If in our hearts we really don’t believe that God loves us as we are, if we are still tainted by the lie that we can do something to make God love us more, we are rejecting the message of the cross.
BRENNAN MANNINGIf in our hearts we really don’t believe that God loves us as we are, if we are still tainted by the lie that we can do something to make God love us more, we are rejecting the message of the cross.
BRENNAN MANNINGWe must go out into a desert of some kind (your backyard will do) and come into a personal experience of the awesome love of God.
BRENNAN MANNINGWhatever 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.
BRENNAN MANNINGThe men and women who are truly filled with light are those who have gazed deeply into the darkness of their own imperfect existence.
BRENNAN MANNINGThere is a beautiful transparency to honest disciples who never wear a false face and do not pretend to be anything but who they are.
BRENNAN MANNINGWhat makes the Kingdom come is heartfelt compassion: a way of tenderness that knows no frontiers, no labels, no compartmentalizing, and no sectarian divisions.
BRENNAN MANNINGChildlike surrender and trust, I believe, is the defining spirit of authentic discipleship.
BRENNAN MANNINGFor me the most radical demand of Christian faith lies in summoning the courage to say yes to the present risenness of Jesus Christ.
BRENNAN MANNINGHope knows that if great trials are avoided great deeds remain undone and the possibility of growth into greatness of soul is aborted.
BRENNAN MANNINGThe 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.
BRENNAN MANNINGThe only kind of love that helps anyone grow is unconditional love.
BRENNAN MANNINGThe Good News of the gospel of grace cries out: We are all, equally, privileged but unentitled beggars at the door of God’s mercy!
BRENNAN MANNINGGenuine self-acceptance is not derived from the power of positive thinking, mind games or pop psychology. IT IS AN ACT OF FAITH in the God of grace.
BRENNAN MANNINGWhen absolute control and rigid obedience pose as love within the family and the local faith-community , we produce trained cowards rather than Christian persons.
BRENNAN MANNINGI have been seized by the power of a great affection.
BRENNAN MANNINGOur 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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