Erwin McManus
Erwin McManus
Erwin Raphael McManusis an author, futurist, filmmaker, and designer. He is the founder and lead pastor of Mosaic, a church in Los Angeles, California. Erwin is a popular speaker on issues related to postmodernism and postmodern Christianity, but also writes and lectures on topics such as culture, change, creativity, and leadership...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth28 August 1958
CountryUnited States of America
Erwin McManus quotes about
jesus heart new-beginnings
Love, no matter how you come at it, is a huge risk. It makes it easier for me to remember that God will never reject me because I am not good enough and that any community that has His heart will embrace me as I am. Jesus invites us into a community where imperfect people can find acceptance, love, forgiveness, and a new beginning.
buddhism focus important
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.
stories shapes culture
Whoever tells the best story shapes the culture.
passion apathetic
To be apathetic is literally to be without passion.
humanity littles way
Religion as a whole specializes in sin management. It's all about organizing humanity in such a way that we cause as little damage as possible.
vision purpose needs
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.
freedom-to-choose you-choose your-freedom
It's not your freedom to choose that makes you free. It's what you choose in that freedom that makes you free.
creating right-now
What is the future you're creating right now?
christian years safety
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,
self-esteem humility awareness
Humility is not about having a low self-image or poor self-esteem. Humility is about self-awareness.
fool sin illusion
Sin creates the illusion of freedom. In the end it fools us into seeking freedom from God rather than finding freedom in God.
growing-up fall passion
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.
wounds
Love never comes without wounds; faith never comes without failure.
citizenship eternity residence
Our citizenship is in eternity; history is our temporary residence.