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
mean want
Faith means wanting God and wanting to want nothing else.
moments should
God is loving us - you and me - this moment, just as we are and not as we should be.
lovable made loving-me
Quia amasti me, fecisti me amabilem. (In loving me, you made me lovable.)
jesus promise ruthless
Ruthless trust ultimately comes down to this: faith in the person of Jesus and hope in his promise.
risk exposure
Without exposure to potential failure, there is no risk.
brother father self
The forgiveness of God is gratuitous liberation from guilt. Paradoxically, the conviction of personal sinfulness becomes the occasion of encounter with the merciful love of the redeeming God. "There will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner repenting..." (Luke 15:7). In his brokenness, the repentant prodigal knew an intimacy with his father that his sinless, self-righteous brother would never know.
love-you believe likes
Do you honestly believe God likes you, not just loves you because theologically God has to love you?
christian book thinking
I am deeply distressed by what I only can call in our Christian culture the idolatry of the Scriptures. For many Christians, the Bible is not a pointer to God but God himself... God cannot be confined within the covers of a leather-bound book. I develop a nasty rash around people who speak as if mere scrutiny of its pages will reveal precisely how God thinks and precisely what God wants.
impossible trouble ifs
The trouble with our ideals is that if we live up to all of them, we become impossible to live with.
men years numbers
A man doesn't grow old because he has lived a certain number of years. A man grows old when he deserts his ideal. The years may wrinkle his skin, but deserting his ideal wrinkles his soul.
father people faces
Experience has taught me that I connect best with others when I connect with the core of myself. When I allow God to liberate me from unhealthy dependence on people, I listen more attentively, love more unselfishly, and am more compassionate and playful. I take myself less seriously, become aware that the breath of the Father is on my face.
spiritual reality opposites
Won't the awareness God loves us no matter what lead to spiritual laziness and moral laxity? Theoretically, this seems a reasonable fear, but in reality the opposite is true. . . . The more rooted we are in the love of God, the more generously we will live our faith.
church stories woe
The story goes that a public sinner was excommunicated and forbidden entry to the church. He took his woes to God. 'They won't let me in, Lord, because I am a sinner.' 'What are you complaining about?' said God. 'They won't let Me in either.
real opinion about-yourself
Real freedom is freedom from the opinions of others. Above all, freedom from your opinions about yourself.