Normally, if someone's legacy will outlast their life, it's apparent w…

John Ortberg
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Normally, if someone's legacy will outlast their life, it's apparent when they die. On the day when Alexander the Great, or Caesar Augustus, or Napoleon, or Socrates, or Muhammad died, their reputations were immense. When Jesus died, his tiny, failed movement appeared clearly at an end.
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The most important task of your life is not what you do, but who you become. ✨ John Ortberg (2009). The Me I Want to Be, p.273, Harper Collins
It may be a very bad thing that I needed God to die for me, but it is a wonderful thing that God thinks I am worth dying for. ✨ John Ortberg (2001). Love Beyond Reason: Moving God's Love from Your He … ▶
Failure does not shape you; the way you respond to failure shapes you. ✨ John Ortberg (2001). If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat, p.24, Harper Collins
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The good news as Jesus preached it is not just about the minimal entrance requirements for getting into heaven when you die. It is about the glorious redemption of human life-your life.

Normally, if someone's legacy will outlast their life, it's apparent when they die. On the day when Alexander the Great, or Caesar Augustus, or Napoleon, or Socrates, or Muhammad died, their reputations were immense. When Jesus died, his tiny, failed movement appeared clearly at an end.

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