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…
• Craving clarity, we attempt to eliminate the risk of trusting God. Fear of the unknown path stretching ahead of us destroys childlike trust in the…
• A saint is not someone who is good but who experiences the goodness of God.
• Today on planet Earth, may you experience the wonder and beauty of yourself as Abba’s Child and temple of the Holy Spirit through Jesus Christ
• When being is divorced from doing, pious thoughts become an adequate substitute for washing dirty feet.
• May all your expectations be frustrated, may all your plans be thwarted, may all your desires be withered into nothingness, that you may experience the…
• In every encounter we either give life or we drain it; there is no neutral exchange.
• Jesus hung out with ragamuffins,
• God loves you unconditionally, as you are and not as you should be, because nobody is as they should be.
• Though it is true that the church must always dissociate itself from sin, it can never have any excuse for keeping any sinner at a…
• Reality, truth, and Jesus Christ are incredibly open-ended
• I am deeply distressed by what I only can call in our Christian culture the idolatry of the Scriptures. For many Christians, the Bible is…
• To lend each other a hand when we're falling, perhaps that's the only work that matters in the end.
• On the last day, Jesus will look us over not for medals, diplomas, or honors, but for scars.
• God is loving us - you and me - this moment, just as we are and not as we should be.
• A trusting heart is forgiven and, in turn, forgives.
• I knew there was only one place to go. I sank down into the center of my soul, grew still, and listened to the Rabbi's…
• The dominant characteristic of an authentic spiritual life is the gratitude that flows from trust — not only for all the gifts that I receive…
• Nevertheless, the central affirmation of the Reformation stands: through no merit of ours, but by his mercy, WE HAVE BEEN RESTORED to a right relationship…
• Anyone we come in contact with, we either offer them life, or we drain them.

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