Mcmanus Quotes & Sayings

Jesus is being lost in a religion bearing his name. — Erwin McManus

Whatever you think you do well, do it. There is nothing better than feeling gratified. — Michael J. McManus

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

It is so surreal to come into a shop and see pictures of myself everywhere and hear my album playing. — Michelle McManus

The Ten Commandments are the lowest possible standard of humane living. — Erwin Raphael McManus

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

When calling for authenticity, we need to take seriously the brokenness and sinfulness of the human heart. If to be authentic means to be who we really are or to express what we really feel, then in most cases I'm going to vote for hypocrisy. Our prisons are filled with men and women who acted on their feelings and impulses. If authenticity is about being true to yourself, these individuals should be our models of inspiration. — Erwin Raphael McManus

I realize that I live on the bubble of insanity. I feel the weight of human suffering, loneliness and despair on me all the time. It's not getting easier; if anything, it's always right on the edge of my skin. — Erwin McManus

The rule of thumb for the old backpacking was that the weight of your pack should equal the weight of yourself and the kitchen range combined. Just a casual glance at the full pack sitting on the floor could give you a double hernia and fuse four vertebrae. After carrying the pack all day, you had to remember to tie one leg to a tree before you dropped it. Otherwise you would float off into space. The pack eliminated the need for any special kind of ground-gripping shoes, because your feet would sink a foot and a half into hard-packed earth, two inches into solid rock. — Patrick F. McManus

How many people just get up on Monday and do the same thing they've done every single Monday - go to work and just turn on route automatic and no longer have any meaning in their life? — Erwin McManus

Valentine's Day is the day all singletons like me dread — Michelle McManus

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

To live outside of God's will puts us in danger; to live in his will makes us dangerous. — Erwin McManus

Our job is not to change people; our job is to connect people to Jesus, and it's Jesus' job to change people. — Erwin McManus

While we would love to have no criticism, probably if we had no critique, we wouldn't be doing anything meaningful. — Erwin McManus

Three powerful life-changing words passed on from God to us: Now choose life! Right now, this moment, put away the baggage from the past, shake yourself free from the fear of the future unknown. Right now, choose life - seize your divine moment. A — Erwin Raphael McManus

I think many times Christians don't really take the opportunity to hear what people are saying and seeing in the world around them. — Erwin McManus

Whether we realize it or not, everything we do is an expression of either how alive our souls are or how much we have allowed ourselves to be deadened over time. — Erwin Raphael McManus

We're a part of the insurrection, trying to turn Christianity upside down. We're an experimental church: God's research and development arm. — Erwin McManus

True creativity does not come easily; creativity is born of risk and refined from failure. — Erwin Raphael McManus

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. — Erwin Raphael McManus

I have come to realize, after over thirty years of studying human creativity, that the great divide is not between those who are artists and those who are not, but between those who understand that they are creative and those who have become convinced that they are not. — Erwin Raphael McManus

The two best times to fish is when it's raining and when it ain't. — Patrick F. McManus

In life we don't always get what we want; hopes and dreams get washed away so easily, hearts are broken, chances are missed, and we always seem to end up right back where we started. — Rebecah McManus

I had someone a month ago tell me at a campaign lunch that you can't be a Christian and a Democrat. I think that that view is dissipating very, very fast. — Erwin McManus

My primary assessment would be because American Christians tend to be incredibly self-indulgent, so they see the church as a place there for them to meet their needs and to express faith in a way that is meaningful for them. — Erwin McManus

The Bible is not an antiquated text. The scriptures are the text that will lead us into the future. — Erwin McManus

Tony McManus is the best Celtic guitarist in the world. — John Renbourn

The Bible has been trapped in modernity. Everything has to work perfectly. And if everything doesn't fit in a Lego-oriented functionality, then we don't deal with it as Christians. — Erwin McManus

True religion always moves us to serve others and to give our lives to see those oppressed find freedom. — Erwin McManus

Jesus' death wasn't to free us from dying, but to free us from the fear of death. Jesus came to liberate us so that we could die up front and then live. Jesus Christ wants to take us to places where only dead men and women can go. — Erwin McManus

I believe it is the inability of beginning writers to achieve at least a certain degree of detachment from their writing that defeats so many of them before they even get started. Without this distancing, any criticism of your writing will seem devastating, even incapacitating, whereas with the proper amount of detachment it will seem merely cruel and unusual punishment. — Patrick F. McManus

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. — Erwin McManus

From the beginning, our community has been focused on people outside of Christianity. But that emphasis means that a lot of hard work is represented in every person who is baptized. — Erwin McManus

goal of spirituality is not to extract from you all desire and passion. The call of Jesus is the exact opposite - delight — Erwin Raphael McManus

Greatness comes with discipline. — Erwin McManus

You're not supposed to die with your potential. A life well lived squeezes all the potential placed within and does something with it. — Erwin McManus

We are constantly learning and growing and changing. We are really an experiment. We are endeavoring to discover if a community of faith can exist purely for the good of others. — Erwin McManus

If God imagined you at birth, what makes you think He's stopped imagining you now. — Erwin McManus

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. — Erwin McManus

You learn more about how to use the desktop environment in Chapter 4. For now, double-click the Wi-Fi Config icon on the desktop to open the tool. Click the Scan button to search for available Wi-Fi networks. Double-click the one you'd like to use, and it will prompt you to enter your security information by completing the white (unshaded) boxes (see Figure 3-10). The SSID box is used for the name of the network and will be completed automatically for you. You most likely have a WPA network, so the PSK box is where you type in your Wi-Fi password. You can ignore the optional boxes. Finally, click the Add button to connect to the network. — Sean McManus

Wisdom is ancient, sublime, and transcendent; it is not periodic, political, or ideological. And — Curtis R. Mcmanus

When in doubt, do some thing outrageous! — Ray McManus

The discordant principals' duet is like the nocturnal emission of a cancerous horse tethered in its dolorous slumber to a barbed aluminum fence during an electrical storm. — Sophie McManus

Promise Keepers was looking for a movement that can actualize the hope of Jesus, the hope that we see. And 'Uprising' was what they were looking for. — Erwin McManus

The Dead and Those About to Die is a gripping, first-hand account of the desperate battle for Omaha Beach on D-Day by the legendary 1st Infantry Division, the Big Red One. On the 70th anniversary of that momentous event, John C. McManus's tale of courage under fire is a vivid reminder that freedom isn't free and that when the chips are down stalwart American soldiers will always answer the call of duty. — Carlo D'Este

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

For in today's generation of teenagers finding acceptance is hard, especially for those who dare to be different-then it's impossible. — Rebecah McManus

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

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. — Erwin McManus

I'm sort of like the kid that kicks around in Vans, beat-up Converse, ripped jeans, and t-shirts. — Michaela McManus

The shape of your character is the shape of your future. — Erwin McManus

When we are passionate about God, we can trust our passions. — Erwin Raphael McManus

I refused to let go of what I had. — Erwin McManus

I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark Twain — Michael J. McManus

I think we are all trying to figure out what it means to be the Church as opposed to just doing church. — Erwin McManus

What a tourist terms a plague of insects, the fly fisher calls a great hatch. — Patrick F. McManus

If we are inherently spiritual creatures, we are by our nature creative beings, yet we live in the fear that if we aspire to be more we will discover ourselves to be less. — Erwin Raphael McManus

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

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.' — Erwin McManus

My goal is to destroy Christianity. — Erwin McManus

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. — Erwin McManus

Los Angeles has been known as the center of creativity but has often been equally known for the absence of spirituality. — Erwin McManus

We were created to be expressions of the goodness and wholeness of God. — Erwin McManus

You know how to check fer thin ice, boy?" he would ask me. "Wall, what you do is stick one foot way out ahead of you and stomp the ice real hard and listen fer it to make a crackin' sound. Thar now, did you hear how the ice cracked whan Ah stomped it? Thet means it's too thin to hold a man's weight. Now pull me up out of hyar and we'll run back to shore and see if we kin built a fahr b'fore Ah freezes to death! — Patrick F. McManus

If God refuses to mass-produce but insists on an intimate process that in the end forms each of us into the image of Christ, why would we choose a lesser path for our own lives? The work of the artist begins with the care of his or her own soul. — Erwin Raphael McManus

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. — Erwin McManus

It's been a long, hard day, and bit by bit you have been transformed into a single, vertical, barely ambulatory ache. All that awaits you now is another long, lonely night on the hard, cold ground. "What am I doing out here?" you ask yourself. "I must be mad!" Indeed, you are mad. Otherwise right now you could be warm and cozy and stretched out in front of your beloved TV, munching popcorn and swigging down ice-cold brew, just like a civilized person. "Oh well," you sigh to yourself. "I'd better stop and get a fire going. — Patrick F. McManus

The future awaits those with the courage to create it. — Erwin McManus

I know it sounds crazy, but as soon as Christians start telling non-Christians how to live their lives, we've lost the Christian faith. — Erwin McManus

Whoever tells the best story shapes the culture. — Erwin Raphael McManus

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. — Erwin McManus

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. — Erwin Raphael McManus

If you look at it from just a pure economic basis, technology is replacing all of the jobs robots can do, and machinery is replacing the jobs that humans once held. If we don't train our children to imagine, to create, they're going to be unemployable. — Erwin McManus

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. — Erwin McManus

What if the creative act is not an act against God but a reflection of His image within us? — Erwin Raphael McManus

She's a princess and you're a jock," he says. He thrusts his chin toward Bronwyn, then at Nate. "And you're a brain. And you're a criminal. You're all walking teen-movie stereotypes. — Karen M. McManus

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

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

It takes courage to not only accept our limitations but embrace our potential. To deny our creative nature is to choose a life where we are less and thus responsible for less. We see ourselves as created beings, so we choose to survive. When we see ourselves as creative beings, we must instead create. — Erwin Raphael McManus

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 — Erwin McManus

The first and most important step in the process of becoming genuinely is to be once again authenticated by the original designer. — Erwin Raphael McManus

In an ideal world, the voices that teach us language teach us self-respect, self-confidence, and self-esteem. Those same voices also form in us humility and gratitude, and as those voices inform our inner voices, they also pass on wisdom. — Erwin Raphael McManus

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

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

Because all that money wouldn't be in the pot in the first place if you weren't up against a pretty strong hand, you loose, dumb, tight-weak motherfucker! — James McManus

The machete was needed anytime you had to slash out your own trail. This necessity arose more often than a person who is not a kid with a machete might think. — Patrick F. McManus

Unfortunately, the people who have the greatest influence in our lives rarely understand the power of their words to shape who we become. They never fully understand that what informs us forms us. Words spoken into a soul are like the hands of a potter pressed against wet clay. — Erwin Raphael McManus

The only art we can create is that which authentically reflects who we are. Our soul is the material for all we create. Thus, to nurture the artisan soul, essence is far more important than talent. — Erwin Raphael McManus

Writers live with fear. Some writers cannot deal with the fear, and so they quit or refuse to publish. In order to write, you must either ignore the fear or trick it into leaving you alone. The fear is very sly, though and hard to trick. The fear in writing comes from exposing your thoughts, your emotions, your experiences, your ideas, your talent, your intelligence and ultimately your self to public scrutiny and possible scorn. The fear is by no means groundless. You have opened yourself up to the possibility of public humiliations...I sometimes wonder if perhaps the greatest novel ever written isn't gathering dust in some filing cabinet somewhere, simply because its author could not overcome the fear of having it published. — Patrick F. McManus

The best use of technology is to enhance the power of worship that is an expression of spirit and truth. — Erwin Raphael 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. — Erwin McManus

Often we talk about God's ability to change lives without fully understanding how to access that power. — Erwin McManus

My goal is to destroy Christianity as a world religion and be a recatalyst for the movement of Jesus Christ ... Some people are upset with me because it sounds like I'm anti-Christian. I think they might be right. — Erwin McManus

The more isolated and disconnected we are, the more shattered and distorted our self-identity. We are not healthy when we are alone. We find ourselves when we connect to others. Without community we don't know who we are ...
When we live outside of healthy community, we not only lose others. We lose ourselves ... Who we understand ourselves to be is dramatically affected for better or worse by those we hold closest to us. — Erwin Raphael McManus

the unexpected truth that the safest place for a sinful person to go is to God. — Erwin Raphael McManus

I have an incredible confidence in the resilience of the human spirit and the creative ability of the Holy Spirit. So, if you can get people asking the right questions, it really will start moving in the right direction. — Erwin McManus

It is the creative and enterprising spirit of people that is indispensable. Everything else is supplemental. — Erwin McManus

still closed CeCe says, "Don't call me she. It's rude. Pronouns are for the absent. I'm right — Sophie McManus

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. — Erwin McManus