Spiritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely. — 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
Churches need to figure out how they will address the spiritual lives of their staffs and leadership teams. — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
Authentic spiritual authority is what puts you in touch with reality. — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
God is not interested in our spiritual life. He's interested in our life. — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
A simple way to address hidden curriculum issues is to spend time talking with staff and key leaders about their spiritual lives. — 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
One reason why we fail to hear God speak is that we are not attentive. We suffer from what might be called… — 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
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
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
In reality, each thought we have carries with it a little spiritual power, a tug toward or away from God. No thought… — 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
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
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
At the deepest level, pride is the choice to exclude both God and other people from their rightful place in our hearts.… — 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
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
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
“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
