John Ortberg: 48 books
Life-Changing Love
Moving God's Love from Your Head to Your Heart
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2015
How do you explain a love that has no explanation? What will happen if you let it touch your heart? God loves you not because you are flawless, not because you are a perfect person, but just because you are you.
In Life-Changing Love, John Ortberg reveals the God you’ve longed to encounter:...
Know Doubt
Embracing Uncertainty in Your Faith
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
In this refreshingly candid look at what it takes to live a life of faith, John Ortberg takes an honest look at the misgivings and uncertainties that often shake our beliefs as we navigate through the highs and lows of life.
Reflecting on his own bouts with doubt and uncertainty, Ortberg shares...
by John Ortberg
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2017
The word intimacy can make any small group a little uncomfortable. In I’d Like You More if You Were More like Me, John Ortberg shows readers that true closeness with others can start with the most mundane, everyday moments of connection and explains why intimacy is not something to fear but something...
Eternity Is Now in Session
A Radical Rediscovery of What Jesus Really Taught about Salvation, Eternity, and Getting to the Good Place
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2018
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...
Now What?
God's Guide to Life for Graduates
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2011
John Ortberg speaks with humor, insight, and wisdom to graduates facing the work world or pursuing additional education. John gave us access to the Willow Creek archives to find new, previously unpublished material that will speak specifically to this target audience.
Eternal Living
Reflections on Dallas Willard's Teaching on Faith and Formation
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2014
Dallas Willard spent his life making eternal living concrete for his friends. With his unexpected passing in 2013, the world lost a brilliant mind. The wide breadth of his impact inspired friends, family, colleagues, students and leaders of the church to gather their reflections on this celebrated...
Who Is This Man? Study Guide
The Unpredictable Impact of the Inescapable Jesus
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2013
In this six-session study, pastor and bestselling author John Ortberg helps us see how Jesus has impacted the world like no other person in history and why it makes a difference in our everyday life. Who is Jesus? He is the hinge of history. He is the hope of the oppressed. He is the inspiration of...
by John Ortberg
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2008
Winner of the 2002 Christianity Today Book Award! You’re One Step Away from the Adventure of Your Life. Deep within you lies the same faith and longing that sent Peter walking across the wind-swept Sea of Galilee toward Jesus. In what ways is the Lord telling you, as he did Peter, "Come"?...
The Life You've Always Wanted
Spiritual Disciplines for Ordinary People
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2009
You Can Live a Deeper, More Spiritual Life Right Where You Are.An expanded edition with a new chapter on prayer and discussion questionsThe heart of Christianity is transformation—a relationship with God that impacts not just our “spiritual lives,” but every aspect of living. John Ortberg calls...
Soul Keeping
Caring For the Most Important Part of You
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2014
The soul is NOT "a theological and abstract subject."
The soul is the coolest, eeriest, most mysterious, evocative, crucial, sacred, eternal, life-directing, fragile, indestructible, controversial, expensive dimension of your existence.
Jesus said it’s worth more than the...
by John Ortberg
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
It’s easy to recognize God in a church service or while attending a wedding or a funeral. But it’s easy to forget about Him in the busyness of our daily lives. This gift book encourages the reader to notice God in the everyday happenings around us. Whether it’s a smile from a co-worker, the...
I'd Like You More if You Were More like Me Member Connect Guide
Getting Real about Getting Close
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2017
Following the ideas of John Ortberg’s book, I’d Like You More if You Were More like Me, this six-week study includes biblical insights, group questions, personal journaling prompts, and at-home activity ideas. Small-group members will learn how to connect on a deeper level with the people God...
All the Places to Go . . . How Will You Know?
God Has Placed before You an Open Door. What Will You Do?
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2015
2016 Christian Book Award finalist (Nonfiction category)
Very rarely in the Bible does God command someone to “Stay.” He opens a door, and then he invites us to walk through it—into the unknown. And how we choose to respond will ultimately determine the life we will lead and the person we will...
I'd Like You More If You Were More like Me
Getting Real about Getting Close
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
I’d Like You More If You Were More like Me takes on one of life’s most important questions: How can I get closer to God and other people?
We were created for deep connections. When people have deep connections, says John Ortberg, they win in life. When they don’t have deep connections,...