The gospel will persuade no one unless it has so convicted us that we are transformed by it.
BRENNAN MANNINGI am wonderfully content with a God who does not deal with me as my sins deserve.
More Brennan Manning Quotes
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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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Our identity rests in God’s relentless tenderness for us revealed in Jesus Christ.
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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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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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We are made for Christ, and nothing less will ever satisfy us.
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The 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.
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Faithfulness requires the courage to risk everything on Jesus, the willingness to keep growing, and the readiness to risk failure throughout our lives.
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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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Ruthless trust ultimately comes down to this: faith in the person of Jesus and hope in his promise.
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The Good News means we can stop lying to ourselves. The sweet sound of amazing grace saves us from the necessity of self-deception. It keeps us from denying that though Christ was victorious, the battle with lust, greed, and pride still rages within us.
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That which is denied cannot be healed.
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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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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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Hope knows that if great trials are avoided great deeds remain undone and the possibility of growth into greatness of soul is aborted.
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