by Susan Barnes | 4 Jul 2018 | Book Reviews
The premise for John Ortberg’s book, The Me I Want to Be : becoming God’s best version of me, is that the most important task of your life is not what you do, but who you become. God is in the business of making us the best version of ourselves. Ephesians 2:10 tells...
by Susan Barnes | 17 Feb 2016 | Book Reviews
All the places to go by John Ortberg is mostly a fun read. Ortberg is seriously challenging people to take more risks and be open to new opportunities but he does it with such humour and light-heartedness that you almost don’t realise the significance of his...
by Susan Barnes | 19 Jan 2015 | Book Reviews
You Have A Soul is a short little book containing valuable gems. It is like reading a well thought through sermon.In addressing the issue of our soul, Ortberg is discussing our motivations and our deep seated attitudes towards life that often go unnoticed. He starts...
by Susan Barnes | 8 Jul 2013 | Book Reviews
Who is this man? is a well researched and wide ranging look at the effect that Jesus’ followers have had on the world over the last 2,000 years. I found it much heavier going that John Ortberg’s other books. This was due to the content being largely historical. Some...
by Susan Barnes | 18 Mar 2008 | Book Reviews>Life Changing Books
John Ortberg in, If you want to walk on water, you’ve got to get out of the boat (Thorndike Press, 2003) employs the expression “getting out of the boat” to talk about God challenging us to move out of our spiritual comfort zone. Most of the book is...
by Susan Barnes | 6 Feb 2007 | Book Reviews
The major message of John Ortberg’s book, Everybody’s normal till you get to know them (Zondervan, 2003), is that we forget that none of us is normal. We have all been damaged from living in a sinful world so we do not always act with kindness and...
by Susan Barnes | 7 Oct 2005 | Book Reviews
“God is closer than you think” by John Ortberg (Zondervan, 2005), is like Ortberg’s other books. He uses illustrations and anecdotes to convey spiritual truths. My favourite illustration is from the “Where’s Wally” books. In this...
by Susan Barnes | 10 Jul 2005 | Book Reviews
After reading a few book memes, I borrowed a copy of “The Life You’ve Always Wanted” by John Ortberg. I really enjoyed it even though it was a bit “bloke-y” at times. I appreciated his honesty, loved his sense of humour and gained much...
