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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, consuming love for His children. It's a love that knows no limits, and no boundaries. A love that will go to any lengths, and take
...moreHardcover, 144 pages
Published
March 1st 2009
by David C. Cook
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Brennan Manning’s recurring theme throughout his 44-year ministry has been that of God seeking intimacy with us. As experienced by Mr. Manning, a recovering alcoholic and former Franciscan priest, that message of grace and love was developed in his earlier books, including The Ragamuffin Gospel.
This newest and very small volume is a sort of love story for the brokenhearted, recounting the tender yet tenacious love of God pursuing us, especially those who feel they can never measure up. It ...more
This newest and very small volume is a sort of love story for the brokenhearted, recounting the tender yet tenacious love of God pursuing us, especially those who feel they can never measure up. It ...more
Having read some other works by Manning, I will start off by saying that this book is very similar in theme to his previous works. Manning’s essential message is the same: God loves you, and if you have to tack on any thing else to that statement then you haven’t quite gotten the gospel message.
Manning’s work is a challenge because we all have a tendency to tack on other things to that basic message. We say: “God loves you BUT…”, “God loves you WHEN”, or “IF you…THEN God will love yo...more
Manning’s work is a challenge because we all have a tendency to tack on other things to that basic message. We say: “God loves you BUT…”, “God loves you WHEN”, or “IF you…THEN God will love yo...more
Brennan shares in this volume many of the ideas and stories we have heard when he speaks at conferences and retreats. Here are those “I’ve got to remember what he has said” moments gathered in this small book that is well worth the purchase price. Brennan continues in his long line of spiritually liberating book that share the grace of God, our Abba, better than any other teacher I have heard. Brennan doesn’t pretend to be a spiritual giant but shares with his readers what he’s learned of God...more
Brennan Manning's latest work focuses on the yearning of God toward the human condition. Manning fills this book with short anecdotes about the life he has lived, but the stories are not the center of the book.
In this short work, Manning points out our normal stereotypes of God, including some that he has possessed in his past, and shows that the God of the Bible furiously longs to have fellowship with his children. This is not an angry, judgemental God, but one that calls all to love...more
In this short work, Manning points out our normal stereotypes of God, including some that he has possessed in his past, and shows that the God of the Bible furiously longs to have fellowship with his children. This is not an angry, judgemental God, but one that calls all to love...more
Powerful message for such a short book. The theme is easily accessible, and Manning continually reiterates it and illustrates it, which is fine - it is a beautiful message. Distilled, his theme comes from Gal. 5:6 (which he quotes): "the only thing that matters is the faith that expresses itself in love." In practical terms, does the love of God determine everything I do - the why and the how? Have I moved the idea of God's love from my head to my heart and, thus, my actions? I KN...more
This book was amazing and just what I needed! Sometimes we get so wrapped up in trying to understand God that we forget that He already understands us completely...more than we know ourselves. And we can and should just rest in that. Knowing that He loves me (and you) SO deeply and passionately makes me feel a little wild...In a good way. :)
I love books that make you think, evaluate and challenge how you perceive things. This is one of those books for me. I'm not saying it's fo...more
I love books that make you think, evaluate and challenge how you perceive things. This is one of those books for me. I'm not saying it's fo...more
Great inspiring book from one of my favorite authors!
Here's what is most sticking with me right now:
"Is your own personal prayer life characterized by the simplicity, childlike candor, boundless trust, and easy familiarity of a little one crawling up in Daddy's lap? An assured knowing that the daddy doesn't care if the child falls asleep, starts playing with toys, or even starts chatting with little friends, because the daddy knows the child has essentially chosen t...more
Here's what is most sticking with me right now:
"Is your own personal prayer life characterized by the simplicity, childlike candor, boundless trust, and easy familiarity of a little one crawling up in Daddy's lap? An assured knowing that the daddy doesn't care if the child falls asleep, starts playing with toys, or even starts chatting with little friends, because the daddy knows the child has essentially chosen t...more
Short and powerful! Another great read from Brennan Manning. This book continues to reaffirm his life's message: Abba's passionate love for you, not as you should be, but as you are right now. It's so easy for us to move away from this into a performance-based Christianity, feeling good about ourselves when we can check off our to-do list (spent 30 minutes quiet time, mentioned "Jesus" to the guy on the bus, went to the prayer meeting), and feeling guilty when we're not cutting it....more
No one tells better true stories than Brennan Manning. Like each of his books, if you have a heart this one will bring tears to your eyes. While "Furious" is not perhaps as brilliant or profound as "Ragamuffin Gospel" or "Abba's Child," it is a worthy read and will remind you indeed of God's furious longing for you. Manning challenges you and me to take the grace we have been given and to extend it in love to one another. This, he revisits, is what sets apart a ...more
This is the first book by Brennan Manning I've read, and he is such a simply beautiful gift. The book is not long, it is not filled with haunting, romantic language; it is simply, staggeringly, hauntingly true. The theme, found in the title, resonates that God's love for each of us rages in its ferocity like a storm at sea, and we have the option of hiding in what is known and familiar, or thrusting ourselves fully into the raging, cleansing, extravagant love of God.
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I love Brennan Manning and I agree with Mark Batterson's forword that "if Brennan Manning writes it, I'm going to read it". I read this little book in a ocuple of hours, but part of the reason it was such a quick read is that at least four of the very touching, detailed stories were already published in his previous books. Not a lot new here.
This is the simplest of Manning's books. I read it on the heels of 2 of his longer, more dense books, so it seemed almost too simplistic by comparison. However, I think that a lot of readers would prefer this book to Manning's others because it IS simpler and more straightforward.
I love Brennan Manning in any form. His raw honesty about his journey getting to know God and falling away and coming back again (repeatedly) is encouraging to me, and I like his ecumenical perspective....more
I love Brennan Manning in any form. His raw honesty about his journey getting to know God and falling away and coming back again (repeatedly) is encouraging to me, and I like his ecumenical perspective....more
Brennan Manning writes with such transparency it is intoxicating. There is such freedom in shedding all the excess bull in our lives and just let the Love of God envelope us. It was a very quick read and one I wish i had read 3 years ago.
Short review: This is a short book by Manning. I really like Manning but I still have not liked any of his books as much as Raggamuffin Gospel. This book is about how much God want to pursue us. Decent (especially when you find it on sale.)
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Brennan Manning has a beautiful way with words. Some of the things he said and the way he said them just blew me away. It kind of tapered off a bit toward the end, but it was still a really, really good book. I may even give it a few months and then reread it.
Some good ideas, but I found it fairly recycled. I ended up with 3-4 quotes and discarded the rest as 'been there heard that'.
I did like "You are only a troubled guest on the dark earth." which is Goethe.
I did like "You are only a troubled guest on the dark earth." which is Goethe.
What a moving and life-altering author. I always feel like I have been hit by a brick when I read Manning's books - and reading them always clears my head and puts me on a better and more humane track.
I've been reading and re-reading Manning's work for longer than any other Christian writer. There's a reason I keep returning: insofar as human language can describe or draw us into God's furious love and longing for us, Manning is able to do this better than anyone I've ever read. His fiercest critics decry his work as a waste of time and seem to dismiss it as total fluff. But for one who has encountered her profound brokenness again and again, Manning's words can draw for me a picture of the h...more
Picked it up on a whim from an in-store display, brought it home and was not disappointed. Manning's simplicity and passion are inspiring.
While an important concept, I felt the books was redundant and sparse on theological meat to chew on.
I always love Brennan's transparency. Thank you for reminding me of the gravity of belonging to Abba.
I absolutely love Brennan Manning. What he writes about is never complicated, but he understands that there is always a need to return to the simple, beautiful message of the Gospel.
A good book about the importance of knowing God as “Abba” and living out of His love.
Awesome little read. Reads quick and easy and undeniably Manning.
a quick and encouraging read. just right for the moment.
Powerful. Read this too quickly...will have to take time to go through it again.
can't really describe how moving this work is...
one of the best books I have ever read!
Great questions to reflect on...
Very powerful and poetically written.
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“The gospel is absurd and the life of Jesus is meaningless unless we believe that He lived, died, and rose again with but one purpose in mind: to make brand-new creation. Not to make people with better morals but to create a community of prophets and professional lovers, men and women who would surrender to the mystery of the fire of the Spirit that burns within, who would live in ever greater fidelity to the omnipresent Word of God, who would enter into the center of it all, the very heart and mystery of Christ, into the center of the flame that consumes, purifies, and sets everything aglow with peace, joy, boldness, and extravagant, furious love. This, my friend, is what it really means to be a Christian.”
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