Brennan Manning
Brennan Manning
Richard Francis Xavier Manning, known as Brennan Manning was an American author, laicized priest, and public speaker. He is best known for his bestselling book The Ragamuffin Gospel...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth27 April 1934
CountryUnited States of America
men single-word word-of-god
No man can adequately reach and explain a single word of God with all his words
jesus bears rabbi
The unwounded life bears no resemblance to the Rabbi.
song drawing people
There is the "you" that people see and then there is the "rest of you". Take some time and craft a picture of the "rest of you." This could be a drawing, in words, even a song. Just remember that the chances are good it will be full of paradox and contradictions.
jesus honor looks
On the last day, Jesus will look us over not for medals, diplomas, or honors, but for scars.
real past grace
When we wallow in guilt, remorse, and shame over real or imagined sins of the past, we are disdaining God's gift of grace.
jesus affection has-beens
I have been seized by the power of a great affection.
drains contact offers
Anyone we come in contact with, we either offer them life, or we drain them.
beautiful reality evil
To affirm a person is to see the good in them that they cannot see in themselves and to repeat it in spite of appearances to the contrary. Please, this is not some Pollyanna optimism that is blind to the reality of evil, but rather like a fine radar system that is tuned in to the true, the good, and the beautiful.
jesus missing pharisees
We miss Jesus' point entirely when we use His words as weapons against others.
gracious adulation charismatic
All that is good is ours not by right but by the sheer bounty of a gracious God
mean understanding christ
We are enveloped in peace, whether or not we feel ourselves to be at peace. By that I mean the peace that passes understanding is not a subjective sensation of peace; if we are in Christ, we are in peace even when we feel no peace.
god-love god-loves-us ought
God loves us as we are...not as we ought to be. because we are never going to be as we ought to be." --Brennan Manning
nothing-to-lose loses ragamuffin-gospel
The ragamuffin gospel says we can't lose, because we have nothing to lose.
grace trying might
Grace is sufficient even though we huff and puff with all our might to try and find something or someone that it cannot cover. Grace is enough.