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I could more easily contain Niagara Falls in a teacup than I can comprehend the wild, uncontainable love of God.

Brennan Manning

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When absolute control and rigid obedience pose as love within the family and the local faith-community , we produce trained cowards rather than Christian persons.
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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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Our culture says that ruthless competition is the key to success. Jesus says that ruthless compassion is the purpose of our journey.
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Ruthless trust ultimately comes down to this: faith in the person of Jesus and hope in his promise.
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To be alive is to be broken; to be broken is to stand in need of grace.
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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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The only kind of love that helps anyone grow is unconditional love.
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The gospel declares that no matter how dutiful or prayerful we are, we can’t save ourselves. What Jesus did was sufficient.
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The men and women who are truly filled with light are those who have gazed deeply into the darkness of their own imperfect existence.
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When our inner child is not nurtured and nourished, our minds gradually close to new ideas, unprofitable commitments and the surprises of the Spirit.
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God is loving us – you and me – this moment, just as we are and not as we should be.
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On the last day, Jesus will look us over not for medals, diplomas, or honors, but for scars.
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The temptation of the age is to look good without being good.
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We have been given God in our souls and Christ in our flesh. We have the power to believe where others deny, to hope where others despair, to love where others hurt.
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Tragedy is that our attention centers on what people are not, rather than on what they are and who they might become.
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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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