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title: "5 Deny Quotes By Brennan Manning"
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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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/we-have-been-given-god-in-our-souls-and-christ-in-our-flesh-we-have/)

[Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d29/brennan-manning-959_believe_we-have-been-given-god-in-our-souls-and_582562.jpg)

> [The greatest single cause of atheism in the world today is Christians, who acknowledge Jesus with their lips and walk out the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/the-greatest-single-cause-of-atheism-in-the-world-today-is-christians/)

[Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f24/brennan-manning-959_acknowledge_the-greatest-single-cause-of-atheism-in_610108.png)

> [Do you believe that the God of Jesus loves you beyond worthiness and unworthiness, beyond fidelity and infidelity—that he loves you in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/do-you-believe-that-the-god-of-jesus-loves-you-beyond-worthiness-and/)

[Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/502/brennan-manning-959_and-love_do-you-believe-that-the-god-of-jesus-lov_2224367.jpg)

> [Put bluntly, the American church today accepts grace in theory but denies it in practice. We say we believe that the fundamental…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/put-bluntly-the-american-church-today-accepts-grace-in-theory-but/)

[Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f0/brennan-manning-959_accepting_put-bluntly-the-american-church-today-ac_2812900.png)

> [Christianity doesn’t deny the reality of suffering and evil… Our hope… is not based on the idea that we are going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/christianity-doesn-t-deny-the-reality-of-suffering-and-evil-our-hope/)

[Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/)

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## Other authors on Deny

## More by Brennan Manning

> [Accepting the reality of our sinfulness means accepting our authentic self. Judas could not face his shadow; Peter could. The latter befriended the impostor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/accepting-the-reality-of-our-sinfulness-means-accepting-our-authentic/)

[Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/)

> [Trust is our gift back to God, and he finds it so enchanting that Jesus died for love of it](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/trust-is-our-gift-back-to-god-and-he-finds-it-so-enchanting-that/)

[Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/genuine-self-acceptance-is-not-derived-from-the-power-of-positive/)

[Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/)

> [That which is denied cannot be healed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/that-which-is-denied-cannot-be-healed/)

[Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/)

> [“It is not objective proof of God’s existence that we want but the experience of God’s presence. That is the miracle we are really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/it-is-not-objective-proof-of-god-s-existence-that-we-want-but-the/)

[Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/)

> [“He who is alone with his sins is utterly alone. It may be that Christians, notwithstanding corporate worship, common prayer, and all their fellowship…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/he-who-is-alone-with-his-sins-is-utterly-alone-it-may-be-that/)

[Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/)

> [God not only loves me as I am, but also knows me as I am. Because of this I don't need to apply spiritual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/god-not-only-loves-me-as-i-am-but-also-knows-me-as-i-am-because-of/)

[Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/)

> [Grace abounds in contemporary movies, books, novels, films and music. If God is not in the whirlwind, He may be in a Woody Allen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/grace-abounds-in-contemporary-movies-books-novels-films-and-music-if/)

[Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/)

> [My trust in God flows out of the experience of his loving me, day in and day out, whether the day is stormy or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/my-trust-in-god-flows-out-of-the-experience-of-his-loving-me-day-in/)

[Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/)

> [I you think you've done it, then you're wrong. Because you're not finished until you have achieved everything that you never thought you could.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/i-you-think-you-ve-done-it-then-you-re-wrong-because-you-re-not/)

[Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/)

> [May all your expectations be frustrated, may all your plans be thwarted, may all your desires be withered into nothingness, that you may experience…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/may-all-your-expectations-be-frustrated-may-all-your-plans-be/)

[Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/)

> [Our identity rests in God's relentless tenderness for us revealed in Jesus Christ.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/our-identity-rests-in-god-s-relentless-tenderness-for-us-revealed-in/)

[Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/)

> [“When I get honest I admit that I am a bundle of paradoxes. I believe and I doubt, I hope and I get discouraged.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/when-i-get-honest-i-admit-that-i-am-a-bundle-of-paradoxes-i-believe/)

[Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/)

> [“At Sunday worship, as in every dimension of our existence, many of us pretend to believe we are sinners. Consequently, all we can do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/at-sunday-worship-as-in-every-dimension-of-our-existence-many-of-us/)

[Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/)

> [“You tell others about Me - that I am a loving God. Your words are glib. My words are written in the blood of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/you-tell-others-about-me-that-i-am-a-loving-god-your-words-are-glib/)

[Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/)

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