Hope knows that if great trials are avoided great deeds remain undone and the possibility of growth into greatness of soul is aborted.
BRENNAN MANNINGThe greatest single cause of atheism in the world today is Christians, who acknowledge Jesus with their lips and walk out the door, and deny Him by their lifestyle. That is what an unbelieving world simply finds unbelievable.
More Brennan Manning Quotes
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We are made for Christ, and nothing less will ever satisfy us.
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The way you are with others every day, regardless of their status, is the true test of faith.
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A saint is not someone who is good but who experiences the goodness of God.
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Assured of your salvation by the unique grace of our Lord Jesus Christ” is the heartbeat of the gospel, joyful liberation from fear of the Final Outcome, a summons to self-acceptance, and freedom for a life of compassion toward others.
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The deepest desire of our hearts is for union for God. God created us for union with himself. This is the original purpose of our lives.
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There is a beautiful transparency to honest disciples who never wear a false face and do not pretend to be anything but who they are.
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Jesus comes for sinners, for those outcast and those caught up in squalid choices and failed dreams.
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In Love’s service, only wounded soldiers can serve.
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The Christian with depth is the person who has failed and who has learned to live with it.
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The Good News of the gospel of grace cries out: We are all, equally, privileged but unentitled beggars at the door of God’s mercy!
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In every encounter we either give life or we drain it; there is no neutral exchange.
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Whatever we have done in the past, be it good or evil, great or small, is irrelevant to our stance before God today. It is only NOW that we are in the presence of God.
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I could more easily contain Niagara Falls in a teacup than I can comprehend the wild, uncontainable love of God.
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To live by grace means to acknowledge my whole life story, the light side and the dark. In admitting my shadow side I learn who I am and what God’s grace means.
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My deepest awareness of myself is that I am deeply loved by Jesus Christ and I have done nothing to earn it or deserve it.
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