“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.” WayLittlesWholeHumanityCausesSinManagementDamage Author:Erwin McManus
“Gratitude changes your perspective about life. You see the future, experience the present, and remember the past in a dramatically different way.” WayDifferentPastRememberPerspectiveGratitudeDifferent WaysRemembering The Past Book:Stand Against the Wind: Fuel for the Revolution of Your Soul Source: Stand Against the Wind: Fuel for the Revolution of Your Soul
“The Barbarian Way was, in some sense, trying to create a volatile fuel to get people to step out and act. It's pretty hard to get a whole group of people moving together as individuals who are stepping into a more mystical, faith-oriented, dynamic kind of experience with Christ. So, I think Barbarian Way was my attempt to say, "Look, underneath what looks like invention, innovation and creativity is really a core mysticism that hears from God, and what is fueling this is something really ancient." That's what was really the core of The Barbarian Way.” PeopleThinkingWayTryingLooksKindHardWholeTogetherMovingIndividualChristStepsCreativityGroupsInnovationAncientCoreInventionFuelMysticismMysticalBarbariansCreativity And Innovation Author:Erwin McManus
“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.” WorldWayChurchEnvironmentKissingDrivenDramaticExtinctionOur EnvironmentIrrelevanceKiss Of DeathDramatic Change Book:An Unstoppable Force: Daring to Become the Church God Had in Mind Source: An Unstoppable Force: Daring to Become the Church God Had in Mind
“I have so much confidence in the reality of Jesus that I feel no pressure to try to make people act or be a certain way. I'm banking everything on the fact that God actually changes people.” PeopleWayFeelsTryingFactsRealityCertainJesusPressureBankingNo Pressure Author:Erwin McManus
“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” IfsWayNeedsChildrenJesusChristWalksRiskAdventureOrdinaryOur ChildrenRaisesBoringMundane Author:Erwin McManus
