Authentic spiritual authority is what puts you in touch with reality. — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
“Hurry is the great enemy of spiritual life in our day. You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.” — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
Jesus ... associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them. — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
Sometimes, an inability to believe in Satan reflects a larger inability to believe in a spiritual plane at all. — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
Congregations shaped by the Scriptures generally have preachers who are shaped by the Scriptures. — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
The goal is not for us to get through the Scriptures. The goal is to get the Scriptures through us. — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
Spiritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely. — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
Churches need to figure out how they will address the spiritual lives of their staffs and leadership teams. — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
When preaching is done right, it can change lives. When it's done badly, my failure goes beyond the merely human. — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
For many of us the great danger is not that we will renounce our faith. It is that we will become so… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
When it comes to sermon writing, generally there are two problems. Some preachers love the research stage but hate the writing, and… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
The New Testament doesn't present Jesus as a single man to cover up his humanity. It presents him as a single man… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
Sometimes in churches somebody will discover a particular vein of spirituality and seek to recruit others into it, or assume a superior… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
Real spiritual authority has to do with the truth of the actual words being spoken, and the spirit of the person behind… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
“If you ask people who don’t believe in God why they don’t, the number one reason will be suffering. If you ask… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
There are no clear boundary lines between what is physiological, what is psychological, and what is spiritual. Those are language domains that… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
God has entrusted us with his most precious treasure - people. He asks us to shepherd and mold them into strong disciples,… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
I need to worship because without it I can forget that I have a Big God beside me and live in fear.… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
Spiritual formation is for everyone. Just as there is an 'outer you' that is being formed and shaped all the time, like… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
“If you want to free your soul, you acknowledge that there is a spiritual order that God has designed for you. You… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
If ever there were a true "just as I am" church, if ever there were a community where everybody could bring all… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
“Despite the rise of the mental health profession, people are becoming increasingly vulnerable to depression. Why? Martin Seligman, a brilliant psychologist with… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
This much I have learned: human beings come with very different sets of wiring, different interests, different temperaments, different learning styles, different… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
One of the great misconceptions about spiritual growth that develops in a lot of churches is that information alone is adequate to… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
We must learn to cast off our anxieties because we have so many of them. The world destroys spiritual life by generating… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
People cheer the Bible, buy the Bible, give the Bible, own the Bible - they just don't actually read the Bible. — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
Jesus had a universal concern for those who suffered that transcended the rules of the ancient world. — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
As long as we have unsolved problems, unfulfilled desires, and a mustard seed of faith, we have all we need for a… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The Holy Spirit will lead you to be with people as Jesus would be with them if He were in your place. — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
God is not interested in our spiritual life. He's interested in our life. — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
We all want to feel spiritually vigorous, and we hurt when we don't. This pain is intensified for people who lead church… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
The question isn't if someone will sign up for spiritual formation; it's just who and what our spirits will be formed by. — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
“What do we do in the dark night? We do nothing. We wait. We remember that we are not God. We hold on. We… — John Ortberg Copy Share
If we are serious about loving God, we must begin with people, all people. And especially we must learn to love those that the… — John Ortberg Copy Share
The greatest bloodbaths in the history of the human race were recorded in the twentieth century in countries that sought to eliminate God, worship,… — John Ortberg Copy Share
There is no way for a human being to come to God that does not involve surrender. — John Ortberg Copy Share
Will you keep going when you don't know why? When you can't get any answers that would make the pain go away, will you… — John Ortberg Copy Share
From ancient times, the core idea of the soul is the soul is the capacity to integrate different functions into a single being or… — John Ortberg Copy Share
“Hurry is the great enemy of spiritual life in our day. You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.” — John Ortberg Copy Share
In reality, each thought we have carries with it a little spiritual power, a tug toward or away from God. No thought is purely… — John Ortberg Copy Share
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 Copy Share
“The most important thing about you,” Dallas would often say, “is not the things that you achieve; it is the person that you become.” — John Ortberg Copy Share
Jesus had a universal concern for those who suffered that transcended the rules of the ancient world. — John Ortberg Copy Share
God is a God of endless opportunities to do good; the God of the open door. — John Ortberg Copy Share
One of the most painful aspects of suffering is the loneliness of it. Others may offer support or empathy, but no one can walk… — John Ortberg Copy Share
