--- title: "14 Jesus christ Quotes By Brennan Manning" description: "14 Jesus christ quotes by Brennan Manning. Plus more from Brennan Manning and more Jesus christ sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30b/brennan-manning-959_christ_reality-truth-and-jesus-christ-are-incre_2909814.png" --- > [Reality, truth, and Jesus Christ are incredibly open-ended](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/reality-truth-and-jesus-christ-are-incredibly-open-ended/) [Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30b/brennan-manning-959_christ_reality-truth-and-jesus-christ-are-incre_2909814.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aaa/brennan-manning-959_christ_our-identity-rests-in-god-s-relentless-t_113385.png) > [Faith will become vision, hope will become possession, but the love of Jesus Christ that is stronger than death endures forever. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/faith-will-become-vision-hope-will-become-possession-but-the-love-of/) [Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75c/brennan-manning-959_christ_faith-will-become-vision-hope-will-becom_1305488.png) > [The god who exacts the last drop of blood from his Son so that his just anger, evoked by sin, may be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/the-god-who-exacts-the-last-drop-of-blood-from-his-son-so-that-his/) [Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b1/brennan-manning-959_blood_the-god-who-exacts-the-last-drop-of-bloo_738039.png) > [For me the most radical demand of Christian faith lies in summoning the courage to say yes to the present risenness of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/for-me-the-most-radical-demand-of-christian-faith-lies-in-summoning/) [Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/265/brennan-manning-959_christ_for-me-the-most-radical-demand-of-christ_720988.jpg) > [My deepest awareness of myself is that I am deeply loved by Jesus Christ and I have done nothing to earn it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/my-deepest-awareness-of-myself-is-that-i-am-deeply-loved-by-jesus/) [Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9a/brennan-manning-959_awareness_my-deepest-awareness-of-myself-is-that-i_644407.png) > [Today on planet Earth, may you experience the wonder and beauty of yourself as Abba’s Child and temple of the Holy Spirit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/today-on-planet-earth-may-you-experience-the-wonder-and-beauty-of/) [Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d47/brennan-manning-959_children_today-on-planet-earth-may-you-experience_1804800.png) > [The deeper we grow in the Spirit of Jesus Christ, the poorer we become - the more we realize that everything in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/the-deeper-we-grow-in-the-spirit-of-jesus-christ-the-poorer-we-become/) [Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/744/brennan-manning-959_awareness_the-deeper-we-grow-in-the-spirit-of-jesu_549269.jpg) > [Let us be bold enough to ask ourselves as Christians whether the Church of the Lord Jesus in the United States has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/let-us-be-bold-enough-to-ask-ourselves-as-christians-whether-the/) [Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/316/brennan-manning-959_asks_let-us-be-bold-enough-to-ask-ourselves-a_1296846.jpg) > [One of the the loveliest lines I have ever read comes from Brother Roger, the Prior of the Protestant monks of Taize,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/one-of-the-the-loveliest-lines-i-have-ever-read-comes-from-brother/) [Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c8/brennan-manning-959_brother_one-of-the-the-loveliest-lines-i-have-ev_2836846.png) > [Sheer scholarship alone cannot reveal to us the gospel of grace. We must never allow the authority of books, institutions, or leaders…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/sheer-scholarship-alone-cannot-reveal-to-us-the-gospel-of-grace-we/) [Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d0/brennan-manning-959_agents_sheer-scholarship-alone-cannot-reveal-to_2973435.jpg) > [Assured of your salvation by the unique grace of our Lord Jesus Christ" is the heartbeat of the gospel, joyful liberation from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/assured-of-your-salvation-by-the-unique-grace-of-our-lord-jesus/) [Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20c/brennan-manning-959_acceptance_assured-of-your-salvation-by-the-unique_2854880.png) > [For those who feel their lives are a grave disappointment to God, it requires enormous trust and reckless, raging confidence to accept…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/for-those-who-feel-their-lives-are-a-grave-disappointment-to-god-it/) [Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e1/brennan-manning-959_accepting_for-those-who-feel-their-lives-are-a-gra_373302.png) > [“The Word we study has to be the Word we pray. My personal experience of the relentless tenderness of God came not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/the-word-we-study-has-to-be-the-word-we-pray-my-personal-experience/) [Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/297/brennan-manning-959_christianity_the-word-we-study-has-to-be-the-word-we_2748185.png) ## Other authors on Jesus christ ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/jesus-christ/brennan-manning/#itemlist", "name": "14 Jesus christ Quotes By Brennan Manning", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Reality, truth, and Jesus Christ are incredibly open-ended", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Brennan Manning" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/reality-truth-and-jesus-christ-are-incredibly-open-ended/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30b/brennan-manning-959_christ_reality-truth-and-jesus-christ-are-incre_2909814.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30b/brennan-manning-959_christ_reality-truth-and-jesus-christ-are-incre_2909814.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30b/brennan-manning-959_christ_reality-truth-and-jesus-christ-are-incre_2909814.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Reality, truth, and Jesus Christ are incredibly open-ended” — Brennan Manning", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Our identity rests in God's relentless tenderness for us revealed in Jesus Christ.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Brennan Manning" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/our-identity-rests-in-god-s-relentless-tenderness-for-us-revealed-in/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aaa/brennan-manning-959_christ_our-identity-rests-in-god-s-relentless-t_113385.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aaa/brennan-manning-959_christ_our-identity-rests-in-god-s-relentless-t_113385.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aaa/brennan-manning-959_christ_our-identity-rests-in-god-s-relentless-t_113385.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Our identity rests in God's relentless tenderness for us revealed in Jesus Christ.” — Brennan Manning", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Faith will become vision, hope will become possession, but the love of Jesus Christ that is stronger than death endures forever. 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It is still difficult for me to read these words without tears filling my eyes. 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We must never allow the authority of books, institutions, or leaders to replace the authority of KNOWING Jesus Christ personally and directly. 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