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Put bluntly, the American church today accepts grace in theory but denies it in practice. We say we believe that the fundamental structure of reality is grace, not works - but our lives refute our faith.
Brennan Manning
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Brennan Manning
Age: 75 †
Born: 1937
Born: April 27
Died: 2013
Died: April 12
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Richard Francis Xavier Manning
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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 heartbeat.
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The gospel of grace nullifies our adulation of televangelists, charismatic superstars, and local church heroes. It obliterates the two-class citizenship theory operative in many American churches. For grace proclaims the awesome truth that all is gift. All that is good is ours, not by right, but by the sheer bounty of a gracious God.
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There is an extraordinary power in storytelling that stirs the imagination and makes an indelible impression on the mind.
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What makes a genius? The ability to see. To see what? The butterfly in a caterpillar, the eagle in an egg, the saint in a selfish person, life in death, unity in separation, God in the human and human in God and suffering as the form in which the incomprehensibility of God himself appears.
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God is loving us - you and me - this moment, just as we are and not as we should be.
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How I treat a brother or sister from day to day, how I react to the sin-scarred wino on the street, how I respond to interruptions from people I dislike, how I deal with normal people in their normal confusion on a normal day may be a better indication of my reverence for life than the antiabortion sticker on the bumper of my car.
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Quia amasti me, fecisti me amabilem. (In loving me, you made me lovable.)
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Letting ourselves be loved by God is more important than loving God.
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Do you honestly believe God likes you, not just loves you because theologically God has to love you?
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Childlike surrender and trust, I believe, is the defining spirit of authentic discipleship.
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Define yourself radically as one beloved by God. This is the true self. Every other identity is illusion.
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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 distance.
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No man can adequately reach and explain a single word of God with all his words
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Childlike in faith means the daily acknowledgment of utter dependence and that I owe my life and being to another.
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Silent solitude makes true speech possible and personal. If I am not in touch with my own belovedness, then I cannot touch the sacredness of others. If I am estranged from myself, I am likewise a stranger to others.
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