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by: Brennan Manning See Larger Image List Price: $14.99 Our Price: $10.19 You Save: $4.80 (32%) Prices subject to change. Used Price: $7.49 Collectible Price: $15.00 Third Party New Price: $8.90 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping. Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 248 EAN: 9781590525128 ISBN: 1590525124 Label: Multnomah Books Manufacturer: Multnomah Books Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 160 Publication Date: September 19, 2005 Publisher: Multnomah Books Release Date: September 19, 2005 Sales Rank: 15874 Studio: Multnomah Books Related Items: Abba's Child: The Cry of the Heart for Intimate Belonging The Importance of Being Foolish: How to Think Like Jesus Ruthless Trust: The Ragamuffin's Path to God The Shack Reflections for Ragamuffins: Daily Devotions from the Writings of Brennan Manning see more Editorial Review: Product Description: Too Graphic for Words Would you rather watch a movie than read? Do magazines and the Internet draw you in because there’s so much catching your eye? Then you’ll love The Ragamuffin Gospel, Visual Edition. Brennan Manning’s original bestselling message comes to life through the provocative photographs, illustrations, and other attractive images throughout the book. Easy to flip through, toss in a backpack, and share with others, this book helps you experience on a whole new level the tremendous, life-changing truth that God loves you, no matter what you do or do not do. His grace is too great to be summed up in words, best understood when experienced. Respond now to the Father’s furious love…it’s hot on your trail! God’s Grace— Too Graphic for Words Story Behind the Book Brennan Manning’s bestselling The Ragamuffin Gospel found a home in the hearts of thousands of “ragamuffins”—God’s precious flock of believers who were bedraggled, beat-up, and burnt-out. But the message of God’s powerful love and grace, constant no matter what you do or do not do, is for everyone! To convey the reality of this life-changing message in an entirely new way, the visual edition was created. Audiences with shorter attention spans, youth, and image-driven people everywhere will engage in the attractive display of this simple message. Amazon.com Review: 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 Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - Negative reviewers make Manning's point. I read Ragamuffin Gospel and was inspired. I read the negative reviews and was amazed. Have people forgotten that the first commandment is to love God. We really, in our present human condition, find it difficult to cultivate love for someone who has little love for us. Manning's message is that God loves you in your broken condition. If we take that to heart we can begin to love God the way we should. "Nobility abliges". Then we walk in willing obedience to the Word of God. Sounds simple because ... Read More Rating: - A kiss of grace I have just finished rereading Brennan Mannings book The Ragamuffin Gospel. I first read this book about five years ago, when I first accepted Christ and began my tenure at S.F.A. I didn't realize how much of this book shaped my spiritual formation. After growing up in a very legalistic, works based church the simple yet profound message of grace rattles my core. Throughout the book Manning shakes you with gentle words and gripping stories out of your legalistic mindset. Rich Mullins, ... Read More Rating: - A Must Read for Every True Christian The sometimes subtle, sometimes bold message of this book is GRACE. The simple word we throw around with such ease and lack of thought or understanding. A word few of us truly grasp. This book reveals, explains, supports and exemplifies the Grace of our Mighty God and Savior Jesus Christ as no other I have read. If you have struggled with trying to live up to some sort of unattainable "righteous" Christian standard, if you have been on the receiving end of anything BUT grace from the Church, this book ... Read More Rating: - A Word of Grace for Church Folks I have been a fan of Rich Mullins, the Christian singer and songwriter, for a long time. I only discovered later that Mullins named his Ragamuffin Band in honor of Brennan Manning's book. After reading the book (including a testimony by Rich Mullins) I realize that the author and the musician are kindred spirits. In an afterword, Brennan Manning claims that his book has led to his criticism. His detractors have clucked that Manning is "a heretic, schismatic, universalist, and cockeyed optimist." ... Read More Rating: - An Excellent Read Brennan Manning discusses the love of God in a very personal way. The key word here is "personal." He does not spend time analyzing the original terms or the background of passages referring to the love of God. Instead, he works to help the reader understand the love of God in a sense that is meaningful. Not to discount the value of a good word study, but if I were to sit and explain to my son that I love him because of physiological happenings in my brain that make me experience a euphoria that in turn compels me ... 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