American - Clergyman | May 5, 1957 -
Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader.
John Ortberg
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I am a political junkie. During a presidential campaign, I will often buy a couple of newspapers a day just to keep up.
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It strikes me that presidential campaigns can often bring out the worst as well as the best in us.
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We all want to feel spiritually vigorous, and we hurt when we don't. This pain is intensified for people who lead church ministries.
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Sin is, somehow, at the root of all human misery. Sin is what keeps us from God and from life. It is in the face of every battered woman, the cry of every neglected child, the despair of every addict, the death of every victim of every war.
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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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'Amusement' is appealing because we don't have to think; it spares us the fear and anxiety that might otherwise prey on our thoughts.
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In the context of worship, amusement is a waste of time and a waste of life, and therefore a form of sin.
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Sometimes, an inability to believe in Satan reflects a larger inability to believe in a spiritual plane at all.
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Evil exists. Evil is real. One of the hallmarks of evil is that it seeks to convince its victims that it exists 'out there.'
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I'm not sure ministry can ever have the urgency it requires if it is not aware of evil, both externally and internally.
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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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