307 Quotes by John Ortberg

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    ...confession means saying that somewhere in the mix was a choice, and the choice was made by us, and it does not need to be excused, explained, or even understood. The choice needs to be forgiven.

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    Jesus did not come as a servant in spite of the fact that he is God; he came precisely because of the fact that he is God.

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    When Jesus came in the form of a servant, he was not disguising who God is. He was revealing who God is.

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    Vertrauen ist besser als Gewissheit, weil es die Freiheit des anderen ehrt und in der Beziehung eine wachsende Vertrautheit ermöglicht, wie Gewissheit allein sie niemals hervorbringen könnte.

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    God's great, holy joke about the messiah complex is this: Every human being who has ever lived has suffered from it--except one. And he was the Messiah.

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    It may be that He has the eternal appetite of infancy; for we have sinned and grown old, and our Father is younger than we.

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    The goal is not for us to get through the Scriptures. The goal is to get the Scriptures through us.

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