Great Quotes from the Ragamuffin Gospel

PDF Created with deskPDF PDF Writer - Trial :: http://www.docudesk.comfromwww.chroniclesofaragamuffin.blogspot.comA collection of quotes from The Ragamuffin Gospel, by Brennan Manning . Presentation by Ken du PisaniePDF Created with deskPDF PDF Writer - Trial :: http://www.docudesk.comFor the first time in our walks of faith, we found something so old and so basic that it seemed stunningly new and profound. We are all ragamuffins, and we are all endlessly wrapped in God’s arms of grace.- Michael W. SmithPDF Created with deskPDF PDF Writer - Trial :: http://www.docudesk.comThough lip service is paid to the gospel of grace, many Christians live as if it is only personal discipline and self-denial that will mould the perfect me.- Brennan ManningOur huffing and puffing to impress God, our PDF Created with deskPDF PDF Writer - Trial :: http://www.docudesk.comscrambling for brownie points, our thrashing about trying to fix ourselves while hiding our pettiness and wallowing in guilt are nauseating to God and are a flat denial of the gospel of grace.- Brennan ManningPDF Created with deskPDF PDF Writer - Trial :: http://www.docudesk.comHere is a revelation bright as the evening star: Jesus comes for sinners, for those as outcast as tax collectors and for those caught up in squalid choices and failed dreams. He comes for the corporate executives, street people, superstars, farmers, hookers, addicts, IRS agents, AIDS victims, and even used car salesmen. - Brennan ManningPDF Created with deskPDF PDF Writer - Trial :: http://www.docudesk.comIt remains a startling story to those who never understand that the men and women who are truly filled with light are those who have gazed deeply into the darkness of their imperfect existence.- Brennan ManningPDF Created with deskPDF PDF Writer - Trial :: http://www.docudesk.comGrace substitutes a full, childlike and delighted acceptance of our need, a joy in total dependence. The good man is sorry for the sins which have increased his need. He is not entirely sorry for the fresh need they have produced.- C.S. LewisPDF Created with deskPDF PDF Writer - Trial :: http://www.docudesk.comA saint is not someone who is good but who experiences the goodness of God.- Thomas MertonPDF Created with deskPDF PDF Writer - Trial :: http://www.docudesk.comMy deepest awareness of myself is that I am deeply loved by Jesus Christ and I have done nothing to earn it or deserve it.-Brennan ManningPDF Created with deskPDF PDF Writer - Trial :: http://www.docudesk.comGrace strikes us when we are in great pain and restlessness. It strikes us when we walk through the dark valley of meaningless and empty life…it strikes us when, year after year, the longed-for perfection does not appear, when the old compulsions reign within us as they have for decades, when despair destroys all joy and courage.- Paul Tillich