God not only loves me as I am, but also knows me as I am. Because of this I don't need to… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
The ragamuffin gospel says we can't lose, because we have nothing to lose. — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
“...Aristotle said I am a rational animal; I say I am an angel with an incredible capacity for beer.” — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image
The god who exacts the last drop of blood from his Son so that his just anger, evoked by sin, may be… — 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
All that is good is ours not by right but by the sheer bounty of a gracious God — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
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
“Suffering, failure, loneliness, sorrow, discouragement, and death will be part of your journey, but the Kingdom of God will conquer all these… — 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
When we wallow in guilt, remorse, and shame over real or imagined sins of the past, we are disdaining God's gift of… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
There is a beautiful transparency to honest disciples who never wear a false face and do not pretend to be anything but… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
Nevertheless, the central affirmation of the Reformation stands: through no merit of ours, but by his mercy, WE HAVE BEEN RESTORED to… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
Christianity is about learning to love like Jesus loved and Jesus loved the poor and Jesus loved the broken. — Rich Mullins Copy Share Image
A saint is not someone who is good but who experiences the goodness of God. — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
The first step in faith is to stop thinking about God at the time of prayer.- — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
When our inner child is not nurtured and nourished, our minds gradually close to new ideas, unprofitable commitments and the surprises of… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
False gods - the gods of human understanding - despise sinners, but the Father of Jesus loves all, no matter what they… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image