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
Authentic spiritual authority is what puts you in touch with reality. John Ortberg
Spiritual You Reality Touch Puts Authentic Authority
As a preacher who is fully human, and clearly not divine, I can't speak as Jesus did. But I do seek to speak truth that carries weight and authority. All of us who preach the gospel aspire to speak under the authority of Jesus. John Ortberg
Truth Speak Preach Carries Seek Divine Weight Clearly Gospel Preacher Authority Did Human Us Aspire Who Fully Jesus
I know that those of us who go into church work are to regard ourselves as servants, are to offer our lives as a gift. John Ortberg
Work Gift Church Our Our Lives Those Ourselves Know Go Offer Regard Us Who Lives Servants
Universities such as Cambridge, Oxford, and Harvard all began as Jesus-inspired efforts to love God with all ones' mind. John Ortberg
Love God Mind Harvard Cambridge Began Efforts Oxford To Love Universities
Jesus' life as a foot-washing servant would eventually lead to the adoption of humility as a widely admired virtue. John Ortberg
Life Humility Virtue Would Admired Adoption Lead Eventually Servant Jesus Widely
We do not need answers or formulas to minister in crisis. John Ortberg
Crisis Minister Answers Formulas Need
Ghettos and barrios and abusive homes and trauma wards may produce scarred souls; they can cripple more human spirits than they strengthen. John Ortberg
Cripple Scarred Spirits More Souls Than May Human Produce Trauma Homes Strengthen
I have given up the idea that there is an opposition-free church out there. But I have gained something else - an appreciation for the gift of opposition. When it comes, I learn something about my motives. When it comes, I get to test my courage. John Ortberg
Appreciation Courage Gift Church Else Out About Something Something Else Given Idea Learn Test Opposition Motives Up Get Gained
I hate how spiritual formation gets positioned as an optional pursuit for a small special interest group within the church. John Ortberg
Spiritual Hate Church Group Small Pursuit Within How Optional Gets Formation Interest Special Special Interest
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
Spiritual Will Our Sign Spirits Someone Question Up Just Formation Formed Who
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