Erwin McManus Quotes

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

Whoever tells the best story shapes the culture.

Your soul craves truth, beauty, wonder, love. Your soul craves to dream, to imagine, and even simply to understand. Your soul craves to connect, to commune, to create.

The most important moments rarely come at a convenient time

Love, no matter how you come at it, is a huge risk. It makes it easier for me to remember that God will never reject me because I am not good enough and that any community that has His heart will embrace me as I am. Jesus invites us into a community where imperfect people can find acceptance, love, forgiveness, and a new beginning.

People who are fully alive look out of their minds to those who simply exist.

It’s a wonderful thing when you look inside your own heart and like what you see.

The real measure of our power is the freedom and opportunity we create for others.

It is insanity to run from God and search for love.

How in the world could you ever imagine a life of faith that does not require risk? Faith and risk are inseparable.

It is amazing where God will take you when you are willing to follow. Life is full of surprises when we choose mystery over security.

Sin creates the illusion of freedom. In the end it fools us into seeking freedom from God rather than finding freedom in God.

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.

To be apathetic is literally to be without passion.

Talent doesn't win. Hard work, determination, and character wins. If you root your talent and ability in those things, then you have a powerful combination.

A person God himself deems as wise is one who not only hears His voice, but immediately begins to act upon His instruction.

We may not be able to accomplish everything we can dream, but we will not accomplish anything without our dreams

The epicenter of creativity and imagination should be the Church, reflecting the character and glory of God.

How is it, that for many of us, being a good Christian is nothing more than being a good person? The entire focus of our faith has been the elimination of sin, which is important but inadequate; rather than the unleashing of a unique, original, extraordinary, wonderfully untamed, faith.

The limitations you are willing to accept establish the boundaries of your existence.

Far too often, when we think we are frightened by mystery, the fact is that we are haunted by history.

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.

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.

Courage is not the absence of fear; it is the absence of self.

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.

It's not your freedom to choose that makes you free. It's what you choose in that freedom that makes you free.

Behind real freedom, there lies discipline.

God allows and at times causes us to go through the kinds of circumstances that strip away all falsehood and leave us with our real selves. God's ultimate intent is not to leave us faithless, but to leave us faith-full. There are few things as exhilarating as going through the fire and finding that you had the resilience to make it through. All of us wonder at times whether we have what it takes. God wants to bring us to a place where we have no doubt of the work He has done within us.

I think a lot of us are not on a path; we're in a rut. We have confused comfort with peace, belief with faith, safety with wisdom, wealth with blessing, and existence with life.

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.

Jesus beckons his followers to a path that's far from the easy road. It's a path filled with adventure, uncertainty, and unlimited possibilities - the only path that can fulfill the deepest longings and desires of your heart.

When the church becomes an institution, people are nothing more than volunteers to be recruited. When the church is a movement, our stewardship becomes the unleashing of our God-given gifts, talents, and passions.

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.

Churches all over the country have decided they love their traditions more than their children.

Great dreams require great courage.

My goal is to destroy Christianity.

When you're passionate about God, you can trust your passions.

Courage frees us from the fears that would rob us of life itself.

Gratitude changes your perspective about life. You see the future, experience the present, and remember the past in a dramatically different way.

The journey to freedom is paved by the substance of our character.

The person who loves the process has a much greater chance of success than the person who loves the outcome.

I am convinced the Church is the greatest hope for humanity and for creating a new world where everyone is valued and embraced regardless of differences.

Is it possible that the creative act is simply the materialization of the future- making the invisible, visible?

What is the future you're creating right now?

A life well lived is the most exquisite work of art.