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Our citizenship is in eternity history is our temporary residence.

Erwin McManus

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Erwin McManus
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: August 28
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Theologian
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Eternity
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We were created to be expressions of the goodness and wholeness of God.
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God clarifies in the midst of obedience, not beforehand.
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The history of God's people is not a record of God searching for courageous men and women who could handle the task, but God transforming the hearts of cowards and calling them to live courageous lives.
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The fuel of ambition is not the problem it is the focus of ambition that frees or betrays us.
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Courage frees us from the fears that would rob us of life itself.
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You cannot wash the feet of a dirty world if you refuse to touch it
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Is it possible that the creative act is simply the materialization of the future- making the invisible, visible?
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I guess when I really think about it, God's voice sounds a lot like my voice.
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If our children are going to walk away from Christ, we need to raise them in such a way that they understand that to walk away from Jesus is to walk away from a life of faith, risk and adventure and to choose a life that boring, mundane and ordinary
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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.
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We are all hypocrites in transition. I am not who I want to be, but I am on the journey there, and thankfully I am not whom I used to be.
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Behind real freedom, there lies discipline.
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Courage is not the absence of fear it is the absence of self.
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Deeper than our instinct to live is our longing to be alive.
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The real measure of our power is the freedom and opportunity we create for others.
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The first and most important step in the process of becoming genuinely is to be once again authenticated by the original designer.
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