Brennan Manning Quotes

When we wallow in guilt, remorse, and shame over real or imagined sins of the past, we are disdaining God's gift of grace.

Brennan Manning

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• When we wallow in guilt, remorse, and shame over real or imagined sins of the past, we are disdaining God's gift of grace.

  

  Brennan Manning
  • God
  • Gift
  • Shame