Brennan Manning

The author of the bestselling "Ragamuffin Gospel" illumines the most powerfulforce in the universe--God's intense love for his children.

The Furious Longing of God

Identifying the consequences of hiding broken and angry emotions from other people and God, a guide for Christians shares advice for overcoming feelings of shame in order to accept oneself and live a more honest life of faith and character.

The Cry of the Heart for Intimate Belonging

Abba's Child

John Blase

A former Franciscan priest who has spent his life spreading the word of God's love and grace recalls his spiritual journey and honors the lives of the family and friends who have supported him through his life.

A Ragamuffin Memoir

All is Grace

The Ragamuffin's Path to God

Ruthless Trust

In the eyes of the world, Jesus was a fool. He did not abide by the rules of his day; the people he associated with were shunned by society; his Sermon on the Mount reads likea primer on being left behind, stepped on, and ignored. In order for us to truly be the people Jesus wants us to be, we too must learn to become "foolish." Becoming a Christian is not a magical enterprise by which we are automatically transformed into better people. We must train to become who God intends us to be. In The Importance of Being Foolish, bestselling Christian author Brennan Manning teaches us how to think like Jesus. By reorienting our lives according to the gospel we may appear to be fools in the eyes of the world, but Manning reveals that this is exactly what Jesus wants. In a powerful exploration of the mind of Christ, Manning reveals how our obsession with security, pleasure, and power prevents us from living rich and meaningful lives. Our endless struggle to acquire money, good feelings, and prestige yields a rich harvest of worry, frustration, and resentment. Manning explores what Christ's mind was truly focused on: finding the Father, compassion for others, a heart of forgiveness, and the work of the kingdom. Coming from the gentle yet compelling voice of Brennan Manning, The Importance of Being Foolish is a refreshing reminder of the radical call of Jesus and the transforming love of God.

How to Think Like Jesus

The Importance of Being Foolish

The Signature of Jesus

Jim Hancock

Unmasking the Real You (TH1NK)

Posers, Fakers, and Wannabes

From the beloved author of The Ragamuffin Gospel comes a book for anyone who has ever felt left out, lonely or worthless. In The Boy Who Cried Abba, Brennan Manning tells the heart-warming parable of Willie Juan-orphaned, physically disabled and friendless-whose lonely life is changed forever when he meets the wise and mysterious Medicine Man. Through his friendship with the Medicine Man, Willie Juan learns about acceptance and unconditional love. This book is a charming retelling of the ancient gospel story of forgiveness, acceptance and joy in friendship with God. Included is a foreword by Christian pop-princess Amy Grant and a glowing endorsement from Christian superstar Max Lucado.

A Parable of Trust and Acceptance

The Boy Who Cried Abba

The liberating message of this book is that God longs for us to know in the depths of our being that He loves and accepts us as we are. God is our "Abba", our loving father, who knows us far better than we know ourselves. The shocking revelation of Abba's Child is two-fold: that sin has a greater grip than we realize on our hearts, and that God loves us far more than we can imagine.

Greg Garrett

Celebrity mega-church pastor Jack Chisholm's lack of grace leads him into disgrace after a night of debauchery ends in an affair with his beautiful assistant, but just as Jack is hitting bottom, his estranged father appears offering to bring him home.

A Ragamuffin Story

The Prodigal

Retells the gospel story of forgiveness, acceptance, and joy in God's friendship following Willie Juan's three seasons of life: morning, noon, and night.

A Story of My Story

Patched Together

A Stirring Invitation to Accept God's Unfathomable Tenderness

What Happens When God's Fierce Mercy Transforms Our Lives

The Wisdom of Tenderness

The Signature of Jesus challenges the gospel of "cheap grace" and calls the church to radical discipleship. With passion and boldness, author Brennan Manning invites readers to risk living life as Jesus lived—committed to simplicity, purity of heart, and obedience to the gospel. As a radical alternative this book is offered to Christians who want to live by faith and not by mere “religion,” for those who recognize that many of the burning theological issues in the church today are neither burning nor theological; who see Christianity neither as a moral code or a belief system but as a love affair; who have not forgotten that they are followers of a crucified Christ; who know that following him means living dangerously; who want to live the gospel without compromise; who have no greater desire than to have his signature written on the pages of their lives. “Behold,” Jesus proclaims, “I stand at the door and knock.” You may have already met him at the door…but do you truly know him? Have you been transformed by His furious, passionate, unexplainable love? Join Brennan Manning, the bestselling author of The Ragamuffin Gospel, on a personal journey to experience Christ’s love and live with His passion.

It has been over twenty years since the publication of The Ragamuffin Gospel, a book many claim as the shattering of God’s grace into their lives. Since that time, Brennan Manning has been dazzingly faithful in preaching and writing variations on that singular theme – “Yes, Abba is very fond of you!” But today the crowds are gone and the lights are dim, the patches on his knees have faded. If he ever was a ragamuffin, truly it is now. In this his final book, Brennan roves back his past, honoring the lives of the people closest to him, family and friends who’ve known the saint and the sinner, the boy and the man. Far from some chronological timeline, these memories are witness to the truth of life by one who has lived it – All Is Grace.

All Is Grace

Undertakes the impossible task of explaining the two very different sides of the Son of God--his explosive power and his incredible tenderness--and calls us to "adopt the astonishing life of a committed disciple."

The Relentless Tenderness of Jesus

How To Think Like Jesus

A deeply personal and heartfelt devotional from the beloved author of The Ragamuffin Gospel. Raw vulnerability can be scary. It can also save our lives. In this book, Brennan Manning has laid out a month of honest prayers to God, whom he affectionately calls Abba, in an easy-to-use format that can guide your own prayers. Each day contains morning and evening prayers coupled with Scripture and excerpts from Manning’s contemporary spiritual classics—in a modern-day collection of psalms, complete with cries for help, expressions of wonder, and invitations into the comforting mercy of God.

Morning & Evening Prayer

Dear Abba

Quantos de nós teríamos a coragem de contar nossa história sem retoques, eufemismos e floreios. Quantos autores você conhece que falaram abertamente de seus vícios, de suas quedas, de seus medos e de como voltaram a falhar miseravelmente após terem sido resgatados pela abundante graça de Deus? Brennan Manning se retrata neste livro como "um preso que prometeu à comissão da condicional que se comportaria, mas não se comportou". E Manning faz uma promessa reconfortante aos seus leitores: "este livro foi escrito para aqueles que arrebentaram a coleira que os prendia e se entregaram apaixonadamente às coisas do amor". Este é um livro que trata de temas difíceis e delicados para todos os cristãos. Ao revelar suas dores, a doença que lhe tirou a visão e os inúmeros tropeços que deu em sua caminhada, Brennan Manning nos faz uma pergunta: Afinal, o que é a graça de Deus? Nas páginas deste livro, ele se propõe a dar sua palavra final sobre o assunto. Este é livro mais surpreendente de Brennan Manning. Para muitos de seus leitores, as revelações que o autor faz sobre si serão chocantes. Mas o autor de O impostor que vive em mim, O evangelho maltrapilho e vários outros livros que nos revelaram o amor furioso de Deus por nós não poupou a si mesmo para revelar uma verdade para muitos inalcançável: Deus o ama do jeito que você é.

Não do jeito que você deveria ser, pois você nunca será do jeito que deveria ser

Deus o ama do jeito que você é

Este libro desafía al evangelio de “la gracia barata”, y llama a la Iglesia hacia un discipulado radical. Con intensa pasión y audacia, Brennan Manning invita a cada lector a arriesgarse a vivir la vida como Jesús lo haría: comprometido con la sencillez, con pureza de corazón y obediente al Evangelio. Como un libro que rompe esquemas, La firma de Jesús se ofrece a cada cristiano que desee vivir por fe y no por una mera “religión”, a aquellos que reconocen que muchos de los temas teológicos actuales dentro de la Iglesia no son ni actuales ni teológicos, a aquellos que ven al cristianismo no como un código moral o un sistema de creencias sino como una cuestión de puro amor, a aquellos que no han olvidado que son seguidores de un Cristo crucificado, a aquellos que saben que seguirlo significa vivir peligrosamente, a aquellos que no tienen mayor anhelo que tener la firma de Jesús escrita en las páginas de sus vidas. Jesucristo proclama: “Mira que estoy a la puerta y llamo”. Quizá ya lo has encontrado en la puerta… ¿pero tú de verdad lo conoces? ¿Has sido transformado por su furioso, apasionado e inexplicable amor? Únete a Brennan Manning en un viaje personal para experimentar el amor de Cristo y vivir con su pasión.

La firma de Jesús

"Colcha de retalhos é uma história muito especial para mim. É, sob vários aspectos, minha própria história." - Brennan Manning. Em Colcha de retalhos, o leitor se surpreenderá com uma parábola criativa, envolvente e emocionante, ambientada no México, e que gira em torno da vida do menino Willie Juan. Numa jornada de altos e baixos, este garoto rejeitado, humilhado e fracassado maltrapilho, compreende o poder incomparável de Deus e sua disposição incessante de permanecer ao nosso lado, nos bons e maus momentos. Órfão de mãe e abandonado pelo pai, Willie encontra na avó o carinho e os sábios ensinamentos, ele resgata sua dignidade e recupera suas forças ao conhecer o "Homem das dores". Nascido e criado em um subúrbio da cidade de Nova York, Brennan Manning é hoje conhecido por seus livros, em especial O evangelho maltrapilho, que carregam uma forte mensagem a respeito da pequenez do ser humano diante de um Deus soberano, onipresente, onisciente, sem o qual não sobreviveria. O autor une os retalhos de suas diversas experiências, seus aprendizados, suas crises, sua fé para costurar a vida de Willie Juan e escrever a história de sua história. Um relato de uma vida difícil, por vezes cruel, mas que o leva ao amor incondicional de Deus, que com sua graça resgata e acolhe os maltrapilhos. "O livro é dividido em três seções: Manhã, Meio-Dia e Noite. Escrevi este livro na Noite da minha vida. A Ma¬nhã e o Meio-Dia já passaram; envelheci, fiquei frágil e quase cego. Já faz anos que escrevo sobre o grande amor que Aba tem pelos maltrapilhos. Às vezes, nestes dias, luto para crer no que escrevi. Saber que você lê e luta junto comigo importa mais para mim do que você é capaz de imaginar". - Brennan Manning

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