The Christian with depth is the person who has failed and who has learned to live with it.
BRENNAN MANNINGChristianity doesn’t deny the reality of suffering and evil Our hope is not based on the idea that we are going to be free of pain and suffering. Rather, it is based on the conviction that we will triumph over suffering.
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Anyone we come in contact with, we either offer them life, or we drain them.
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The gospel will persuade no one unless it has so convicted us that we are transformed by it.
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Childlike surrender and trust, I believe, is the defining spirit of authentic discipleship.
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When a man or woman is truly honest, it is virtually impossible to insult them personally.
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Our hearts of stone become hearts of flesh when we learn where the outcast weeps.
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God loves you unconditionally, as you are and not as you should be, because nobody is as they should be.
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The litmus test of our love for God is our love of neighbor.
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God is enough. That is the root of peace. When we start seeking something besides Him, we lose it.
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We are made for Christ, and nothing less will ever satisfy us.
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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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Christianity doesn’t deny the reality of suffering and evil Our hope is not based on the idea that we are going to be free of pain and suffering. Rather, it is based on the conviction that we will triumph over suffering.
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Jesus comes not for the super-spiritual but for the wobbly and the weak-kneed who know they don’t have it all together, and who are not too proud to accept the handout of amazing grace.
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The spirituality of wonder knows the world is charged with grace, that while sin and war, disease and death are terribly real, God’s loving presence and power in our midst are even more real.
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The secret of the mystery is: God is always greater. No matter how great we think Him to be, His love is always greater.
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That which is denied cannot be healed.
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