223 Quotes by John Ortberg Jr.

A soul can be saved. But it will take softness and depth and space. The world won’t help much.

The greatest bloodbaths in the history of the human race were recorded in the twentieth century in countries that sought to eliminate God, worship, and faith.

To follow Jesus means learning to arrange my life around those practices that will enable me to stay connected to him and live more and more like him. In short, this is just another way of defining a spiritual discipline. A spiritual discipline is any activity that can help me gain power to live life as Jesus taught and modeled it.

Spiritual greatness has nothing to do with being greater than others. It has everything to do with being as great as each of us can be.

The church is in the hope business.

The Spirit wants to make you threatening to all the forces of injustice and apathy and complacency that keep our world from flourishing.

The more concerned you are about your own fulfillment, the less fulfilled you will be.

Our beliefs are not just estimates of probabilities. They are also the instruments that guide our actions.

A soul without a center feels constantly vulnerable to people or circumstances.