Erwin McManus

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

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. ”

I think the opportunity to bring together the people in the world of politics, business and entertainment and have an opportunity to listen to their best learning and thinking is a great opportunity. ”

I think the exploration and the search for who Jesus is, and that 2,000 years later we're still trying to figure out who He was, and did He really rise from the dead... And I think for me, the answer is 'yes,' and that's why we're talking about Him today. ”

I think we've overstated that God is the God who wants us to obey. Obedience is not the end game. Obedience is only our calling so that we can step into our freedom. ”

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

The system of Christian celebrity was not a good space for me, and it was brutal on my kids - my son in college was frequently confronted by people railing against me as a heretic. ”

People outside of the faith really appreciate Mosaic and really love what we're doing. ”

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

I love what Monet, Picasso, Van Gogh and Jesus all said - that love is really the driving principle of the creative act. In fact, they would say that great art is always inspired by love. ”