Review: The Ragamuffin Gospel Brennan Manning Multnomah Books 2015 This is a 25 th anniversary issue of this Brennan Manning book. John Blase mentions in his preface to this edition that the book has already sold nearly a million copies over its 25 year run. (ix) What I found interesting is that with just a few exceptions this book is as current now as it was when it was written. This is my first time reading this book. I had read a couple Manning’s other works and decided it was time to read this one as well. I was not disappointed in the least with it and found it to be encouraging. It reinforced a line from one of his other books that had stuck with me for years now---God loves you and there’s nothing you do about it. That’s probably a paraphrase but close and I cannot remember which book it’s from. Sorry. There’s not a lot that hasn’t already been said about this book already since its 25 yea...