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.
BRENNAN MANNINGThe way you are with others every day, regardless of their status, is the true test of faith.
More Brennan Manning Quotes
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Childlike surrender and trust, I believe, is the defining spirit of authentic discipleship.
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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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There is an essential connection between experiencing God, loving God, and trusting God. You will trust God only as much as you love him. And you will love him to the extent you have touched him, rather that he has touched you.
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That which is denied cannot be healed.
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A saint is not someone who is good but who experiences the goodness of God.
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To lend each other a hand when we’re falling, perhaps that’s the only work that matters in the end.
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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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Real freedom is freedom from the opinions of others. Above all, freedom from your opinions about yourself.
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You will trust God to the degree you know you are loved by Him.
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I asked for wonder, and He gave it to me.
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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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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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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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The litmus test of our love for God is our love of neighbor.
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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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