Become New with John Ortberg

A US surgeon general wrote the most common malady is not heart disease or diabetes, but loneliness. This points us to a hunger for Presence only God can fill. Immersion! Join us as we walk through Dallas Willard's book, "Renovation of the Heart" with John Ortberg. For this series, we're adding an accompanying email that we are excited about. It will include correlating scriptur...

Either my view of suffering will determine my view of God, or my view of God will determine my experience of suffering. One or the other will be elevated. Join us as we walk through Dallas Willard's book, "Renovation of the Heart" with John Ortberg. For this series, we're adding an accompanying email that we are excited about. It will include correlating scripture, reflection q...

Trying to ‘run the show’ of my life works. Until it doesn’t. Then comes the ultimate battle. Join us as we walk through Dallas Willard's book, "Renovation of the Heart" with John Ortberg. For this series, we're adding an accompanying email that we are excited about. It will include correlating scripture, reflection questions, and other notes for each video. You can sign up usin...

Scott Peck’s definition invited us to heal our false selves with radical honesty. “We are rebels…” Join us as we walk through Dallas Willard's book, "Renovation of the Heart" with John Ortberg. For this series, we're adding an accompanying email that we are excited about. It will include correlating scripture, reflection questions, and other notes for each video. You can sign u...

The offer of forgiveness can be life.  Or it can be an offense.  The miracle difference lies in the renovated heart. Join us as we walk through Dallas Willard's book, "Renovation of the Heart" with John Ortberg. For this series, we're adding an accompanying email that we are excited about. It will include correlating scripture, reflection questions, and other notes for each vid...

A pastoral moment in a troubled time. We meet and pray. Join us as we walk through Dallas Willard's book, "Renovation of the Heart" with John Ortberg. For this series, we're adding an accompanying email that we are excited about. It will include correlating scripture, reflection questions, and other notes for each video. You can sign up using the link below. We can't wait...

There is no action in life so small or ordinary that it cannot be the vehicle for greatness of spirit.  That is our apprenticeship for the day. Join us as we walk through Dallas Willard's book, "Renovation of the Heart" with John Ortberg. For this series, we're adding an accompanying email that we are excited about. It will include correlating scripture, reflection questions, a...

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The best way to know God. It’s available today. Join us as we walk through Dallas Willard's book, "Renovation of the Heart" with John Ortberg. For this series, we're adding an accompanying email that we are excited about. It will include correlating scripture, reflection questions, and other notes for each video. You can sign up using the link below. We can't wait to start...

‘Why are Christians so mean to each other?’   There actually is an answer to this question.  ‘Being right’ turns out NOT to be the Great Commandment. Join us as we walk through Dallas Willard's book, "Renovation of the Heart" with John Ortberg. For this series, we're adding an accompanying email that we are excited about. It will include correlating scripture, reflection questi...

Life is a hybrid thing—splendor is hidden in weakness. This is the church. It’s also you and me. We grow when we learn what to endure and what to revere. Join us as we walk through Dallas Willard's book, "Renovation of the Heart" with John Ortberg. For this series, we're adding an accompanying email that we are excited about. It will include correlating scripture, reflection qu...

Today we can both give life and draw life through connecting with people around us.  Here’s how.  As well as the four key questions about friendships. Join us as we walk through Dallas Willard's book, "Renovation of the Heart" with John Ortberg. For this series, we're adding an accompanying email that we are excited about. It will include correlating scripture, reflection quest...

How anxiety can aid our growth. And why it is a sacred wound. Join us as we walk through Dallas Willard's book, "Renovation of the Heart" with John Ortberg. For this series, we're adding an accompanying email that we are excited about. It will include correlating scripture, reflection questions, and other notes for each video. You can sign up using the link below. We can't...

Connecting the person and message of Jesus to the evil around us and within us.  Urgently needed.   Join us as we walk through Dallas Willard's book, "Renovation of the Heart" with John Ortberg. For this series, we're adding an accompanying email that we are excited about. It will include correlating scripture, reflection questions, and other notes for each video. You can sign...

Perhaps the greatest among us are never known. Meet one who lives ‘a long obedience in the same direction.’  Discover why the lack of crisis is its own danger. Join us as we walk through Dallas Willard's book, "Renovation of the Heart" with John Ortberg. For this series, we're adding an accompanying email that we are excited about. It will include correlating scripture, reflect...

Two lives. Two goals. Play the long game. Join us as we walk through Dallas Willard's book, "Renovation of the Heart" with John Ortberg. For this series, we're adding an accompanying email that we are excited about. It will include correlating scripture, reflection questions, and other notes for each video. You can sign up using the link below. We can't wait to start &apos...

The “watched” vs the “unwatched” life. Peace and poise rest on the difference between the two. Join us as we walk through Dallas Willard's book, "Renovation of the Heart" with John Ortberg. For this series, we're adding an accompanying email that we are excited about. It will include correlating scripture, reflection questions, and other notes for each video. You can sign up us...

Find out where people get the Christian life wrong. Find a way to face any circumstance today. Join us as we walk through Dallas Willard's book, "Renovation of the Heart" with John Ortberg. For this series, we're adding an accompanying email that we are excited about. It will include correlating scripture, reflection questions, and other notes for each video. You can sign up us...

God is ALWAYS moving forward: ‘Behold, I am making everything new’.  Our job is to be wide awake today and not miss it. Join us as we walk through Dallas Willard's book, "Renovation of the Heart" with John Ortberg. For this series, we're adding an accompanying email that we are excited about. It will include correlating scripture, reflection questions, and other notes for each...

An impromptu word from a holy place in a sacred moment. Join us as we walk through Dallas Willard's book, "Renovation of the Heart" with John Ortberg. For this series, we're adding an accompanying email that we are excited about. It will include correlating scripture, reflection questions, and other notes for each video. You can sign up using the link below. We can't wait...

The illusion of certainty vs the gift of not-knowing. We WILL be humbled. The only question is whether it happens voluntarily or against our will. Join us as we walk through Dallas Willard's book, "Renovation of the Heart" with John Ortberg. For this series, we're adding an accompanying email that we are excited about. It will include correlating scripture, reflection questions...

Sometimes we think of ‘receiving Jesus’ as a one-time, static decision. But there is also a deeper invitation. Join me and one of my favorite spiritual guides as Dallas Willard squares off with Thomas Merton! Join us as we walk through Dallas Willard's book, "Renovation of the Heart" with John Ortberg. For this series, we're adding an accompanying email that we are excited abou...

The process of becoming a truly good person, has a name. And an expert. And a progression. Join us as we walk through Dallas Willard's book, "Renovation of the Heart" with John Ortberg. For this series, we're adding an accompanying email that we are excited about. It will include correlating scripture, reflection questions, and other notes for each video. You can sign up using...

There is a good kind of brooding—to conceive or hatch—and the negative kind—to obsess and ruminate.  Today is a chance to brood over becoming ‘children of light’; with re-made wills and bodies. Join us as we walk through Dallas Willard's book, "Renovation of the Heart" with John Ortberg. For this series, we're adding an accompanying email that we are excited about. It will incl...

We all indulge our thoughts; what matters is which thoughts we indulge.  These are worth indulging. Join us as we walk through Dallas Willard's book, "Renovation of the Heart" with John Ortberg. For this series, we're adding an accompanying email that we are excited about. It will include correlating scripture, reflection questions, and other notes for each video. You can sign...