Probably one of the most challenging and encouraging books I have read in a while. Brennan Manning has a way of speaking right into the heart of the matter. In The Signature of Jesus he reassures us that no matter what valley, darkness, or even sin we are going through Christ is pouring out His love on us. So often we place our faith in feelings and emotions that when we are stripped of those in a 'dark night of the soul' we feel that God Himself has left us, but it is rather that He is removing the 'obstacles that keep us from a deeper union with Him.'

When this love is experienced and we trust whole-heartedly in it, then we cannot judge others. Having the assurance that Christ loves us extravagantly relieves from us the need to judge others.

The flip side of this is that Christ's signature in our lives is the cross. How is the cross present in our day to day lives? How does the cross help determine our politics, our relationships, and our view of others?

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