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We can’t change history, but we can create the future.

Erwin McManus

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Erwin McManus
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: August 28
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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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All the evidence you need to prove God is waiting within you to be discovered.
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If God imagined you at birth, what makes you think He's stopped imagining you now.
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I am convinced most Americans - yes even white Americans - are committed to justice and equality for all people. I am convinced that most Americans are disgusted and even ashamed that Nazism is alive and well in this country that fought to defeat its evil ideology.
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It’s a wonderful thing when you look inside your own heart and like what you see.
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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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The church must acclimate to a changing world, or she will destine herself to irrelevance or even extinction. ...One of those dramatic changes in our environment is the shift from words to images. To do church in a way that is entirely text driven is the kiss of death.
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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.
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Would you be willing to give your life to save the world if no one ever knew your name? If anonymity was the price you would have to pay for significance, would it be too great a price? To live a life of courage is not a guarantee of prestige or adulation. It only matters if you live and die fulfilling the mission you were born for.
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When you begin to create the life of your dreams - or maybe better stated, when you begin to live the life that God dreams for you - you take responsibility to prepare for the future.
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It is not balance you need but adaptability.
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Behind real freedom, there lies discipline.
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The future belongs to those who have the courage to create it. We need a new humanity. We need a new expression of community. We need the Church to bring the world together. This makes me excited.
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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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The future awaits those with the courage to create it.
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The epicenter of creativity and imagination should be the Church, reflecting the character and glory of God.
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The church does not exist for us. We are the church, and we exist for the world.
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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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