If in our hearts we really don't believe that God loves us as we are, if we are still tainted by the… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
Nevertheless, the central affirmation of the Reformation stands: through no merit of ours, but by his mercy, WE HAVE BEEN RESTORED to… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
To live by grace means to acknowledge my whole life story, the light side and the dark. In admitting my shadow side… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
“The Word we study has to be the Word we pray. My personal experience of the relentless tenderness of God came not… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
Put bluntly, the American church today accepts grace in theory but denies it in practice. We say we believe that the fundamental… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
One of the the loveliest lines I have ever read comes from Brother Roger, the Prior of the Protestant monks of Taize,… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
Assured of your salvation by the unique grace of our Lord Jesus Christ" is the heartbeat of the gospel, joyful liberation from… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
Sheer scholarship alone cannot reveal to us the gospel of grace. We must never allow the authority of books, institutions, or leaders… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
There is an essential connection between experiencing God, loving God, and trusting God. You will trust God only as much as you… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
“Because salvation is by grace through faith, I believe that among the countless number of people standing in front of the throne… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
Accepting the reality of our sinfulness means accepting our authentic self. Judas could not face his shadow; Peter could. The latter befriended the impostor… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
Trust is our gift back to God, and he finds it so enchanting that Jesus died for love of it — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
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… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
“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… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
“He who is alone with his sins is utterly alone. It may be that Christians, notwithstanding corporate worship, common prayer, and all their fellowship… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
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… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
Grace abounds in contemporary movies, books, novels, films and music. If God is not in the whirlwind, He may be in a Woody Allen… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
My trust in God flows out of the experience of his loving me, day in and day out, whether the day is stormy or… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
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. — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
May all your expectations be frustrated, may all your plans be thwarted, may all your desires be withered into nothingness, that you may experience… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
Our identity rests in God's relentless tenderness for us revealed in Jesus Christ. — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
