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
Preaching a series allows you to go into greater depth in the text, and spending several weeks on one theme allows the… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
Tithing is like training wheels when it comes to giving. It's intended to help you get started, but not recommended for the… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
Prudence is not the same thing as caution. Caution is a helpful strategy when you're crossing a minefield; it's a disaster when… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
Sin is protean. It is a cancer that keeps mutating, and just when you think you have killed off one form, it… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
Better to be a loving person without knowing how you got there, than an expert no one can stand to be around. — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
Learning something new is a fabulous way to be refreshed. When work can grind you down, something about learning a new activity… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
I wrote 'Soul Keeping' because we are taught more about how to care for our cars than how to steward our souls.… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
Authentic spiritual authority is what puts you in touch with reality. — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
The soul is both the most fragile and most resilient thing about you; a healthy soul is what holds you together when… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
The most important criterion is this: hire someone whose character and humility and attitude you would like to have reproduced in your… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
I have always heard that you need to give yourself a long time to unplug when you do a sabbatical. I unplugged… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
The hurried can become unhurried. But it will not happen by trying alone, nor will it happen instantly. You will have 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
