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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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.
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All the evidence you need to prove God is waiting within you to be discovered.
balance needs adaptability
It is not balance you need but adaptability.
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.
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The church is not here to meet our needs. We are the church here to meet the needs of the world.
people leader needs
The world doesn't need more great leaders, it needs more great people who lead.
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You need to remember who God is, forget the painful wounds and let Him renew you.
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The word 'entertain' means to hold someone's attention, and what we want is a faith that is vibrant and alive and beautiful and real.
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The system of Christian celebrity was not a good space for me, and it was brutal on my kids - my son in college was frequently confronted by people railing against me as a heretic.
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So much of what comes out of the faith community seems so dour and somber, and we want to say, 'Hey, we're real people. You can be a person of faith and really enjoy life and laugh.'
love
While we would love to have no criticism, probably if we had no critique, we wouldn't be doing anything meaningful.
religion
We need to understand that Christianity is about changing; it is not about a religion.
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We focus, in some ways, on how to disengage Jesus and the Bible from everything people know about Christianity as a religion.
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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.