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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.
Quote by -John Ortberg
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.
Quote by -John Ortberg
In the context of worship, amusement is a waste of time and a waste of life, and therefore a form of sin.
Quote by -John Ortberg
Jesus' life as a foot-washing servant would eventually lead to the adoption of humility as a widely admired virtue.
Quote by -John Ortberg
Churches need to figure out how they will address the spiritual lives of their staffs and leadership teams.
Quote by -John Ortberg
There are usually multiple messages that could be preached from the same text.
Quote by -John Ortberg
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.
Quote by -John Ortberg
Although the church has often been far too slow to follow his lead, Jesus' insistence that women, as well as men, bear the full image of God has had a way of sparking reform movements across the centuries.
Quote by -John Ortberg
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.
Quote by -John Ortberg
I'm not sure ministry can ever have the urgency it requires if it is not aware of evil, both externally and internally.
Quote by -John Ortberg
When someone is in crisis, don't start by teaching, leveraging, or explaining. Just be with.
Quote by -John Ortberg
When the soul is understood and attended to, we can be liberated from hurry, preoccupation, unsatisfied desires, and chronic discontent.
Quote by -John Ortberg
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.
Quote by -John Ortberg
It strikes me that presidential campaigns can often bring out the worst as well as the best in us.
Quote by -John Ortberg
Those of us who preach the Scriptures, along with being nourished by it ourselves, have to figure out along with our congregations how we can incarnate the gospel in our community, or we will preach to a religious ghetto.
Quote by -John Ortberg