Erwin McManus Quotes
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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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If God imagined you at birth, what makes you think He's stopped imagining you now.
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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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The world doesn't need more great leaders, it needs more great people who lead.
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All the evidence you need to prove God is waiting within you to be discovered.
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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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Churches all over the country have decided they love their traditions more than their children.
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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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Behind real freedom, there lies discipline.
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It is insanity to run from God and search for love.
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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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You are both a work of art and an artist at work.
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The epicenter of creativity and imagination should be the Church, reflecting the character and glory of God.
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The limitations you are willing to accept establish the boundaries of your existence.
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I think a lot of us are not on a path; we're in a rut. We have confused comfort with peace, belief with faith, safety with wisdom, wealth with blessing, and existence with life.
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Whoever tells the best story shapes the culture.
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The church does not exist for us. We are the church, and we exist for 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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The shape of your character is the shape of your future.
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We are all hypocrites in transition. I am not who I want to be, but I am on the journey there, and thankfully I am not whom I used to be.
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A person God himself deems as wise is one who not only hears His voice, but immediately begins to act upon His instruction.
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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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If you were meant to fly, not even running really fast is that impressive.