Soul Keeping by John Ortberg
Week 11: Chapter 10 — The Restored Soul
Read Chapter 10 of Soul Keeping by John Ortberg. Key passage: Psalm 23:3; John 10:10.
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This final chapter is a vision of what a restored soul actually looks like — not perfection, but wholeness. Read it as a picture of where you are headed, not a standard by which to judge yourself.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.Ortberg describes a restored soul not as a soul that has arrived at some static destination but as a soul that is increasingly integrated, alive, and at home with God. Does that description feel like good news, or does it feel unreachable? What does your reaction tell you?
2.Ortberg shares reflections on Dallas Willard in his final years — how a man who had devoted his life to soul care faced death with a quality of peace and presence that was itself a testimony. What does it look like for a person's soul to be genuinely well? Can you think of someone in your own life who embodies that?
3.A restored soul, Ortberg argues, is marked by increasing freedom from the compulsions, fears, and reactive patterns that previously drove it. What compulsion or fear would you most like to be free of? What would your life look like if you were?