Formation with John Ortberg

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FN002. John Ortberg on Interpreting Genesis & What It Means to Be Chosen

2026-10-2824:39

What if understanding the ancient world could change the way you read Genesis? In this episode of Footnotes, Jackson Lane sits down with John Ortberg to revisit John's conversation with Old Testament scholar Tremper Longman III. Together, they explore how understanding biblical genre, ancient culture, and the questions Scripture was originally addressing can deepen our understanding of the Bible today. John shares how discovering other ancient Near Eastern creation and flood stories initially...

FN001. John Ortberg on Transcendence, the Loss of Enchantment, and Curiosity About God | Tyler Staton

2026-10-1440:39

How are we to remain curious about God? John Ortberg and Jackson Lane return to Formation’s debut conversation with Tyler Staton for the first installment of Footnotes, a new post-show where we get to examine John’s thoughts after each episode. Tyler’s sincerity in Formation episode 001 led John to examine his own life: his relationship with humor, transcendence, and even marriage. Listen for a conversation about keeping wonder alive, what marriage reveals in us, and bringing our real ...

012. The Apple Store Creator on Why the Most Important Thing You Bring to Work Is You ft. Ron Johnson

2026-09-3001:18:34

What if the most important thing you bring to work isn’t your résumé, your expertise, or even your ideas? Ron Johnson helped transform Target, built the Apple Store alongside Steve Jobs, and later became CEO of JCPenney. Across a career spent reimagining some of the biggest names in retail, he came to believe that your most important contribution at work is something no résumé can capture: your inner voice. It’s the perspective you discover when you get still enough to realize what you actu...

011. This Ancient Creed Can Rescue Us From Spiritual Homelessness ft. Glenn Packiam | 011

2026-09-1601:16:22

This year the Nicene Creed turns 1,700 years old, and Glenn Packiam thinks it might be the most important thing the modern church has forgotten how to use. In this conversation, John and Glenn talk about the difference between hope and comfort, how the ancient world considered hope a weakness, and why the Creed's insistence on saying "we believe" instead of "I believe" might be the most countercultural thing a Christian can do today. ABOUT THE GUEST Glenn Packiam is the Lead Pastor of Rockh...

010. A Systems Theory Expert on the Anxiety Running Your Team ft. Steve Cuss

2026-09-0201:33:55

What happens when the person managing everyone else's anxiety is the most anxious one in the room? Steve Cuss joins John for a conversation that starts in a childhood home in Western Australia and ends up inside the emotional wiring of every leader, marriage, and church staff meeting. Steve talks candidly about growing up in a household run by unpredictable anger, the confidence he built on a foundation of fear, and the hospital chaplaincy that stripped all of it away. What emerges is a wor...

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