Become New with John Ortberg 18. Step 6: The Real Reason You Keep Making the Same Mistakes | John Ortberg
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Feb 5, 2025 Explore the importance of confronting personal flaws for spiritual growth. Discover how vices like impatience and jealousy can hinder development while contrasting two stories of fidelity. The journey of transformation is highlighted through self-reflection and the cultivation of virtues. Emphasizing authenticity in love, joy, and integrity, the discussion underscores the necessity of community support for meaningful change.
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Character Defects
- Character defects are acquired moral qualities, not just bad choices or inherent flaws.
- They're intertwined with anxieties, struggles, and desires, making us accountable.
Pusillanimity
- Rebecca DeYoung struggled with comparing herself to others and lacking courage in grad school.
- Discovering the concept of "pusillanimity" (smallness of soul) helped her understand her struggles.
Nature, Nurture, and Me
- People aren't simply products of nature and nurture; personal choices shape character.
- Repeated actions become habits, habits become character, the most important force in our lives.
