Erwin McManus Quotes
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We are all time voyagers leaving history in our wake, pioneering into the future.
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Courage frees us from the fears that would rob us of life itself.
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Our citizenship is in eternity; history is our temporary residence.
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The Barbarian Way was, in some sense, trying to create a volatile fuel to get people to step out and act. It's pretty hard to get a whole group of people moving together as individuals who are stepping into a more mystical, faith-oriented, dynamic kind of experience with Christ. So, I think Barbarian Way was my attempt to say, "Look, underneath what looks like invention, innovation and creativity is really a core mysticism that hears from God, and what is fueling this is something really ancient." That's what was really the core of The Barbarian Way.
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In some sense we are all hypocrites in transition.
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God clarifies in the midst of obedience, not beforehand.
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It's not your freedom to choose that makes you free. It's what you choose in that freedom that makes you free.
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Gratitude changes your perspective about life. You see the future, experience the present, and remember the past in a dramatically different way.
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The journey to freedom is paved by the substance of our character.
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I realize that I live on the bubble of insanity. I feel the weight of human suffering, loneliness and despair on me all the time. It's not getting easier; if anything, it's always right on the edge of my skin.
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The Church is not segregated by region or cities. That's an antiquated view of the world. We are united with churches all over the world working toward common goals based on shared values. Mosaic is one of the most racially diverse churches on the planet. Our community and extended Church family is global and completely integrated.
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How in the world could you ever imagine a life of faith that does not require risk? Faith and risk are inseparable.
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It’s a wonderful thing when you look inside your own heart and like what you see.
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When calling for authenticity, we need to take seriously the brokenness and sinfulness of the human heart. If to be authentic means to be who we really are or to express what we really feel, then in most cases I’m going to vote for hypocrisy. Our prisons are filled with men and women who acted on their feelings and impulses. If authenticity is about being true to yourself, these individuals should be our models of inspiration.
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When you're passionate about God, you can trust your passions.
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For years I have made it my mission to destroy the influence of the Christian clich, 'the safest place to be is in the center of the will of God.' God would never choose for us safety at the cost of significance. God created you so that your life would count, not so that you could count the days of your life.
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You need to remember who God is, forget the painful wounds and let Him renew you.
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I"m often accused of being irreligious, and I suppose it's for this very reason. Whether it's Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Catholicism, Hinduism, Judaism, or any other ism, when a religioin is created on the subtle premise that God withholds his love and you must submit to the system to earn that love, I consider it the worst of corruptions... For centuries, the church has been telling us that if we want God to love us, we need to follow the rules. It's been far more important to focus on the sin problem than the love problem.
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The greatest enemy to the movement of Jesus Christ is Christianity.
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The future awaits those with the courage to create it.
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I have so much confidence in the reality of Jesus that I feel no pressure to try to make people act or be a certain way. I'm banking everything on the fact that God actually changes people.
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Problems, obstacles, and challenges can either become the markers of our limits and limitations, or they can become the springboard into a whole new world.
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We can’t change history, but we can create the future.
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Great dreams require great courage.