Ken Ortize

Pastor, Speaker, and Author. For the past 37 years, Ken has been senior pastor at Calvary Chapel in Spokane, WA

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"Sow a thought, reap an act. Sow an act, reap a habit. Sow a habit, reap your character. Sow your character, reap your destiny."

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"Real compassion... is empathetic truthfulness, not sympathetic lies."

David Ayers, Beyond the Revolution: Sex and the Single Evangelical!

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Those who do not take the Bible literally, also do not take it seriously!

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A miracle is an event in which God radically redefines reality, making the impossible possible, and the undoable DONE~

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When an arrogant present dismisses the wisdom of the past, then an all too predictable future becomes terrifying. (Victor Davis Hanson)

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We call it forgiveness when we've move on, bu I think forgiveness is when you let tenderness move in. (Ruth Chou Simon)

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Christian joy is not an emotion on top of an emotion. It is not a feeling on top of a feeling. It is a feeling on top of a fact. It is an emotional response to what I know to be true about my God. (John MacArthur)

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Guilt keeps us distant, while forgiveness draws us near!

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Whenever I hear someone say that they have "read" the Bible, I am reminded of an old saying: "The Bible is like the ocean: It's shallow enough to wade in; yet too deep to ever plumb it's depths."

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The assault on language in the name of “inclusivity” or sensitivity is really just about making language so imprecise that regular people can no longer speak truth.
[Geoffrey Ingersoll, Daily Caller]

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Just as a plane is made to fly, a book is made to be read, and a fish is made to swim, our purpose is to image and glorify God. If we hope to thrive... we must live in alignment with that design. Otherwise, we are fighting, not just against God, but against our very natures.

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"Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny."
C.S. LEWIS

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The reality is we live in a world of maximum politically correct dishonesty that is bringing Western Civilization to its knees. It we don’t start speaking the truth loudly and clearly it’s over. (Roger L. Simon)

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In a dozen different ways the Word makes the point. Accept it or not, God's calling the shots. He's running the show. Either He's in full control or He's off His throne. It's as foolish to say He's "almost sovereign" as it would be to say I'm "almost married." (Swindoll)

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Christians often say, “I’ve invited Jesus into my life,” but the reality is that Jesus is inviting us into His. His life, His purpose, His restoring work in the world He created.... we are invited to join in the work of making all things new. (John Stonestreet)

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The Christian life is not about "giving up" on what I want, but "giving in" to what Christ wants. " It's saying "thy will be done" vs. "my will be done."

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The key to success is not skill, talent or intellect. More important than your "IQ" (Intellectual quotient) is your "CQ" {Commitment Quotient). If you know you are doing the thing God wants... just keep doing it without listening to the chorus. (Galatians 6:9; 1Corinthians 15:58)

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Fix you gaze upon the prize of the high calling in Christ; not on the cost of pursuing it. (Proverbs 4:24-27; Philippians 3:13,14)

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“In a sort of ghastly simplicity we remove the organ and demand the function. We make men without chests and expect of them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honour and are shocked to find traitors in our midst. We castrate and bid the geldings be fruitful.” (CS Lewis)