Honestly, I teeter-tottered on this book.
Some parts stirred my soul even to tears with the truth of the Gospel. Others furrowed my brow, leaving... (show more)
The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out
A Furious Love Is Hot on Your Trail!
Many believers feel stunted in their Christian growth. We beat ourselves up over our failures and, in the process, pull away from God because we subconsciously believe He tallies our defects and hangs His head in disappointment. In this newly repackaged edition—now with full appendix, study questions, and the author’s own epilogue, “Ragamuffin Ten Years Later,” Brennan Manning reminds us that nothing could be further from the truth. ... (show more)
A Furious Love Is Hot on Your Trail!
Many believers feel stunted in their Christian growth. We beat ourselves up over our failures and, in the process, pull away from God because we subconsciously believe He tallies our defects and hangs His head in disappointment. In this newly repackaged edition—now with full appendix, study questions, and the author’s own epilogue, “Ragamuffin Ten Years Later,” Brennan Manning reminds us that nothing could be further from the truth. The Father beckons us to Himself with a “furious love” that burns brightly and constantly. Only when we truly embrace God’s grace can we bask in the joy of a gospel that enfolds the most needy of His flock—the “ragamuffins.”
Are you bedraggled, beat-up, burnt-out?
Most of us believe in God’s grace—in theory. But somehow we can’t seem to apply it in our daily lives. We continue to see Him as a small-minded bookkeeper, tallying our failures and successes on a score sheet.
Yet God gives us His grace, willingly, no matter what we’ve done. We come to Him as ragamuffins—dirty, bedraggled, and beat-up. And when we sit at His feet, He smiles upon us, the chosen objects of His “furious love.”
Brennan Manning ’s now-classic meditation on grace and what it takes to access it—simple honesty—has changed thousands of lives. Now with a Ragamuffin’s thirty-day spiritual journey guide, it will change yours, too.
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“ Brennan Manning does a masterful job of blowing the dust off of shop-worn theology and allowing God’s grace to do what only God’s grace can do—amaze.”
Max Lucado
Bestselling author of The Gift for All People
“I found deep comfort in realizing that Jesus loves even me, a ragamuffin, just as I am.”
Michael Card
Musician, recording artist, and author of A Violent Grace
“This is a zestful and accurate portrayal that tells us unmistakably that the gospel is good, dazzlingly good.”
Eugene Peterson
Author of The Message
Story Behind the Book
The world assigns value to people using measurable standards. Someone is a successful student if she receives As. Someone is a strong athlete if he runs five miles a day. The Lord, however, knows nothing of standards. The Ragamuffin Gospel was inspired by Brennan Manning after he discovered firsthand what it means to live by grace instead of performance. His words bring new life and sweet refreshment to Christians who are tired of never measuring up. (show less)
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I didn't like it at all, but it might have been more because of where I was at in life. I felt like he was saying that I needed to just pray away ... (show more)
I didn't like it at all, but it might have been more because of where I was at in life. I felt like he was saying that I needed to just pray away my problems... There were parts that were straight up offensive to me. (show less)
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As a Protestant I went out of my comfort zone by reading a book written by a Roman Catholic. Although our theologies greatly differ, one thing remains the same... GRACE. This book addresses the issue of how we look at God and how God looks at us. It has changed my perspective on how I now look at both my Heavenly Father and my faith. The one thing I got out of the book was the picture that Manning painted about a smiling and comforting Jesus rather than the stoic, straigh-faced, Jesus our soc... (show more)
As a Protestant I went out of my comfort zone by reading a book written by a Roman Catholic. Although our theologies greatly differ, one thing remains the same... GRACE. This book addresses the issue of how we look at God and how God looks at us. It has changed my perspective on how I now look at both my Heavenly Father and my faith. The one thing I got out of the book was the picture that Manning painted about a smiling and comforting Jesus rather than the stoic, straigh-faced, Jesus our society paints. And how we look at Christ changes everything. A must read for all Christians.
A note to those who have heard negative things about this book: As a seminary student of a very conservative school, I saw no theological red-flags in this book. There was a section towards the end of the book about meditation, but how we meditate is irrelevant as long as the focus remains ONLY on Christ. (show less)
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This book smacks hard in the heart. Ragamuffin Gospel seeks out to focus the reader on the different aspects of Grace and why we ever get it and what it truely means to us. Brennan Manning shows the reader what God thinks of us and helps us to focus on how we should think about God.
I especially loved focus on needing to be broken so far down before you can understand God's love, the story of the man in the alcohol rehab clinic and what it took to break all his walls to the point where he fi... (show more)This book smacks hard in the heart. Ragamuffin Gospel seeks out to focus the reader on the different aspects of Grace and why we ever get it and what it truely means to us. Brennan Manning shows the reader what God thinks of us and helps us to focus on how we should think about God.
I especially loved focus on needing to be broken so far down before you can understand God's love, the story of the man in the alcohol rehab clinic and what it took to break all his walls to the point where he finally understood.
I highly recommend this book to anyone who is looking for a little insight, a little help focusing on the aspects of Grace and why God could ever even love me. Brennan does a great job at making this book something that made me take a hard look at myself.Brenn (show less)
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