Climbing Quote by John Ortberg

“The problem with spending your life climbing up the ladder is that you will go right past Jesus, for he's coming down.”

John Ortberg

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The miracle of Sunday is that a dead man lives. The miracle of Saturday is that the eternal Son of God lies dead.

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“The most important thing about you,” Dallas would often say, “is not the things that you achieve; it is the person that you become.”

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