John Ortberg Quotes

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.

John Ortberg

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• I've always said I wanted to play in England. There was a struggle between Chelsea and United, but according to me, Chelsea has the best project.

  

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• Art is the final cunning of the human soul which would rather do anything than face the gods.

  

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• To me, country music has always been the home for a great song.

  

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• The position is: the Gaelic language is no longer the native language; it is dead, yet food is being brought to the graveyard.

  

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• Just now, Christianity is in the ascendant. Buddhism and Taoism are decadent; their influence cannot long hold its own. Buddhism has long since passed its meridian; Taoism has only demons, not gods.

  

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• Poison is in everything, and no thing is without poison. The dosage makes it either a poison or a remedy.

  

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• For me, Islam is a moral reference point, a source of inspiration to work collectively with people, to love people and to help them, to concentrate on universal values of mercy, co-operation and tolerance.

  

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• An exorcism is tantamount to a miracle - an extraordinary intervention of God.

  

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• I really like working, the opportunity to work with good people and to play interesting parts.

  

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• The moral attitudes of a people that is supported by religion need always aim at preserving and promoting the sanity and vitality of the community and its individuals, since otherwise this community is bound to perish. A people that were to honor falsehood, defamation, fraud, and murder would be unable, indeed, to subsist for very long.

  

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• 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.

  

  John Ortberg
  • Community
  • Religious
  • Ghetto