To lend each other a hand when we’re falling, perhaps that’s the only work that matters in the end.
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.
More Brennan Manning Quotes
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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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Jesus comes for sinners, for those outcast and those caught up in squalid choices and failed dreams.
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I asked for wonder, and He gave it to me.
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How glorious the splendor of a human heart that trusts that it is loved!
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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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Childlike surrender and trust, I believe, is the defining spirit of authentic discipleship.
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Whatever 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.
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Our identity rests in God’s relentless tenderness for us revealed in Jesus Christ.
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That which is denied cannot be healed.
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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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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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Letting ourselves be loved by God is more important than loving God.
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The gospel declares that no matter how dutiful or prayerful we are, we can’t save ourselves. What Jesus did was sufficient.
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we unwittingly project onto God our own attitudes and feelings toward ourselves… But we cannot assume that He feels about us the way we feel about ourselves — unless we love ourselves compassionately, intensely, and freely.
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The litmus test of our love for God is our love of neighbor.
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