is the happiest being in the universe.
— John Ortberg Jr.
As long as we have unsolved problems, unfulfilled desires, and a mustard seed of faith, we have all we need for a vibrant prayer life.
— John Ortberg
Our bodies are these collections of appetites that veer out of control and habits that drag us down paths we don't want to travel.
— John Ortberg
The one thing needed is the decision to live so continually in Jesus' presence as to be always covered with the dust of the rabbi. Martha got
— John Ortberg Jr.
Evil exists. Evil is real. One of the hallmarks of evil is that it seeks to convince its victims that it exists 'out there.'
— John Ortberg
Jesus gave the world its most influential movement.
— John Ortberg
We all want to feel spiritually vigorous, and we hurt when we don't. This pain is intensified for people who lead church ministries.
— John Ortberg
You can only love and be loved to the extent that you know and are known by somebody.
— John Ortberg
Having faith does not mean never having doubts or questions. It does mean remaining obedient.
— John Ortberg
For we are God's masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so that we can do the good things he planned for us
— John Ortberg
Somebody once said that the biggest difference between you and God is that God doesn't think he's you. In pain, we get very clear about not being God.
— John Ortberg Jr.
The problem with spending your life climbing up the ladder is that you will go right past Jesus, for he's coming down.
— John Ortberg
My wife is one of the most extroverted people I know. She could out-talk Oprah and Joyce Meyer simultaneously.
— John Ortberg
Jesus changed how the world thinks about science, medicine, human rights, education & more.
— John Ortberg
The soul is hidden in God's creating hand: 'In his hand is the soul of every living thing' " (Job 12:10).
— John Ortberg
God has decided, for his own good reasons, that people are not transformed outside of community.
— John Ortberg
I'm not sure ministry can ever have the urgency it requires if it is not aware of evil, both externally and internally.
— John Ortberg
Prudence is foresight and far-sightedness. It's the ability to make immediate decisions on the basis of their longer-range effects.
— John Ortberg
In the context of worship, amusement is a waste of time and a waste of life, and therefore a form of sin.
— John Ortberg
I am struck by how quickly I am prone to judgmentalism.
— John Ortberg
Universities such as Cambridge, Oxford, and Harvard all began as Jesus-inspired efforts to love God with all ones' mind.
— John Ortberg
All work was designed by God to be priestly work.
— John Ortberg
This is a beautiful vision that everyone should learn: that ignorance is the devil's tool, that God is the God of truth. George
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Jesus did not come as a servant in spite of the fact that he is God; he came precisely because of the fact that he is God.
— John Ortberg
Tithing is a bad ceiling but an excellent floor.
— John Ortberg
Wise people build their lives around what is eternal and squeeze in what is temporary. Not the other way around.
— John Ortberg
The soul without God for eternity is in an abyss.
— John Ortberg
Failure does not shape you; the way you respond to failure shapes you.
— John Ortberg Jr.
Bitterness is like drinking rat poison and waiting for the rat to die.
— John Ortberg Jr.