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.
BRENNAN MANNINGWe 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.
More Brennan Manning Quotes
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We should be astonished at the goodness of God, stunned that He should bother to call us by name, our mouths wide open at His love, bewildered that at this very moment we are standing on holy ground.
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I could more easily contain Niagara Falls in a teacup than I can comprehend the wild, uncontainable love of God.
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If asked whether I am finally letting God love me, just as I am, I would answer, ‘No, but I’m trying.
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The sorrow of God lies in our fear of Him, our fear of life, and our fear of ourselves. He anguishes over our self-absorption and self-sufficiency… God’s sorrow lies in our refusal to approach Him when we sinned and failed.
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Jesus comes for sinners, for those outcast and those caught up in squalid choices and failed dreams.
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The dominant characteristic of an authentic spiritual life is the gratitude that flows from trust — not only for all the gifts that I receive from God, but gratitude for all the suffering. Because in that purifying experience, suffering has often been the shortest path to intimacy with God.
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I am wonderfully content with a God who does not deal with me as my sins deserve.
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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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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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We are made for Christ, and nothing less will ever satisfy us.
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Childlike surrender and trust, I believe, is the defining spirit of authentic discipleship.
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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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The spirituality of wonder knows the world is charged with grace, that while sin and war, disease and death are terribly real, God’s loving presence and power in our midst are even more real.
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A saint is not someone who is good but who experiences the goodness of God.
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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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Define yourself radically as one beloved by God. This is the true self. Every other identity is illusion.
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The temptation of the age is to look good without being good.
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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 lend each other a hand when we’re falling, perhaps that’s the only work that matters in the end.
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Genuine 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.
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My deepest awareness of myself is that I am deeply loved by Jesus Christ and I have done nothing to earn it or deserve it.
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When we wallow in guilt, remorse, and shame over real or imagined sins of the past, we are disdaining God’s gift of grace.
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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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On the last day, Jesus will look us over not for medals, diplomas, or honors, but for scars.
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God loves you unconditionally, as you are and not as you should be, because nobody is as they should be.
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For me the most radical demand of Christian faith lies in summoning the courage to say yes to the present risenness of Jesus Christ.
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