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
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The Bible has been trapped in modernity. Everything has to work perfectly. And if everything doesn't fit in a Lego-oriented functionality, then we don't deal with it as Christians.
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The reality is that every human being is placed on this planet, and one of the things that drives humans is their need for meaning, and if you can make every job meaningful, then you will guarantee that every job will be done to its highest level of excellence.
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We're a part of the insurrection, trying to turn Christianity upside down. We're an experimental church: God's research and development arm.
The bulk of our community is probably between the ages of 20 and 34.
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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.
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People outside of the faith really appreciate Mosaic and really love what we're doing.
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Our job is not to change people; our job is to connect people to Jesus, and it's Jesus' job to change people.
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Los Angeles has been known as the center of creativity but has often been equally known for the absence of spirituality.
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I think we are all trying to figure out what it means to be the Church as opposed to just doing church.
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I think many times Christians don't really take the opportunity to hear what people are saying and seeing in the world around them.
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I know it sounds crazy, but as soon as Christians start telling non-Christians how to live their lives, we've lost the Christian faith.
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I became a Christian because I met God.
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God has given us an imagination, and our imagination is really the principle tool from which all creativity and artistry comes from.
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We are constantly learning and growing and changing. We are really an experiment. We are endeavoring to discover if a community of faith can exist purely for the good of others.