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Erwin McManus

Erwin McManus

American Author

Born: Aug 28, 1958

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I realize that I live on the bubble of insanity. I feel the weight of human suffering, loneliness and despair on me all the time. It's not getting easier; if anything, it's always right on the edge of my skin. Erwin McManus

There are few things more powerful than a life lived with passionate clarity. Erwin McManus

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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. Erwin McManus

We need to understand that Christianity is about changing; it is not about a religion. Erwin McManus

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Promise Keepers was looking for a movement that can actualize the hope of Jesus, the hope that we see. And 'Uprising' was what they were looking for. Erwin McManus

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From the beginning, our community has been focused on people outside of Christianity. But that emphasis means that a lot of hard work is represented in every person who is baptized. Erwin McManus

I've worked in the business world and, as a futurist, the whole 20 years that I've led at Mosaic. Erwin McManus

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The Bible is not an antiquated text. The scriptures are the text that will lead us into the future. Erwin McManus

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I think the exploration and the search for who Jesus is, and that 2,000 years later we're still trying to figure out who He was, and did He really rise from the dead... And I think for me, the answer is 'yes,' and that's why we're talking about Him today. Erwin McManus

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I have an incredible confidence in the resilience of the human spirit and the creative ability of the Holy Spirit. So, if you can get people asking the right questions, it really will start moving in the right direction. Erwin McManus

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God has leveraged the human spirit to move in His direction, and all the material we need to bring a person to the realization that they were created by God actually already exists inside that person. Erwin McManus

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I think that's a part of what motivates me in my teaching and writing. Once the Gospel feels mainstream and becomes a nicely organized, orchestrated belief system, frankly, I don't think there is even an attraction to the human spirit. Erwin McManus

I became a Christian because I met God. Erwin McManus

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The bulk of our community is probably between the ages of 20 and 34. Erwin McManus

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My primary assessment would be because American Christians tend to be incredibly self-indulgent, so they see the church as a place there for them to meet their needs and to express faith in a way that is meaningful for them. Erwin McManus

I hope my greatest contribution will be to try to extract principles of truth that will cause us to live our lives in a more effective way and to advance Jesus' purpose in the world. Erwin McManus

While we would love to have no criticism, probably if we had no critique, we wouldn't be doing anything meaningful. Erwin McManus

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