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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.

Erwin McManus

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Erwin McManus
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: August 28
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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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It’s a wonderful thing when you look inside your own heart and like what you see.
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Faith is the determination to create with our lives what only our hearts can conceive.
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Far too often, when we think we are frightened by mystery, the fact is that we are haunted by history.
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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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Jesus is being lost in a religion bearing his name.
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Within a moment there is monumental potential. That is the mystery of a moment. It is small enough to ignore and big enough to change your life forever
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It's not your freedom to choose that makes you free. It's what you choose in that freedom that makes you free.
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The Church is not segregated by region or cities. That's an antiquated view of the world. We are united with churches all over the world working toward common goals based on shared values. Mosaic is one of the most racially diverse churches on the planet. Our community and extended Church family is global and completely integrated.
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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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We have to ask ourselves, 'Am I really trying to discern God's will, or determine whether I want to do it?'
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Attitude is an accurate monitor of where we fall on the spectrum of pride and humility.
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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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Behind real freedom, there lies discipline.
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Jesus did not have a value for prayer for prayer's sake. He had a value for the intimate communion between God and man.
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To live outside of God's will puts us in danger to live in his will makes us dangerous.
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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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So many of us have abdicated our passions for obligations, as if passion is a luxury for the young, and we must all grow up one day. We, even if reluctantly, fall into place to live a life of conformity that we describe as ‘maturity.’ We’ve made acting like an adult synonymous with living apathetic lives.
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When you're passionate about God, you can trust your passions.
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