Mosaic - Erwin McManus

In a powerful, thought-provoking message from Mosaic Conference in 2018, Pastor Erwin McManus casts vision for the future of humanity. Based on Ezekiel 36, he highlights the promise God has for us as we take on the future: that our hearts of stone will be replaced with hearts of flesh. Pastor Erwin highlights that though at times he would rather have the heart of Iron Man instead of a heart of fle...

Impact - Seizing Your Divine Moment || From The Archives Live from Mosaic LA Feb 2001

Pastor Erwin McManus brought an inspiring message this weekend as he showed us how we can have epiphanies in our lives.   In Greek mythology, often the gods are seen as the enemy of human innovation and imagination. Pastor Erwin teaches us that God is the opposite — He always leads us to become our most creative selves.   In Jeremiah 33 we discover that God wants to tell us “great and unsearchable...

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Are you ready to seize your divine moment?  Often when we think of following Jesus and taking hold of our divine moment, we don't recognize the suffering we must face to embrace God's work in us. Focusing on the life of Peter in Matthew 16, Pastor Erwin points out how Peter struggled with the reality that Jesus would have to suffer deeply to fulfill his calling. The crucifixion is a centra...

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Are you ready to seize your divine moment?  Often when we think of following Jesus and taking hold of our divine moment, we don't recognize the suffering we must face to embrace God's work in us. Focusing on the life of Peter in Matthew 16, Pastor Erwin points out how Peter struggled with the reality that Jesus would have to suffer deeply to fulfill his calling. The crucifixion is a central piece...

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In reflection of building Mosaic for the past 30 years, Mosaic Lead Pastor Erwin McManus dives into the core mission we have as a community of faith as we look forward to the next 30 years -- to continually step into the unknown as we discover the new that God has for us. Pastor Erwin builds his message on a scripture in Isaiah 43 where God compels the Isrealites to stop dwelling on what happened...

In the 4th part of the Beautiful One series, Pastor Erwin McManus emphasizes the power of having a desperate faith. Pulling from Matthew chapter 15, Jesus encounters a Cannanite woman who is rejected and seen as an outcast in that cultural time period. She comes to him begging that he would heal her daughter who is demon possessed -- but his disciples try to send her away. Testing her, Jesus respo...

We return from the archives with Week 2 of the Beautiful One series. In this week's episode asks us as listeners if we have the eyes to see beauty all around us. Pulling from Matthew chapter 15, Jesus moves his followers to the edges so they can begin to see themselves differently. To change their ability to see what God sees, he has to move them into an uncomfortable space. Have you ever wond...

Pulling from the archives, this week's episode illuminates a fascinating conversation about the unconventional beauty that Jesus brought into the world. Pulling from Isaiah chapter 53, Pastor Erwin points out that Jesus was described as someone who was both despised and rejected - someone who did not have an outward appearance that would draw us to him.  Jesus confronted our pride with his hum...

Have you set your past on fire? In this new message pulled from 1 Kings 19, Pastor Erwin McManus challenges us to move toward the life God has designed for us. In 1 Kings 19, Elisha's life is interrupted by Eljiah as he is called to step into a new life away from the comfort of his family and home. As Elisha was plowing his field and living in the comfort of his success, he left everything beh...

Do you know how important it is for you to live deeply connected to Jesus?   When we live connected to Jesus, our desire for fame, power, or success become secondary to our love for people. Our hearts are transformed to desire what God desires, and it is through experiencing this human interconnectedness that we begin to live the life God designed for us.   Have you ever wondered why your prayers...

On Easter Sunday 2023, Mosaic Lead Pastor Erwin McManus shared a riveting message on Jesus' ability to bring life out of death.   Do you ever feel you lack the capacity to handle life’s challenges?   As children we are consistently reminded of our smallness and inadequacy. We struggle to feel as though we were built to scale for the largeness of the world around us.    Though we grow in size,...

Mosaic Lead Pastor Erwin McManus continues the 33 AD series with a gripping message on the importance of finding your home in the person of Jesus.   Have you ever felt like you were surviving this life until you could get to heaven?   Pastor Erwin unwraps the significance of bringing heaven into our current circumstances through our relationship with Jesus.   It’s not about where we are – it’s abo...

As we return back to the archives on a series on "The Last Arrow". Pastor Erwin McManus emphasizes the importance of making intentional choices in order to create the future one desires. He discusses the concept of decision points and encourages listeners to be mindful of these moments and make choices that align with their values and aspirations. McManus highlights the transformative po...

As we continue the 33 AD series, Lead Pastor Erwin McManus calls us to live out a story that will carry on long after we're gone.  In John chapter 12, we get a glimpse into a beautiful moment. Jesus' friends had planned a dinner in his honor, one of them being Lazarus, who Jesus had recently raised from the dead.  In the scriptures it says, "The chief priests made plans to kill Lazaru...

This week in the 33 AD series, Lead Pastor Erwin McManus walks us through a powerful passage in the Gospel of John about a man named Lazarus.    Lazarus was a dear friend of Jesus and fell very ill. Jesus received the news of his sickness but stayed in another town for two  days before he went to see Lazarus. In that short time, Lazarus died. When Jesus reached Lazarus’ home town, L...

Pastor Erwin McManus shares valuable truths on hearing God’s voice in this dynamic continuation of the 33 AD series.   Pastor Erwin uses a story of the relationship between a good shepherd and his sheep from the Gospel of John to illustrate how we can silence or amplify the voice of God in our lives. God did not design us to hear him as an external, disembodied voice. God designed us for inti...

Pastor Erwin McManus continues our powerful 33 AD series with a new message from the Gospel of John.   We often want God to fix our problems before we step into our future, but Pastor Erwin shows us how God desires to heal us as we go.     When Jesus encountered a blind man who wanted his sight restored, he spit in the dirt, created mud, and put it on the blind man's eyes.  &nb...

Have you ever been caught in your worst moment?  This week Pastor Erwin McManus continues our series in the book of John with a fresh understanding of what God sees when we are at our lowest moment.  We enter into the story of an adulterous woman who was dragged naked into the public, surrounded and accused by the religious elite of the day. These Pharisees told Jesus that according to t...