Brant Hansen Quotes

#1. just because you haven't had the opportunity to follow through on what you'd like to do, you're not morally superior to someone who has had that opportunity.

Brant Hansen

#2. Anger is extraordinarily easy. It's our default setting. Love is very difficult. Love is a miracle.

Brant Hansen

#3. Whether or not you currently feel that God is around doesn't alter reality. Whether or not you feel He loves you, or even that you are worthy of His love, doesn't change reality either.

Brant Hansen

#4. It's true, though, others won't understand me. I know that. I'm still an alien in the American Christian subculture.
Each evening I retreat from it, and I go straight to the Gospels.
It's not out of duty that I read about Jesus; it's a respite.

Brant Hansen

#5. Yes, the world is broken. But don't be offended by it. Instead, thank God that He's intervened in it, and He's going to restore it to everything it was meant to be. His kingdom is breaking through, bit by bit. Recognize it, and wonder at it.

Brant Hansen

#6. We hold on to worry because we don't trust God. We hold on to anger because we don't trust God. We feel threatened because we're insecure, and we're insecure because - surprise! - we don't trust God.

Brant Hansen