Churches need to figure out how they will address the spiritual lives of their staffs and leadership teams. — 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
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
“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
“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
“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
I hate how spiritual formation gets positioned as an optional pursuit for a small special interest group within the church. — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
“If I think God’s aim is to produce rule-followers, spiritual growth will always be an obligation rather than a desire of my… — 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 main measure of your devotion to God is not your devotional life. It is simply your life. — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
I hate how hard spiritual transformation is and how long it takes. I hate thinking about how many people have gone to… — 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
“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 Image
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 Image
True repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace. — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
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 Image
There is no way for a human being to come to God that does not involve surrender. — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 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
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
