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Real question is not who was this man (Jesus), but who is this man?

John Ortberg

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John Ortberg
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 5
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Psychologist
Theologian
Rockford
Illinois
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Having faith does not mean never having doubts or questions. It does mean remaining obedient.
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You can only love and be loved to the extent that you know and are known by somebody.
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Self-improveme nt is no more God's plan than self-salvation.
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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.
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In reality, each thought we have carries with it a little spiritual power, a tug toward or away from God. No thought is purely neutral.
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In the beginning, we're told, was the word. Every once in a while someone shows up on the planet who is word-obsessed and word-gifted and the light and darkness get named again. In our day, that someone is Buechner.
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True love is willing to warn, reprove, confront or admonish when necessary.
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Acceptance is an act of the heart. To accept someone is to affirm to them that you think it's a very good thing they are alive.
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Biblically, waiting is not just something we have to do until we get what we want. Waiting is part of the process of becoming what God wants us to be.
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The goal is not for us to get through the Scriptures. The goal is to get the Scriptures through us.
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For many of us the great danger is not that we will renounce our faith. It is that we will become so distracted and rushed and preoccupied that we will settle for a mediocre version of it.
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We who preach have one tool. We are people of the book.
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To become grateful, I must learn that I can handle disappointment and delayed gratification with grace and perseverance. This is why practices such as fasting and simplicity are such powerful tools for transformation. The experience of frustration and disappointment is irreplaceable in the development of a grateful heart.
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Never try to have more faith - just get to know God better. And because God is faithful, the better you know Him, the more you'll trust Him.
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We are tempted to live under the illusion that somewhere out there are people who are normal.
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If you want to do the work of God, pay attention to people. Notice them. Especially the people nobody else notices.
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Every 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.
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Jesus changed how the world thinks about science, medicine, human rights, education & more.
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The Bible does not say you are God’s appliance it says you are his masterpiece. Appliances get mass-produced.
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Skepticism can keep us from blessing, can keep us trapped in two minds.
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