John Ortberg

Presents a guide to rediscovering the soul and achieving divine depth in an age in which materialism and consumerism induce people to develop unhealthy, petty habits.

Caring for the Most Important Part of You

Soul Keeping

Bestselling author and pastor Ortberg guides Christians through the sometimes difficult but ultimately fulfilling journey towards a uniquely created spirituality.

Becoming God's Best Version of You

The Me I Want to Be

Describes how Jesus can change and enrich the lives of those who are willing to step out of comfort zones and deepen their faith in God.

If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat

Traces a spiritual path based on Christ-focused disciplines that promote positive change, growth, strength, and endurance, providing in an expanded edition a new chapter on prayer that is complemented by discussion questions.

Spiritual Disciplines for Ordinary People

The Life You've Always Wanted

A Radical Rediscovery of What Jesus Really Taught about Salvation, Eternity, and Getting to the Good Place

Eternity Is Now in Session

Something in us is waiting—for what, we don’t know. Something different? Something better? For Christians, perhaps the deepest expression of what we’re waiting for is found in the phrase “eternal life.” But what is eternal life? Why do we want it? And how do we know if we have it? In Eternity Is Now in Session, bestselling author John Ortberg dispels the myth that eternal life is something way out in outer space that we can only hope to experience after we die—and that being saved is merely about meeting the minimal entrance requirements for getting into heaven. Instead, John unpacks the reality that the moment we trust Christ, we are initiated into “eternal living” with God as a here and now reality, one that will continue beyond our life on this earth. Jesus defined eternal life just once, in John 17:3: “. . . that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.” The kind of “knowing God” that is eternal life is an interactive relationship, not just an affirmation of certain facts about God. Once we begin the transformative journey of truly knowing God, we can start to experience His presence, favor, and resurrection power right here on this earth—in the details, tasks, and challenges of daily, ordinary life. And as we begin to know God this way, we’ll realize each moment of our lives is a vehicle to the eternity we’ve been longing for all along.

Arguing that all human beings are imperfect, a guide to community living assumes that all people are flawed and cites events in the life of Jesus as examples of how people must reach out to other people in order to get help and forge deeper relationships.

Everybody's Normal Till You Get to Know Them

Looks at the impact that Jesus has had on the world, from the time of his death to the present day.

The Unpredictable Impact of the Inescapable Jesus

Who Is This Man?

Reveals the God you've longed to encounter: a Father head-over-heals in love with you and committed to your highest joy.

Moving God's Love from Your Head to Your Heart

Love Beyond Reason

Describes how doubt, questioning, and uncertainty can be used to strengthen faith in God, and includes accounts of famous religious leaders who doubted in addition to the author's own personal struggles.

Faith and Doubt

A CBA Bestseller. The Bible is filled with examples of an intimate God, a God keenly interested in connecting with ordinary people. He promises to be with us. He says He will personally guide us. Yet somehow, intimacy with God eludes us. Caught up in the mainstream of life, we know we're missing something vital. But how do we attain it? God Is Closer Than You Think shows how you can enjoy a vibrant, moment-by-moment relationship with your heavenly Father.

If God is Always with Us, why is He So Hard to Find?

God is Closer Than You Think

Me I Want to Be Curriculum Kit

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Judson Poling

Laurie Pederson

As part of the Pursuing Spiritual Transformation series, Grace will help you make the connection between grace as a remote biblical concept and grace as a lifestyle--a reality you experience day in, day out.

An Invitation to a Way of Life

Grace

In this six-session study pastor and author John Ortberg teaches people how to trust God more fully. Using testimonial interviews to illustrate his talks, Ortberg teaches participants the skills essential for "water-walking" in faith with God. Designed for use with the video.

Participant's Guide

Getting Real about Getting Close

I'd Like You More If You Were More like Me

This candid and thoughtful book explores the discomfort of doubt among the faithful. Writing from his own struggle with faith and uncertainty, John Ortberg proposes that the very nature of faith requires the presence of uncertainty, and considers how the right kind of doubt may actually deepen our faith and strengthen our relationship with God.

Embracing Uncertainty in Your Faith

Know Doubt

Best-selling author John Ortberg has a passion for touching wounded Christians and seeking nonbelievers. A compilation of John Ortberg's trade books, this inspiring gift book is filled with humorous and encouraging conversational insights that bypass the c

Finding God's Extraordinary Love in Your Ordinary Life

Living the God Life

With characteristic humor and insight, author and pastor John Ortberg invites us to follow the biblical story of Esther and her example to courageously choose to embrace the mission God gives. Like Esther, we can lead without fear--even in threatening circumstances--because we know God is always at work in unseen, unknown, and unlikely ways.

Overcoming Your Shadow Mission

Helps readers to understand what matters most in life--their relationships with God and people--by using personal stories, humor, and metaphors about popular games, which show Christians how to focus on winning "the right trophies" in life.

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