John Ortberg Quotes

John Ortberg
American Clergyman
Born: May 5, 1957
Church God Life People Spiritual You
Related authors: Billy Graham Charles R. Swindoll Henry Ward Beecher Jim Elliot Joel Osteen John C. Maxwell Norman Vincent Peale Thomas S. Monson
In my love-challenged condition, seeing a difficulty for someone else can leave me feeling a little more smug or superior-by-comparison. John Ortberg
Me Feeling Difficulty Else Seeing Someone More Leave Smug Condition Little
I am struck by how quickly I am prone to judgmentalism. John Ortberg
Prone Struck How Am Quickly
Actually, my character needs to be questioned. On a regular basis. By people who know and love me. John Ortberg
Love Needs Character Me Love Me People Know Questioned Regular Regular Basis Who Actually Basis
The church is in the hope business. We, of all people, ought to be known most for our hope because our hope is founded on something deeper than human ability or wishful thinking. John Ortberg
Hope Business People Church Thinking Ought Our All People Ability Something Wishful Wishful Thinking Most Known Because Than Human Deeper Founded
Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader. John Ortberg
Hope Leader More Both No-One Contagious Infectious Than Pessimism Deeply
It strikes me that presidential campaigns can often bring out the worst as well as the best in us. John Ortberg
Best Me Strikes Presidential Worst Out Well Campaigns Often Us Bring
We all want to feel spiritually vigorous, and we hurt when we don't. This pain is intensified for people who lead church ministries. John Ortberg
Hurt People Church Pain Spiritually Lead Feel Intensified Want Who Vigorous
Pastors have historically understood their primary battle to be not the battle to build a big church, but the battle against the power of sin. John Ortberg
Battle Church Power Big Build Primary Sin Understood Historically Pastors Against
The irony is that 'looking down on everybody else' is a violation of the law of love, which, according to Jesus, is the absolute essence of righteousness. John Ortberg
Love Righteousness Law Looking Down Everybody Everybody Else Else Absolute According Irony Essence Which Jesus Violation
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
Evil Ministry Both Sure Urgency Requires Aware Ever
There are dozens of references to God in the Scriptures for every one to the figure of Satan. This reflects a sometimes forgotten theological truth that the devil is by no means God's counterpart. He is a creature, not the Creator. John Ortberg
Truth God Satan Sometimes Devil Every He Counterpart References Reflects Forgotten Scriptures Means Theological Figure Creator Creature Dozens
When it comes to sermon writing, generally there are two problems. Some preachers love the research stage but hate the writing, and they start writing too late. Others don't like doing research, so they move way too fast to the writing part. John Ortberg
Love Too Late Hate Writing Problems Stage Research Too Others Late Way Some Generally Part Like Doing Preachers Move Sermon Fast Start Two
I need an inspiration that is grounded in reality while thoroughly transcendent. John Ortberg
Reality Thoroughly Inspiration Transcendent While Grounded Need
I have always heard that you need to give yourself a long time to unplug when you do a sabbatical. I unplugged so fast I was a little concerned that I was losing brain capacity. John Ortberg
Time You Yourself Losing Long Long Time Unplug Give Sabbatical Concerned Always Heard Brain Little Capacity Fast Need
Prudence is not the same thing as caution. Caution is a helpful strategy when you're crossing a minefield; it's a disaster when you're in a gold rush. John Ortberg
You Same Thing Strategy Rush Crossing Disaster Caution Prudence Same Gold Helpful Thing
A simple way to address hidden curriculum issues is to spend time talking with staff and key leaders about their spiritual lives. John Ortberg
Time Spiritual Key Simple Spend Address Way Hidden About Simple Way Leaders Talking Issues Staff Curriculum Lives
As a preacher, my charge is to proclaim the message of the Scriptures. To help the people in my congregation become a people of the book. I love getting to do this. John Ortberg
Love Book People Become Charge Message Preacher Getting Proclaim Scriptures Congregation Help
Congregations shaped by the Scriptures generally have preachers who are shaped by the Scriptures. John Ortberg
Shaped Generally Preachers Scriptures Who
Far more books get written about how to get more people in your church than how to get the people already in your church to have more humility and sincere love. John Ortberg
Love People Church Humility Books About More More People Written Sincere How Than Get Far Your
God has decided, for his own good reasons, that people are not transformed outside of community. John Ortberg
God Good People Own Community Outside His Decided Transformed Reasons
My wife is one of the most extroverted people I know. She could out-talk Oprah and Joyce Meyer simultaneously. John Ortberg
People Wife Extroverted Could Simultaneously Joyce Know Most She Oprah
One of the reasons I'm an interesting person to be married to is my intensely late-blooming self-awareness. John Ortberg
Married Self-Awareness Person Intensely Interesting Interesting Person Reasons
This much I have learned: human beings come with very different sets of wiring, different interests, different temperaments, different learning styles, different gifts, different temptations. These differences are tremendously important in the spiritual formation of human beings. John Ortberg
Spiritual Learning Important Differences Sets Tremendously Gifts Temptations Wiring Come Learned Styles Very Human Different Human Beings Formation Much Interests Beings
Skill at helping people grow spiritually, like skill at playing chess, depends on understanding and valuing differences. John Ortberg
People Understanding Differences Valuing Spiritually Like Chess Depends Skill Helping Helping People Grow Playing
Authority can be faked. That's why impersonating a police officer is a crime. Sometimes the outward appearances of authority can be deceiving. John Ortberg
Sometimes Police Crime Outward Police Officer Officer Authority Deceiving Appearances Why
Real spiritual authority has to do with the truth of the actual words being spoken, and the spirit of the person behind the words. Really, authority is about truth: honest-living truth. John Ortberg
Truth Spiritual Words Spirit About Spoken Real Person Authority Behind Being Really Actual
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