List of Brennan Manning Quotes

God Is A Kooky God Who Can Scarcely Bear To Be Without Us.

False Gods - The Gods Of Human Understanding - Despise Sinners, But The Father Of Jesus Loves All, No Matter What They Do. But Of Course This Is Almost Too Incredible For Us To Accept.

The Loss Of Transcendence Has Left In Its Wake The Flotsam Of Distrustful, Cynical Christians, Angry At A Capricious God, And The Jetsam Of Smug Bibilolatrists Who Claim To Know Precisely What God Is Thinking And Exactly What He Plans To Do.

When Being Is Divorced From Doing, Pious Thoughts Become An Adequate Substitute For Washing Dirty Feet.

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.

All I Have Learned Through Trial And Error Is To Stay Alert And Aware, Especially God Smiling @ Our Silliness.

By And Large, The Gospel Of Grace Is Neither Proclaimed, Understood, Nor Lived.

Without Exposure To Potential Failure, There Is No Risk.

God Loves Us As We Are...not As We Ought To Be. Because We Are Never Going To Be As We Ought To Be." --brennan Manning

The Conversation Of Most Middle-class Americans, We Are Told, Revolves Around Consumption: What To Buy, What Was Just Bought, Where To Eat, The Price Of The Neighbor's House, What's On Sale This Week, Our Clothes Or Someone Else's, The Best Car On The Market This Year, Where To Spend A Vacation. Apparently We Can't Stop Eating, Shopping, Or Consuming. Success Is Measured Not In Terms Of Love, Wisdom, And Maturity But By The Size Of One's Pile Of Possessions.

Creation Discloses A Power That Baffles Our Minds And Beggars Our Speech. We Are Enamored And Enchanted By God's Power. We Stutter And Stammer About God's Holiness. We Tremble Before God's Majesty... And Yet, We Grow Squeamish And Skittish Before God's Love.

Authentic Christianity Should Lead To Maturity, Personality, And Reality. It Should Fashion Whole Men And Women Living Lives Of Love And Communion