Insurmountable Quotes

“What kills the church is not sin. What kills the church is pretending there's no sin. So together, we are going to practice the celebration of inadequacy.”
― John Ortberg, Insurmountable: An in-depth look at Jesus’ teachings in The Sermon on the Mount

“Jesus' gospel leads naturally to the formation of Jesus' disciples. When churches get the gospel wrong, they produce consumers of Jesus' merit rather than disciples of Jesus' life.”
― John Ortberg, Insurmountable: An in-depth look at Jesus’ teachings in The Sermon on the Mount

“Righteousness is simply what your life looks like when you're living in the reality of the kingdom because the goal of your life is not rule-following. It's not sin avoidance. It is fullness of life. That's the only way to live in the kingdom.”
― John Ortberg, Insurmountable: An in-depth look at Jesus’ teachings in The Sermon on the Mount