Erwin McManus Quotes

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.

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.

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

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

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

The fuel of ambition is not the problem; it is the focus of ambition that frees or betrays us.

Jesus is being lost in a religion bearing his name.

Great dreams require great courage.

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

The greatest enemy to the movement of Jesus Christ is Christianity.

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

We have to ask ourselves, 'Am I really trying to discern God's will, or determine whether I want to do it?'

Our citizenship is in eternity; history is our temporary residence.

When we dwell on the past, we tend to want to live there. When we dream of the future, we want to go there. Our dreams are where God paints a picture of a life waiting to be created.

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.

It is not balance you need but adaptability.

Greatness comes with discipline.

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.

You can plant a church and grow a church. That's not that hard to do, but it's harder to be a viable source of transformation in a city or your time or space.

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.

The future awaits those with the courage to create it.

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

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.

My goal is to destroy Christianity.

All the evidence you need to prove God is waiting within you to be discovered.

I guess when I really think about it, God's voice sounds a lot like my voice.

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

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.

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.

Behind real freedom, there lies discipline.

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

Humility is not about having a low self-image or poor self-esteem. Humility is about self-awareness.

Truth should never travel faster than love.

To be apathetic is literally to be without passion.

What is the future you're creating right now?

God has given us an imagination, and our imagination is really the principle tool from which all creativity and artistry comes from.

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.'