Erwin McManus Quotes
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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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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.
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Whoever tells the best story shapes the culture.
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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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Faith is the determination to create with our lives what only our hearts can conceive.
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Love never comes without wounds; faith never comes without failure.
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When we stop believing the world can become a better place, when we stop caring about the lives and conditions of others, we lose a part of ourselves.
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Jesus is being lost in a religion bearing his name.
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We were created to be expressions of the goodness and wholeness of God.
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To be apathetic is literally to be without passion.
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Jesus did not have a value for prayer for prayer's sake. He had a value for the intimate communion between God and man.
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The history of God's people is not a record of God searching for courageous men and women who could handle the task, but God transforming the hearts of cowards and calling them to live courageous lives.
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Courage is not the absence of fear; it is the absence of self.
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When we lack integrity, we use power to control. When we lead with integrity, we use power to bless.
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To live outside of God's will puts us in danger; to live in his will makes us dangerous.
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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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My goal is to destroy Christianity.
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We have to ask ourselves, 'Am I really trying to discern God's will, or determine whether I want to do it?'
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You are an artist. What work of art will you leave behind?
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A life well lived is the most exquisite work of art.