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
jesus reality people
I have so much confidence in the reality of Jesus that I feel no pressure to try to make people act or be a certain way. I'm banking everything on the fact that God actually changes people.
citizenship eternity residence
Our citizenship is in eternity; history is our temporary residence.
leaving all-time pioneering
We are all time voyagers leaving history in our wake, pioneering into the future.
christian stories scripture
The Christian faith grew through story - not text. Only later did the stories become Scripture. While the Scripture must be held in the highest regard, we must not neglect the power of story.
ambition focus fuel
The fuel of ambition is not the problem; it is the focus of ambition that frees or betrays us.
important firsts becoming
The first and most important step in the process of becoming genuinely is to be once again authenticated by the original designer.
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.
christian unique focus
How is it, that for many of us, being a good Christian is nothing more than being a good person? The entire focus of our faith has been the elimination of sin, which is important but inadequate; rather than the unleashing of a unique, original, extraordinary, wonderfully untamed, faith.
character shapes your-future
The shape of your character is the shape of your future.
real opportunity
The real measure of our power is the freedom and opportunity we create for others.
determination heart our-lives
Faith is the determination to create with our lives what only our hearts can conceive.
character journey substance
The journey to freedom is paved by the substance of our character.
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.
doe life-well-lived wells
You're not supposed to die with your potential. A life well lived squeezes all the potential placed within and does something with it.