On the last day, Jesus will look us over not for medals, diplomas, or honors, but for scars.
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.
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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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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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Jesus reveals a God who does not demand but who gives; who does not oppress but who raises up; who does not wound but who heals; who does not condemn but forgives.
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The litmus test of our love for God is our love of neighbor.
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You will trust God to the degree you know you are loved by Him.
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Our identity rests in God’s relentless tenderness for us revealed in Jesus Christ.
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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.
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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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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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The Good News of the gospel of grace cries out: We are all, equally, privileged but unentitled beggars at the door of God’s mercy!
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A saint is not someone who is good but who experiences the goodness of God.
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When a man or woman is truly honest, it is virtually impossible to insult them personally.
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We are made for Christ, and nothing less will ever satisfy us.
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Assured of your salvation by the unique grace of our Lord Jesus Christ” is the heartbeat of the gospel, joyful liberation from fear of the Final Outcome, a summons to self-acceptance, and freedom for a life of compassion toward others.
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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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