Erwin McManus Quotes
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If God imagined you at birth, what makes you think He's stopped imagining you now.
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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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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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If you were meant to fly, not even running really fast is that impressive.
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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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I am convinced most Americans - yes even white Americans - are committed to justice and equality for all people. I am convinced that most Americans are disgusted and even ashamed that Nazism is alive and well in this country that fought to defeat its evil ideology.
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This thing that haunts you, that never seems satisfied, the cravings in your soul that you are unable to satiate through all the success that the world can bring this is your soul screaming for God.
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The first and most important step in the process of becoming genuinely is to be once again authenticated by the original designer.
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Your soul craves truth, beauty, wonder, love. Your soul craves to dream, to imagine, and even simply to understand. Your soul craves to connect, to commune, to create.
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You are both a work of art and an artist at work.
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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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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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Home is ultimately not about a place to live but about the people with whom you are most fully alive. Home is about love, relationship, community, and belonging, and we are all searching for home.
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The shape of your character is the shape of your future.
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Attitude is an accurate monitor of where we fall on the spectrum of pride and humility.
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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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Truth should never travel faster than love.
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Whoever tells the best story shapes the culture.
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As a speaker, I can inspire people to change but as a writer I can guide people to change. That's why books are so important. As a pastor, though, I can be a part of creating the change the world so desperately needs.
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Jesus is being lost in a religion bearing his name.
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You can plant a church and grow a church. That's not that hard to do, but it's harder to be a viable source of transformation in a city or your time or space.
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Greatness comes with discipline.
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You're not supposed to die with your potential. A life well lived squeezes all the potential placed within and does something with it.
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My goal is to destroy Christianity as a world religion and be a recatalyst for the movement of Jesus Christ ... Some people are upset with me because it sounds like I'm anti-Christian. I think they might be right.