Become New with John Ortberg
Join John Ortberg each day for 10 minutes of spiritual guidance on the person we are becoming.
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ReRelease: The Most Important Thing to Believe About Jesus
Today we're revisiting an episode from SHINE, our walk through the book of Philippians. And there's a reason we're bringing this one back: we've just launched a new Bible reading plan on the Bible App based on the SHINE series. So if today's...
Thank You from John and Become New
Thank you for being part of Become New, a global community growing spiritually in Christ, one day at a time.With an impromptu message from John, filmed on his iPhone in the Grand Tetons, this video is a personal thank-you for bei...
87. The Lord of the Rings' Most Important Lesson
Why did Frodo need Gollum?Coming to you from Hobbiton, New Zealand, John Ortberg explores one of the deepest themes running through J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings:Mercy.Bilbo could have killed Gollum...
86. What the Psalms Are Trying to Teach Us
Your life was made to be a Psalm.As this journey through the Psalms draws toward its close, John Ortberg reflects on where the Psalter has been leading us all along.Psalm 1 begins by asking what kind of life we will live. T...
85. The Surprising Connection Between Therapy and the Psalms (w/Dr. Rick)
What can a therapist teach us about prayer?John Ortberg sits down with his longtime friend and therapist Dr. Rick to explore the Psalms as a kind of “divine therapy with God.”The Psalms are messy. Angry. Afraid. Contradicto...
84. How Hope Changes Suffering
Suffering can do one of two things: break us or break us open.Beginning with Frederick Buechner's unforgettable image, John Ortberg explores Psalm 110 and one of the deepest ways Christians have read the Psalms: seeing the story o...
83. Why Happiness Never Seems to Last
Are you actually experiencing joy, or are you mostly experiencing relief when problems finally go away?In Psalm 68, John Ortberg explores the biblical idea of exultation: deep, expressive joy that can exist even when life isn't go...
82. There Are 3 Kinds of Friends. Here’s the One You Need.
There are three kinds of friends. Two can be valuable, but the third can actually help you become the person God created you to be.Beginning with Psalm 122 and the simple words “Let us go,” John Ortberg explores why friendship...
81. Two Kinds of Commitment. Only One Transforms You.
There are two kinds of commitments: contracts and covenants.We need both. But John Ortberg explains why one can enhance your life while the other can actually transform it.Beginning with Psalm 35, John explores the differen...
80. How to Get "Unstuck" in Praise
Why does God want us to praise Him? And what if praising God sometimes feels awkward, artificial, or forced?In this reflection on Psalm 67, John Ortberg explores the same question that once troubled C. S. Lewis.Lewis eventu...
79. What to Do When You’re Afraid
What do you do when you're afraid?In this reflection on Psalm 62, John Ortberg shares a memorable Dallas Willard story about a terrified cat clinging to a tree, and asks a surprisingly revealing question:What's your branch?...
78. How to Not Waste Your Most Valuable Asset
Who has your attention?In a world where screens, money, health, worries, ambitions, and countless other forces compete for our focus, John Ortberg asks a deeper question: Who is my master?Psalm 143 teaches us how to pay att...
77. Finding Perspective Changes Everything
Sometimes you need to stop moving long enough to notice where you actually are.In this reflection on Psalm 100, John Ortberg pulls over at a vista point and invites us to create a “vista point” in our own day: pause, look around, ...
76. What Dallas Willard Taught Us About Psalm 23 (w/Keith Matthews)
What do people experience when they're around you?In this conversation on Psalm 23, John Ortberg is joined by Keith Matthews, who spent 18 years teaching alongside Dallas Willard.Keith shares what Dallas was really like, wh...
75. Life-Maxing? No, No, No...Try This Instead
We're surrounded by voices telling us to maximize ourselves: our looks, productivity, wealth, health, status, experiences, and potential.But Jesus offers a radically different path to maximum life.In this episode, John Ortb...
74. The Number One Self-Care Solution
What does your soul actually need for self-care?Psalm 19 gives a surprising answer: “The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul.”In this episode, John Ortberg explores why God's instruction isn't meant to b...
73. Two Questions You Should Ask Yourself Every Day
We're surrounded by surveys.Rate your phone call.Rate your church experience.Rate your doctor's visit.John even got asked to rate his experience giving a urine sample. 😂Bu...
72. Psalm 139, Gollum, and Finding Our Identity
Remember where you come from.According to John Ortberg, remembering where you truly come from gives you two remarkable gifts: Identity and hope.In this reflection on Psalm 139, John explores what it means to be “fearfully and wo...
71. Becoming Defensive Doesn't Help. Here's Why
What happens when God shows you something about yourself you don't want to see?Our instinct is often to defend.Explain.Distract ourselves.Push it away.But what if the uncomfortable truth is actually an in...
70. How to Keep Your Soul Healthy
How is it with your soul?It's probably not a question anyone else will ask you today.But it may be one of the most important questions you can ask yourself.In this reflection on the Psalms, John Ortberg draws from Re...
69. The Glory and Burden of Potential
What if you haven't lived up to your potential?In this reflection on Psalm 8, John Ortberg explores one of the great wonders of God's creation: human potential.You can count the seeds in an apple.But you cannot count...
68. This Question Will Guide Your Life
What do you really want?According to the Gospel of John, that's the first question Jesus asks His would-be disciples:“What do you want?”In this reflection on Psalm 1, John Ortberg explores why that m...
67. Why Today is a Good Day to Die
Today is a good day to die.Which means it's a good day to come alive.In this reflection on Psalm 51, John Ortberg explores an old Christian word that doesn't get used much anymore: mortification.It sounds mise...
