https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=FKSofu9YlyQ

“These quotes below are just a few thought provoking quotes of the realness of this vagabond evangelist, Brennan Manning, used by God, who has since gone to be with the Lord.  I just love the raw, reality that he reveals in Christianity….  His style of preaching gets rid of the pretty that we like to often hide behind, only to reveal the “beautiful Masterpiece of paradoxes” that you and I in Christ are,  founded in Christ Jesus with all our flaws, open wounds, joys, pains, heartaches…And then shows you how God can use those very things, daily to change lives in the people around you…If we just let him!   “

– Tom Haim

“For Ragamuffins, God’s name is Mercy. We see our darkness as a prized possession because it drives us into the heart of God. Without mercy our darkness would plunge us into despair – for some, self-destruction. Time alone with God reveals the unfathomable depths of the poverty of the spirit. We are so poor that even our poverty is not our own: It belongs to the mysterium tremendum of a loving God.” 

– Brennan Manning 

“When I get honest, I admit I am a bundle of paradoxes. I believe and I doubt, I hope and get discouraged, I love and I hate, I feel bad about feeling good, I feel guilty about not feeling guilty. I am trusting and suspicious. I am honest and I still play games. Aristotle said I am a rational animal; I say I am an angel with an incredible capacity for beer.” 

― Brennan Manning

“In a futile attempt to erase our past, we deprive the community of our healing gift. If we conceal our wounds out of fear and shame, our inner darkness can neither be illuminated nor become a light for others.” 

― Brennan Manning

 

Check out the enclosed video at the top, I promise it is worth all 45 minutes of your time, and will impact your life for Eternity, and reveal the FURIOUS LOVE of God, found in Christ Jesus, our Lord!