Erwin McManus Quotes
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Would you be willing to give your life to save the world if no one ever knew your name? If anonymity was the price you would have to pay for significance, would it be too great a price? To live a life of courage is not a guarantee of prestige or adulation. It only matters if you live and die fulfilling the mission you were born for.
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The more isolated and disconnected we are, the more shattered and distorted our self-identity. We are not healthy when we are alone. We find ourselves when we connect to others. Without community we don't know who we are... When we live outside of healthy community, we not only lose others. We lose ourselves...Who we understand ourselves to be is dramatically affected for better or worse by those we hold closest to us.
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People who are fully alive look out of their minds to those who simply exist.
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It is not balance you need but adaptability.
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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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Deeper than our instinct to live is our longing to be alive.
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The most important moments rarely come at a convenient time.
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The church must acclimate to a changing world, or she will destine herself to irrelevance or even extinction. ...One of those dramatic changes in our environment is the shift from words to images. To do church in a way that is entirely text driven is the kiss of death.
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The greatest enemy to the movement of Jesus Christ is Christianity.
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I guess when I really think about it, God's voice sounds a lot like my voice.
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Attitude is an accurate monitor of where we fall on the spectrum of pride and humility.
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We may not be able to accomplish everything we can dream, but we will not accomplish anything without our dreams.
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Behind real freedom, there lies discipline.
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You need to remember who God is, forget the painful wounds and let Him renew you.
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All the evidence you need to prove God is waiting within you to be discovered.
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The real measure of our power is the freedom and opportunity we create for others.
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The church is not here to meet our needs. We are the church here to meet the needs of the world.
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It is amazing where God will take you when you are willing to follow. Life is full of surprises when we choose mystery over security.
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We need both to aspire and accomplish. Without a vision for your life, without a sense of purpose, you will begin to die a slow death.
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Racists are not born, they are raised. Isolation is the breeding ground for racism. The more you come to know the world around you and people different than you the less likely you will become an extremist. The Church needs to bring the world together.
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True religion always moves us to serve others and to give our lives to see those oppressed find freedom.
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It is insanity to run from God and search for love.
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So many of us have abdicated our passions for obligations, as if passion is a luxury for the young, and we must all grow up one day. We, even if reluctantly, fall into place to live a life of conformity that we describe as ‘maturity.’ We’ve made acting like an adult synonymous with living apathetic lives.
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The world doesn't need more great leaders, it needs more great people who lead.