Too many Christians are living in a house of fear ... -Brennan Manning

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Too many Christians are living in a house of fear and not in the house of love.

Brennan Manning , Author
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Brennan Manning was an American author and speaker known for his writings on spirituality and grace, including his book "The Ragamuffin Gospel."

Brennan Manning Quotes to Explore

By and large, the gospel of grace is neither proclaimed, understood, nor lived....
Ruthless trust ultimately comes down to this: faith in the person of Jesus and hope in his promise....
My trust in God flows out of the experience of his loving me, day in and day out, whether the day is stormy or fair, whether I'm sick or in good healt...
God loves you unconditionally, as you are and not as you should be, because nobody is as they should be....
The dominant characteristic of an authentic spiritual life is the gratitude that flows from trust - not only for all the gifts that I receive from God...
Suffering, failure, loneliness, sorrow, discouragement, and death will be part of your journey, but the Kingdom of God will conquer all these horrors....
Childlike surrender and trust, I believe, is the defining spirit of authentic discipleship....
Trust is that rare and priceless treasure that wins us the affection of our heavenly Father....
Too many Christians are living in a house of fear and not in the house of love....
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 ...

Fear Quotes to Explore

There's no reason for the establishment to fear me. But it has every right to fear the people collectively - I am one with the people....
I think people who become compulsive about fitness or eating right, a lot of the time it's out of fear that they're going to lose control or that they...
There is the theory... that you live in two places: You either live in fear, or you live in love....
Don't react with fear and panic in the face of debt collector threats. Talk to them and explain your situation. See if you can work out a compromise....
God, make me so uncomfortable that I will do the very thing I fear....
Even death doesn't worry me, man. When my mother died it was because she finished her time on earth. I know that when I die I'll see her again, so how...
Knight without fear and without reproach....
Love casts out fear, but we have to get over the fear in order to get close enough to love them....
The Republicans galvanize their base by inciting a lot of fear; they operate on a lot of mythmaking. So we have to have something compelling. We shoul...
By action and reaction do we become strong or weak, according to the character of our thoughts and mental states. Fear is the deadly nightshade of the...