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Dane Ortlund

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Dane Ortlund

@daneortlund

Saint, husband, dad. Shepherd at npchurch.org. I write, preach, and fish. Stumbling my way to heaven with Jesus' arm around me.

Naperville, Illinois

Joined July 2008

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Dane Ortlund
@daneortlund
Apr 10
Everything's going to be okay. Your wildest dreams, and more, will come true. In a body. Among the animals. Eating and playing. On this planet. Without ever ending. And Sonlight is the new sunlight. Releasing 10/6/26. Available for pre-order now.
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Dane Ortlund
@daneortlund
Aug 24, 2023
The only sin Jesus ever had was ours. The only righteousness we can ever have is his. A. W. Tozer
Dane Ortlund
@daneortlund
Aug 6, 2022
What a church sings tells you what they believe. How they sing tells you if they really believe it.
Dane Ortlund
@daneortlund
Nov 19, 2022
Frustrated and considering leaving Church X for Church Y? Let me go ahead and burst the bubble for you—you’re going to find even more reasons to be disappointed at Y than you did at X. Your contentment at your church is not about the church. It’s about you. Dig in and serve.
Dane Ortlund
@daneortlund
Oct 12, 2022
I know today feels like you're trudging through Mordor. That's because you are. As am I. Our tears are real. Despair seems at times to have the upper hand. But the ring will be destroyed soon. And the eagles are coming.
Dane Ortlund
@daneortlund
Sep 4, 2024
Last night I took a ministry resident for a hospital visitation. On the way over I gave him the usual speech for this unique ministry venue: 1. Silence the phone 2. Grab a breath mint 3. Bring a Bible 4. Talk little, listen much 5. Read a psalm, then pray it over them 6. Tears
Dane Ortlund
@daneortlund
Mar 20, 2022
The deepest way to know a professing Christian’s actual theology is not to ask them which historic confession they subscribe to but to watch how they treat other people.
Dane Ortlund
@daneortlund
Mar 25, 2021
Six months in to pastoring and I'm learning a ton. One lesson: My greatest tool in ministry is not my library but my tears.
Dane Ortlund
@daneortlund
Sep 21, 2021
A tidal wave of pastor resignations is coming in 2022. But that wave can be greatly lessened by the most powerful gift a congregation can give: the ministry of encouragement. Not more vacations and higher salary but ordinary, specific encouragement is what will keep him afloat.
Dane Ortlund
@daneortlund
Mar 9, 2019
Skipping church because you're too tired and discouraged is like skipping a meal because you're too hungry.
Dane Ortlund
@daneortlund
Dec 24, 2024
My favorite stanza of any Christmas hymn: Hail the heav'n-born Prince of Peace! Hail the Sun of Righteousness! Light and life to all He brings, Ris'n with healing in His wings. Mild He lays His glory by, Born that man no more may die. Born to raise us from the earth, Born to
Dane Ortlund
@daneortlund
Nov 5, 2021
Dear church members far and wide, Let me offer a gentle suggestion for your consideration, on behalf of your pastor/s: Withhold that piece of advice for how he should do things differently until you have first given him 10 encouragements. Then maintain that ratio going forward.
Dane Ortlund
@daneortlund
Jun 5, 2021
Spurgeon's last words, the day of his death, January 31, 1892: "Tranquil and happy, though very weak. My theology is simple. I can express it in few words and they are enough to die by. Jesus died for me."
Dane Ortlund
@daneortlund
Jan 17, 2025
What a church sings tells you what they believe. How a church sings tells you if they really believe it.