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I hate how hard spiritual transformation is and how long it takes. I hate thinking about how many people have gone to church for decades and remain joyless or judgmental or bitter or superior.

John Ortberg

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John Ortberg
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 5
Author
Psychologist
Theologian
Rockford
Illinois
Hate
Transformation
Many
Bitter
Hard
Decades
Long
Remain
Thinking
Takes
Joyless
People
Gone
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Church
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