Pastor · Author · Speaker
Dane Ortlund
Dane’s life calling is to dive deep into the unspeakable heart of Jesus for sinners and sufferers, and to invite others to enjoy that boundless ocean with him.
Matthew 11
“Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.”
Matthew 11:28–29
Forthcoming · October 6, 2026
Finally Home
The Christian Hope of Heaven
If we are not in Christ, this life is the best we will ever experience. If we are in Christ, this life is the worst we will ever experience.
In Finally Home, Dane Ortlund plunges into the word of God and the wisdom of the saints to help us rightly think about heaven, and to draw strength from our coming future more deeply than we ever have before. Writing with the same pastoral warmth and enchanting prose that mark Gentle and Lowly and Deeper, he speaks directly to the heart about what eternity with Jesus will be like.
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Gentle and Lowly
Christians can easily feel that Jesus is perpetually disappointed, maybe even close to giving up on them. In Matthew 11 Jesus describes himself as gentle and lowly in heart, longing for his people to find rest in him. This book dives into the Bible’s witness to Christ’s affections for sinners and sufferers.
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Dane Ortlund is a pastor, author, and speaker, serving as Senior Pastor of Naperville Presbyterian Church outside Chicago.
On the planet to enjoy the endless grace of God, and to invite others to join him there.
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“Dane Ortlund’s book has swept my heart up and away to the vestibule of heaven. He is saying things I’ve never heard before, and his writing is so gentle and poetic.”
Joni Eareckson Tada
Founder and CEO, Joni and Friends
“Finally Home, more than any other modern book I have read on the topic, gets the balance just right. It is clear, solid, and orthodox, but also soaring, evocative, comforting, and beautiful. It will be my go-to book on heaven.”
Andrew Wilson
Teaching Pastor; Christianity Today columnist
“Some books about heaven explain; others intrigue. Rare is the book that induces a hunger for heaven — a real readiness to go home. Dane has given us such a book.”
Sean DeMars
Pastor, Glory Community Church
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