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Gavin Ortlund

Gavin Ortlund is senior pastor at First Baptist Church of Ojai in Ojai, California. He writes regularly at Soliloquium.

Humility Is Not Hating Yourself: The Joy of Self-Forgetfulness

Humility Is Not Hating Yourself

The Joy of Self-Forgetfulness

Humility doesn’t hide the talents God gives us, and humility is not self-hatred. True humility is self-forgetfulness leading to joy.

Make Sundays the Sweetest

Make Sundays the Sweetest

There is no reason why Sundays should be austere rather than a delight. Sunday is a day of celebration.

The Eternal Shore: Five Things We Forget About Heaven

The Eternal Shore

Five Things We Forget About Heaven

Most of us rarely think about heaven. But remembering heaven’s eternal shore will help us keep swimming through the waves and fog of this life.

One Painful and Beautiful Burial

One Painful and Beautiful Burial

Obeying God in the Dark

The darkest day the world has known was prefaced with the darkest night. And yet here we see not abject despair but beautiful devotion to Jesus.

Keep Learning to Lead: Five Practical Lessons

Keep Learning to Lead

Five Practical Lessons

Leading like Jesus is defined fundamentally by the cross — by service, by humility, and by sacrificial love.

Four Steps to Kill Nagging Sins

Four Steps to Kill Nagging Sins

Many Christians struggle with entrenched sins that entangle them as they follow Christ. John Owen gives four strategies for killing nagging sin.

Four Steps Toward Joy in Repentance

Four Steps Toward Joy in Repentance

God’s given us steps toward change that will lead us into greater degrees of holiness and happiness.

Five Ways to Encourage Your Pastor (Without Exalting Him)

Five Ways to Encourage Your Pastor (Without Exalting Him)

Plenty have lamented the problem of “celebrity culture” in the church, and usually that phrase brings into our minds famous pastors and leaders in the church today. But that “celebrity culture” can be equally a challenge for non-famous, local ministries.

How to Fight Unhealthy Snacking

How to Fight Unhealthy Snacking

Binge snacking can lift our burdens, but only for a moment. And only at the cost of sweeter communion with Christ.

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