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
soul world craving
This thing that haunts you, that never seems satisfied, the cravings in your soul that you are unable to satiate through all the success that the world can bring this is your soul screaming for God.
believe caring world
When we stop believing the world can become a better place, when we stop caring about the lives and conditions of others, we lose a part of ourselves.
church needs world
The church is not here to meet our needs. We are the church here to meet the needs of the world.
challenges world limits
Problems, obstacles, and challenges can either become the markers of our limits and limitations, or they can become the springboard into a whole new world.
risk world doe
How in the world could you ever imagine a life of faith that does not require risk? Faith and risk are inseparable.
dirty feet world
You cannot wash the feet of a dirty world if you refuse to touch it
waiting risk world
A world without God cannot wait for us to choose the safe path. If we wait for someone else to take the risk, we risk that no one will ever act and that nothing will ever be accomplished.
church doe world
The church does not exist for us. We are the church, and we exist for the world.
alive faith hold means vibrant word
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.
against brutal celebrity christian college confronted frequently good kids people son space system
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.
enjoy faith life seems
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.
jesus people religion
We focus, in some ways, on how to disengage Jesus and the Bible from everything people know about Christianity as a religion.