John Ortberg

John Ortberg is a pastor, author, and speaker. He presently leads the ministry Become New focused on helping people grow spiritually one day at a time.

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Steve Cuss on the confidence that so many leaders build on top of a foundation of fear, and the volcano underneath.

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What is transcendence?

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An excerpt from our conversation with Glenn Packiam on the Formation Podcast.

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Ron Johnson on Steve Jobs' definition of kindness.

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Does God feel everything at once?

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Do we read the Old Testament better than Luther?

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Before strategy, before eloquence, before results, there is the health of the person doing the work. Steve Cuss on the gift the kingdom needs most.

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Ron Johnson on why the Fifth Avenue Apple store never sleeps.

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What does "Love God with all your mind" mean?

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It’s easy to swing between two versions of ourselves: the inflated self that needs to be impressive and the deflated self that believes it has nothing to offer.

Neither tells the whole story.

The book of Romans invites us to see ourselves with sober judgment, but that middle ground can be surprisingly difficult to find.

(From our conversation with Steve Cuss on Episode 010 of the Formation Podcast)

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Ron Johnson on the greeter who spent his whole life being kind.

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An excerpt from our conversation with Glenn Packiam on the Formation Podcast.

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Systems theory is the Matrix's red pill.

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Ron Johnson on The Genius Bar.

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The things everyone around us can see and we cannot are usually the ones that shape us most. Growth begins with what we do when someone finally names them.

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There’s a difference between earning your way to peace and simply receiving it.

On Episode 010 of the Formation Podcast Steve Cuss explores what happens when we live out of reactivity instead of the freedom, peace, and love offered by Jesus.

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Where do you find the cross in your story?

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Good work in the wrong season is bad work.

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Your most important offering to the kingdom of God is a self that is becoming whole, honest, and grounded in the love of God.

Listen to the full episode of the Formation Podcast where Steve Cuss discusses the difference between striving to be enough and learning to live from a place of wholeness.

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Ron Johnson on the most important thing you bring to work and the most important thing you bring home from work.

The full conversation is available now.