Brennan Manning Quotes About Sinners

• The kingdom is not an exclusive, well-trimmed suburb with snobbish rules about who can live there. No, it is for a larger, homelier, less self-conscious caste of people who understand they are sinners because they have experienced the yaw and pitch of moral struggle.

  Brennan Manning

  Lucha, Yo, Gente

• The sinners to whom Jesus directed His messianic ministry were not those who skipped morning devotions or Sunday church. His ministry was to those whom society considered real sinners. They had done nothing to merit salvation. Yet they opened themselves to the gift that was offered them. On the other hand, the self-righteous placed their trust in the works of the Law and closed their hearts to the message of grace.

  Brennan Manning

  Morning, Jesus, Real

  Brennan Manning (2008). “The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out”, p.38, Multnomah

• The story goes that a public sinner was excommunicated and forbidden entry to the church. He took his woes to God. 'They won't let me in, Lord, because I am a sinner.' 'What are you complaining about?' said God. 'They won't let Me in either.

  Brennan Manning

  Church, Complaining, Stories

  Brennan Manning (2008). “The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out”, p.22, Multnomah

• Jesus comes for sinners, for those outcast...and those caught up in squalid choices and failed dreams.

  Brennan Manning

  Dream, Jesus, Choices

• At Sunday worship, as in every dimension of our existence, many of us pretend to believe we are sinners. Consequently, all we can do is pretend we have been forgiven. As a result, our whole spiritual life is pseudo-repentance and pseudo-bliss.

  Brennan Manning

  Spiritual, Jesus, Believe

  Brennan Manning (2008). “The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out”, p.85, Multnomah

• El evangelio de trapo revela que Jesús perdona los pecados, incluyendo los pecados de la carne; que Él se siente cómodo con los pecadores que recuerdan cómo mostrar compasión; pero que Él no puede y no tendrá una relación con pretendientes en el Espíritu.

  Brennan Manning

  Jesus, Compassion, Forgiving

  Brennan Manning (2008). “The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out”, p.47, Multnomah

• El pecador salvado está postrado en adoración, perdido en el asombro y la alabanza. Sabe que el arrepentimiento no es lo que hacemos para ganarnos el perdón; es lo que hacemos porque hemos sido perdonados. Sirve como expresión de gratitud más que como un esfuerzo por ganarse el perdón. Así, la secuencia de perdón y luego arrepentimiento, en lugar de arrepentimiento y luego perdón, es crucial para entender el evangelio de la gracia.

  Brennan Manning

  Gratitude, Expression, Order

  Brennan Manning (2008). “The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out”, p.48, Multnomah

• Justification by grace through faith' is the theologian's learned phrase for what Chesterton once called 'the furious love of G-d.' He is not moody or capricious; He knows no seasons of change. He has a single relentless stance toward us: He loves us. He is the only G-d man has ever heard of who loves sinners. False gods- the gods of human manufacturing- despise sinners, but the Father of (Yeshua) loves all, no matter what they do.

  Brennan Manning

  Father, Men, Grace

• El perdón de Dios es liberación gratuita de la culpa. Paradójicamente, la convicción de la pecaminosidad personal se convierte en ocasión de encuentro con el amor misericordioso del Dios redentor. "Habrá más alegría en el cielo por un pecador que se arrepiente..." (Lc 15,7). En su quebrantamiento, el pródigo arrepentido conoció una intimidad con su padre que su hermano sin pecado y santurrón nunca conocería.

  Brennan Manning

  Brother, Father, Self

  Brennan Manning (2008). “The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out”, p.116, Multnomah

• The Ragamuffin rabble are the unsung assembly of saved sinners who are little in their own sight, conscious of their brokenness and powerlessness before God, and who cast themselves on His mercy. Startled by the extravagant love of God, they do not require success, fame, wealth, or power to validate their worth. Their spirit transcends all distinctions between the powerful and powerless, educated and illiterate, billionaires and bag ladies, high-tech geeks and low-tech nerds, males and females, the circus and the sanctuary.

  Brennan Manning

  Powerful, Sight, Nerd

• False gods - the gods of human understanding - despise sinners, but the Father of Jesus loves all, no matter what they do. But of course this is almost too incredible for us to accept.

  Brennan Manning

  Jesus, Father, Understanding

• Though it is true that the church must always dissociate itself from sin, it can never have any excuse for keeping any sinner at a distance.

  Brennan Manning

  Distance, Church, Sin

  Brennan Manning (2008). “The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out”, p.22, Multnomah

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