The beauty of the ragamuffin gospel lies in the insight it offers into Jesus: the essential tenderness of His heart, His way… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
“repentance is not what we do in order to earn forgiveness; it is what we do because we have been forgiven. It… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
The ragamuffin gospel reveals that Jesus forgives sins, including the sins of the flesh; that He is comfortable with sinners who remember… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
Christianity happens when men and women accept with unwavering trust that their sins have been not only forgiven, but forgotten, washed away… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
Our huffing and puffing to impress God, our scrambling for brownie points, our thrashing about trying to fix ourselves while hiding our… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
“The poor man and woman of the gospel have made peace with their flawed existence. They are aware of their lack of… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
I want neither a terrorist spirituality that keeps me in a perpetual state of fright about being in right relationship with my… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
“The gospel of grace calls us to sing of the everyday mystery of intimacy with God instead of always seeking for miracles… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
Let us be bold enough to ask ourselves as Christians whether the Church of the Lord Jesus in the United States has… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
“Our huffing and puffing to impress God, our scrambling for brownie points, our thrashing about trying to fix ourselves while hiding our… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God... It is a strange fact that Christians and even ministers… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
“One spiritual writer has observed that human beings are born with two diseases: life, from which we die; and hope, which says… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
I am deeply distressed by what I only can call in our Christian culture the idolatry of the Scriptures. For many Christians,… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
The North American Church is at a critical juncture. The gospel of grace is being confused and compromised by silence, seduction, and… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
Accepting the reality of our sinfulness means accepting our authentic self. Judas could not face his shadow; Peter could. The latter befriended the impostor… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
Trust is our gift back to God, and he finds it so enchanting that Jesus died for love of it — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
Genuine self-acceptance is not derived from the power of positive thinking, mind games or pop psychology. IT IS AN ACT OF FAITH in the… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
“It is not objective proof of God’s existence that we want but the experience of God’s presence. That is the miracle we are really… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
“He who is alone with his sins is utterly alone. It may be that Christians, notwithstanding corporate worship, common prayer, and all their fellowship… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
God not only loves me as I am, but also knows me as I am. Because of this I don't need to apply spiritual… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
Grace abounds in contemporary movies, books, novels, films and music. If God is not in the whirlwind, He may be in a Woody Allen… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
My trust in God flows out of the experience of his loving me, day in and day out, whether the day is stormy or… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
I you think you've done it, then you're wrong. Because you're not finished until you have achieved everything that you never thought you could. — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
May all your expectations be frustrated, may all your plans be thwarted, may all your desires be withered into nothingness, that you may experience… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
Our identity rests in God's relentless tenderness for us revealed in Jesus Christ. — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
