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Tithing is considerably less popular than words like generosity or sharing. John Ortberg
Words Considerably Sharing Generosity Like Than Less Popular
A healthy soul is whole and integrated. It is connected to God. A person with a healthy soul is at peace with God, with himself, and with other people. John Ortberg
God Soul Peace People Healthy Other Himself Integrated Person Connected Whole
Jesus viewed his own destiny - to be glorified in and through death - as an expression of a kind of cosmic principle: the pathway to life runs through death. John Ortberg
Life Death Own Destiny Kind Runs Cosmic Through Principle Glorified His Pathway Viewed Expression Jesus
Women are the first witnesses to the resurrection and pillars of the early church. John Ortberg
Women Church First Resurrection Witnesses Pillars Women Are Early
Normally, if someone's legacy will outlast their life, it's apparent when they die. On the day when Alexander the Great, or Caesar Augustus, or Napoleon, or Socrates, or Muhammad died, their reputations were immense. When Jesus died, his tiny, failed movement appeared clearly at an end. John Ortberg
Life Day Great Will Alexander Immense Outlast Someone Caesar Failed Clearly Napoleon Were His End Normally Legacy Die Died Tiny Movement Reputations Muhammad Apparent Appeared Jesus Socrates
When preaching is done right, it can change lives. When it's done badly, my failure goes beyond the merely human. John Ortberg
Failure Change Preaching Badly Merely Beyond Goes Done Human Lives Right
Sometimes in churches somebody will discover a particular vein of spirituality and seek to recruit others into it, or assume a superior position because they have found certain techniques - but no one actually wants to become like them. John Ortberg
Sometimes Will Somebody Superior Spirituality Become Assume Others Churches Seek Recruit No-One Vein Particular Like Because Discover Wants Them Certain Found Actually Techniques Position
The church is in the hope business. John Ortberg
Hope Business Church
Nobody lives up to the norms that God had in mind when he first created human beings. John Ortberg
God Mind First Had He Nobody Up Norms Human Human Beings Created Beings Lives
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
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