Brennan Manning Quotes
Eight Quotes by: Brennan Manning Died. 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 not a pointer to God but God himself. In a word—bibliolatry. God cannot be confined within the covers of a leather-bound book. I develop a nasty rash around people who speak as if mere scrutiny of its pages will reveal precisely how God thinks and precisely what God wants.
Book: by Brennan Manning entitled: Signature of Jesus, pp. 188 Published: 1st July 2004.
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The most powerful thing that can happen in the place of prayer is that you yourself become the prayer. You leave the prayer room able as Jesus’ hands and feet on earth. This is what it means to pray continually (without ceasing), to see with the eyes of Jesus and to hear with His ears with every waking moment.
Book: by Brennan Manning entitled: Red Moon Rising (see also at http://www.loudounburn24-7.com/sample-page/) Published: 28th August 2010.
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God is a kooky God who can scarcely bear to be without us.
Book: by Brennan Manning entitled: The Ragamuffin Gospel, p. 165 Published: 29th June 2006.
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The god who exacts the last drop of blood from his Son so that his just anger, evoked by sin, may be appeased, is not the God revealed by and in Jesus Christ. And if he is not the God of Jesus, he does not exist.
Book: by Brennan Manning entitled: Above All, p 58 Published: 19th June 2003.
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the first step in faith is to stop thinking about God at the time of prayer.
Book: by Brennan Manning entitled: The Signature of Jesus, Sisters, OR: Multnomah Books p. 212 Published: 1996.
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Choose a single, sacred word or phrase that captures something of the flavor of your intimate relationship with God. A word such as Jesus, Abba, Peace, God or a phrase such as “Abba, I belong to you.” . . . Without moving your lips, repeat the sacred word inwardly, slowly, and often.
Book: by Brennan Manning entitled: The Signature of Jesus (Sisters, OR: Multnomah, 1996, Revised Edition), p. 218. Published: 1996.
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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.
Book: by Brennan Manning entitled: The Ragamuffin Gospel, Portland, OR: Multnomah Press p22 Published: 1990.
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Herein lies the secret, I believe, of the inner life of Jesus. Christ's communion with Abba in the inner sanctuary of His soul transformed His vision of reality, enabling Him to perceive God's love and care behind the complexities of life. Practicing the presence helps us to discern the providence of God at work especially in those dark hours when the signature of Jesus is being traced in our flesh. (You may wish to try it right now. Lower the book, center down, and offer yourself to the indwelling God.)
Book: by Brennan Manning entitled: The Signature of Jesus Published: 1988.
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