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Good News at Rock Bottom - Ray Ortlund

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4.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 December 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

“How do I keep going when I’m out of answers?” Ray and Jani Ortlund explore the fierce "good news at rock bottom" — where masks fall, community becomes real, and hope grows stubborn.

Transcript

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0:00.0

is the truth of my existence that God hates my guts.

0:04.0

That would explain everything.

0:05.6

Yeah, yeah.

0:06.3

But I discovered Jesus at a deeper level at Rock Bottom.

0:10.9

God changed him at Rock Bottom.

0:13.4

So there's good news at Rock Bottom, and really, I don't know where else we're going to find it.

0:20.9

So we've got Ray, and, you know, it's even better.

0:24.2

We've got Janney Orland back.

0:25.8

So much better.

0:27.2

It's always good to have both.

0:29.6

Ray, do you feel this?

0:30.6

Because whenever Ann and I do anything, I know the audience is thinking, Dave's okay, but

0:35.7

Anne is awesome.

0:39.2

I'm so glad she's here. You've got to feel the same thing. Yeah. Janie just keeps me moving along with her because she's merciful.

0:49.0

I'll tell you what, Janie is, I said it to her this morning when we were on our way over here. She's the secret weapon here.

0:55.4

Yep.

0:56.4

Because she has an authenticity and a profound.

1:02.1

Here's something about Janney.

1:04.8

Janie loves with a whole heart.

1:09.2

She doesn't hold back.

1:11.0

She's not calculating, you know, 51-49, transactional kind of thing.

1:16.1

And that is Jenny's superpower.

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