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Loading... The Ragamuffin Gospel : Embracing the Unconditional Love of Godby Brennan Manning
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. A very thought provoking book that challenges conventional assumptions about God and His relationship with humanity. Some will no doubt decry Manning as a heretic for not following Fundamentalist beliefs. I for one was changed by this book. God can take ugly, sinful people and make them new. It is refreshing to read about the deep grace of God. (  ) w_bishop | Sep 6, 2009 |  I led the discussion of this book for book club. I think I might have recommended it. The subtitle says a lot. It is an encouraging book. (  ) lnlamb | Jan 28, 2009 | Wonderful. It's the basics, who and why and how, about who God really is and what he wants. This visual edition is super-distilled and has a huge impact, it was very encouraging. ( ) FFortuna | Jan 19, 2009 | The Ragamuffin Gospel Brennan Manning ISBN: 9781590525029 Multnomah, 2008 Reviewed by Brent Lamar for ReviewYourBook.com, 12/08 5 stars Sure to humble the most mature Christians… Brennan Manning exposes the true gospel. Many churches are legalistic. Manning stresses the true message of our Lord; He loves the unlovable. If we were dependent on keeping the “rules” churches set before us, none of us would go to heaven. It is by grace and grace alone that we are saved. I recommend this book for mature Christians. Manning’s words left me humbled. Grace has set us free. ( ) ReadersFavorite | Dec 18, 2008 | The Ragamuffin Gospel Brennan Manning ISBN: 9781590525029 Multnomah, 2008 Reviewed by Debra Gaynor for ReviewYourBook.com, 12/08 5 stars The pure gospel… No one is worthy of standing in the presence of God. We are all broken, tattered, and torn. It is only through the Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ that we are saved. The Ragamuffin Gospel offers the gospel in a plain and simple manner. It is easy to understand and heartwarming. This is a book that just keeps on giving. The message of this book will shake your world. Brennan Manning tears down the legalistic teachings of so many churches and returns to the basics as taught by Jesus Christ. ( ) ReadersFavorite | Dec 12, 2008 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com (ISBN 0880706317, Paperback)Brennan Manning wrote The Ragamuffin Gospel "for the bedraggled, beat-up, and burnt-out," the marginalized folks to whom Jesus ministered: the children, the ill, the tax collectors, the women. In other words, the ragamuffins. Manning understands better than most that behind our facades of order and self-assurance are inadequacies that can find healing only in Jesus. While the powerful and religious elite challenged him, Jesus embraced and healed and fed the needs of the ragamuffins. Jesus delivered love, healing, and, most of all, grace.Grace is defined as "the freely given and unmerited favor and love of God." But, as Manning points out, we have "twisted the gospel of grace into religious bondage and distorted the image of God into an eternal, small-minded bookkeeper." In reality, God offers us grace immeasurable. Brennan Manning gently encourages us to embrace that grace in the face of our greatest needs. And Manning certainly knows whereof he speaks, having taken a journey from priesthood and academic achievement through a collapse into alcoholism. Manning came face to face with his need, finally abandoning himself to grace. And he invites us now to join him in a life of grace. Manning is without doubt one of the most eloquent writers on the subject of grace because he openly shares his own pain and struggle to help readers deal with failure and inadequacy. And he sweetly challenges them to do the same. --Patricia Klein (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:19 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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