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" 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. "
John Ortberg
Church
Love
People
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" Death is the prerequisite to resurrection, the new life God intends. "
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" Jesus' life as a foot-washing servant would eventually lead to the adoption of humility as a widely admired virtue. "
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" 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. "
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" Skill at helping people grow spiritually, like skill at playing chess, depends on understanding and valuing differences. "
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" The soul is both the most fragile and most resilient thing about you; a healthy soul is what holds you together when your world falls apart. Since you will carry your soul into eternity, it's worth checking up on it at least as often as your teeth. "
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" Sin is protean. It is a cancer that keeps mutating, and just when you think you have killed off one form, it turns out a deadlier strain yet is threatening your heart. "
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" Prudence is foresight and far-sightedness. It's the ability to make immediate decisions on the basis of their longer-range effects. "
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" Art is built on the deepest themes of human meaning: good and evil, beauty and ugliness, life and death, love and hate. No other story has incarnated those themes more than the story of Jesus. "
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" Universities such as Cambridge, Oxford, and Harvard all began as Jesus-inspired efforts to love God with all ones' mind. "
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