Reviews for Ragamuffin Gospel

The average rating for Ragamuffin Gospel based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2008-01-02 00:00:00 Brian Kasiska The best way I can describe this book is to quote from it: --------------------------------------------------------------- "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. To live by grace means to acknowledge my whole life story, the light side and the dark. In admitting my shadow side, I learn who I am and what God's grace means." --------------------------------------------------------------- "The gentleness of Jesus with sinners flowed from his ability to read their hearts. Behind people's grumpiest poses and most puzzling defense mechanisms, behind their arrogance and airs, behind their silence, sneers and causes, Jesus saw little children who hadn't been loved enough and who had ceased growing because someone had ceased believing in them. His extraordinary sensitivity caused Jesus to speak of the faithful as children, no matter how tall, rich, clever and successful they might be." ----------------------------------------------------------- "Whatever our failings may be, we need not lower our eyes in the presence of Jesus . . . we need not hide all that is ugly and repulsive in us. Jesus comes not for the super-spiritual but for the wobbly and weak-kneed who know they don't have it all together, and who are not too proud to accept the handout of amazing grace . . . There they are. There we are - the multitude who so wanted to be faithful, who at times got defeated, soiled by life, and bested by trials, wearing the bloodied garments of life's tribulations, but through it all clung to the faith. My friends, if this is not good news to you, you have never understood the gospel of grace."

Review # 2 was written on 2008-01-22 00:00:00 Lyndon Newman This book changed my life. Some people may have trouble getting through it because it really challenged a lot of things that you may have held onto tightly for so long. But even if you don't agree with everything (there are a few things here and there), there is a tremendous amount of wisdom that can be gleaned from the author's insight. Upon reading this wonderful book, my eyes were open to a whole new world that I wasn't even aware that they were previously closed to. It knocked me around emotionally and spiritually in ways that I really needed. Now, I find myself less judgmental of others and more open to compassion to those that might be struggling with whatever trials they are facing. "We see a lot of people and we make assumptions. We listen as their actions and lives speak but do we truly hear and understand what they are going through? Am i really listening or am I just assuming I know and tell em to suck it up?" - Paul Wright This book teaches about grace. Most people think they know what that means, but it really doesn't show in their lives. I love this book and I hope every one, especially Christians, read it.