Audiobooks by Brennan Manning

The Relentless Tenderness of Jesus Audiobook

Is God a wrathful judge? A gentle healer? A father? Brother? Friend? In The Relentless Tenderness of Jesus, Brennan Manning brings you to a deeper understanding of the true nature of God. Through poignant and unforgettable stories and challenging observations, Manning helps you stretch your mind and reject simplistic explanations of who God really is. With rich insights you'll see how God can at once be a roaring lion, pacing the globe and seeking you out; and simultaneously a tender lamb, there to comfort you in any time of need. A unique experience, this book will forever change the way you think about God.

Brennan Manning (Author), Arthur Morey (Narrator)

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O anseio furioso de Deus

O anseio de Deus por você é maior e mais forte que qualquer elemento impulsionador da pior catástrofe que você consiga imaginar. Deus não descansa enquanto não o encontra, esteja onde e como estiver, e o traz para ele de volta, para o seu afável cuidado. Você é o que Deus tem de mais precioso. E nada é capaz de separá-lo do amor 'furioso' do Criador. Aprender a viver nesse amor e confiar em Deus é o convite que só Brennan Manning, com seu toque peculiar, poderia fazer. O anseio furioso de Deus fala sobre um relacionamento de profundo amor com Deus, o amor com o qual ele ama o homem e que o fez entregar seu único filho para a morte na cruz. Deus nos ama e espera que cultivemos uma relação íntima com ele. É para este anseio divino que Manning nos desperta e leva. Cada capítulo encerra-se com algumas perguntas e reflexões nas quais vale a pena meditar. O objetivo não é que você encontre a resposta 'certa', e sim que essas reflexões o façam parar e meditar sobre o tema tratado naquele capítulo, operando grandes mudanças em suas atitudes para com o Deus que tanto te ama. 'Acredito que a expressão anseio furioso é a melhor maneira de descrever o anelo que Deus sente por você e por mim. Se você conseguir levar consigo apenas uma mensagem da leitura deste livro, que seja a aquisição do hábito de orar essa passagem da Escritura (Cantares 7:10).' - Brennan Manning

Brennan Manning (Author), Eduardo Costa Mendonça (Narrator)

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The Prodigal: A Ragamuffin Story

From the inspirational author of The Ragamuffin Gospel comes a powerful contemporary retelling of the Parable of the Prodigal Son. Jack Chisholm is 'the people's pastor.' He leads a devoted and growing megachurch, has several best-selling books, and a memorable slogan, 'We have got to do better.' Jack knows how to preach, and he understands how to chastise people into performing. What he doesn't know is anything about grace. This year, when it comes time for the Christmas sermon, the congregation at Grace Cathedral will look to the pulpit, and Jack will not be there. Of course, they will have seen plenty of him already---on the news. After an evening of debauchery that leads to an affair with his beautiful assistant, Jack Chisholm finds himself deserted with chilling swiftness. The church elders remove him from his own pulpit. His publisher withholds the royalties from his books. Worst of all, his wife disappears with their eight-year-old daughter. But just as Jack is hitting bottom, hopeless and penniless, drinking his way to oblivion, who should appear but his long-estranged father, imploring his prodigal son: 'Come home.' A true companion piece to The Ragamuffin Gospel, The Prodigal illustrates the power of grace through the story of a broken man who finally saw Jesus not because he preached his greatest sermon or wrote his most powerful book, but because he failed miserably. Jack Chisholm lost everything---his church, his family, his respect, and his old way of believing---but he found grace. It's the same grace that Brennan Manning devoted his life to sharing: profound in nature and coming from a God who loves us just as we are, and not as we should be. 'A wonderfully written story that is as entertaining as it is thought provoking.' ---Publishers Weekly, starred review

Brennan Manning, Greg Garrett (Author), Daniel Butler (Narrator)

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All Is Grace: A Ragamuffin Memoir

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 dazzlingly 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.

Brennan Manning, John Blase (Author), John Blase, Maurice England (Narrator)

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Patched Together: A Story of My Story

With Patched Together, Brennan Manning reminds us that the freedom and joy of acceptance is rooted in the forgiving love of God. From the beloved author of The Ragamuffin Gospel comes a tender story for anyone who has ever said: "life didn't quite turn out the way I thought it would, but..." In this warm and charming three-part story, Willie Juan moves from orphaned boy to prodigal adult to ragamuffin friend of Abba. As with any parable, there is one overarching truth: the unconditional love of God. Patched Together is a charming retelling of the Gospel story of forgiveness, acceptance, and joy in God's friendship.

Brennan Manning (Author), Paul Michael (Narrator)

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Souvenirs of Solitude: Finding Rest in Abba's Embrace

Beloved author and ragamuffin Brennan Manning writes: “These souvenirs of solitude are the love story of my walk with God. Revisiting the lost silences of the past, I remember and record the intimate moments when I allowed the Lord to lure me into the wilderness and speak to my heart.” This book is a series of remembrances that Brennan recorded in the late 1970s. But as with all good remembrances, they have a timeless quality and a value for readers today. Many of the themes that God has made the indelible marks of Brennan’s life are found in this wonderful book. Dominant among those themes is the astonishing, boundless love of God for us.

Brennan Manning (Author), Arthur Morey (Narrator)

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The Furious Longing of God

Imagine a stormy day at sea: your ship yielding to a relentless wind, pummeled by crashing waves, subject to the awesome force of nature. A force that is both fierce and majestic. A power that is nothing short of furious. Such is God's intense love for His children. The Furious Longing of God is the latest tour de force from beloved author and ragamuffin, Brennan Manning. Hold on tight as you discover the most powerful force in the universe: God's furious longing for you. There is nowhere God won't go to find us. No country too distant. No terrain too treacherous. No risk too great. It is a Father's search for His lost son, His lost daughter. And there are no boundaries to where His love will take Him in order to find us, embrace us, and carry us home!

Brennan Manning (Author), Dan Cashman (Narrator)

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O impostor que vive em mim

Você consegue lembrar de algum momento da vida dissociado de sensações como a culpa, o desgosto, a ansiedade ou o tédio? Talvez tenha algumas recordações da infância ou da juventude. Mas onde foram parar a paixão, a esperança, o vigor e a alegria daqueles tempos? Por que parecem tão inatingíveis hoje em dia? Se essas questões o incomodam, saiba que há muita gente no mundo tentando encontrar as mesmas respostas - gente que perdeu a doçura, a noção da riqueza dos gestos simples, a medida da amizade, a sensação de conforto proporcionada pela certeza do Deus que participa de nosso dia-a-dia. O 'Papai' Aba, ao qual Jesus rogou no Calvário, está pronto para nos ajudar a deixar a vaidade de nossos zelos que, por maiores que sejam, jamais serão suficientes. Esta é a mensagem de O impostor que vivem em mim, mais uma obra de Brennan Manning que a Mundo Cristão oferece em língua portuguesa. Neste livro, o autor de O evangelho maltrapilho reflete simultaneamente sobre a dupla condição da vida humana: frágil e dependente do Criador, mas ao mesmo tempo valorizada e querida por aquele que a gerou. A graça, referência única e suficiente, é o eixo sobre o qual Manning estabelece esta reflexão apaixonante, que conduz a um estado de êxtase e prostração jubilosa. Deus nos ama como somos, e quer estabelecer uma relação íntima com aqueles que se despojam do ego impostor e clamam: 'Aba, Pai!'

Brennan Manning (Author), Eduardo Costa Mendonça (Narrator)

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The Ragamuffin Gospel

A Furious Love Is Hot on Your Trail! Many believers feel stunted in their Christian growth. We beat ourselves up over our failures and, in the process, pull away from God because we subconsciously believe He tallies our defects and hangs His head in disappointment. In this newly repackaged edition—now with full appendix, study questions, and the author’s own epilogue, “Ragamuffin Ten Years Later,” Brennan Manning reminds us that nothing could be further from the truth. The Father beckons us to Himself with a “furious love” that burns brightly and constantly. Only when we truly embrace God’s grace can we bask in the joy of a gospel that enfolds the most needy of His flock—the “ragamuffins.”

Brennan Manning (Author), Scott Brick (Narrator)

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O evangelho maltrapilho

O evangelho maltrapilho foi escrito para pessoas aniquiladas, derrotadas e exauridas. Pessoas que se acham indignas de receber o amor de Deus. Quem sabe, ignoradas pela comunidade de cristãos por não se encaixarem no perfil de super-homem ou de supermulher que lhes é constantemente exigido. Pessoas cansadas da espiritualidade superficial e consumista. Pessoas que travam inúmeras batalhas interiores por não se sentirem parte de uma comunidade afetiva e acolhedora. É um livro que escrevi para mim mesmo e para quem quer que tenha ficado cansado e desencorajado ao longo do Caminho, confessa o autor. Franco e provocador, o aclamado filósofo e teólogo cristão Brennan Manning estréia em língua portuguesa com sua principal obra, que nos convida a depositar nossa esperança na amplitude da graça, capaz de alcançar pecadores e pobres em espírito, e de resgatar nossa dignidade original. No mínimo, você não ficará indiferente a ela.

Brennan Manning (Author), Eduardo Costa Mendonça (Narrator)

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Abba's Child

IS AN IMPOSTOR ROBBING YOU OF GOD'S LOVE? Many Christians have bought into the lie that we are worthy of God’s love only when our lives are going well. If our families are happy or our jobs are meaningful, life is a success. Yet when life begins to fall apart and embarrassing sins threaten to reveal our less-than-perfect identity, we scramble to keep up a good front to present to the world—and to God. We cower and hide until we can rearrange the mask of perfection and look good again. Sadly, it is then that we wonder why we lack intimate relationships and a passionate faith. All this time, though, God is calling us to take our masks off and come openly to Him. God longs for us to know in the depths of our beings that He loves us and accepts us as we are. When we are our true selves, we can finally claim our identity as God’s children and experience His pure pleasure in who we are. Brennan Manning encourages us to let go of the impostor lifestyle and freely accept our belovedness as a child of the heavenly Father. In Him there is life, our passion is rekindled, and our union with Him is His greatest pleasure.

Brennan Manning (Author), Dan Cashman (Narrator)

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