Mosaic - Erwin McManus

“[Knowing] the deep mind of God does not come from information or education - it only comes through intimacy.’ - Erwin McManus The deep mind of God can only be known through a relationship with Him. This message from Erwin Raphael McManus speaks to our desire to control the future, instead of create the future. Most of us live in the shallows because we only live with the God we hear about and not...

In this week's compelling new message, Lead Pastor Erwin McManus brings us into a conversation on the power of wisdom and taking control of your future.    Out of Ecclesiastes chapter 9, Pastor Erwin shares that Solomon - a rich and wealthy king who is regarded as the wisest man who ever lived aside from Jesus - was amazed by a poor man who saved his whole city with his wisdom. Though So...

The New: Erwin Raphael McManus

This compelling message from Lead Pastor Erwin McManus reveals to us the price we must pay to live a life of greatness. Beyond our big dreams, do we have what it takes to live a life of greatness in the small details of our lives? Pastor Erwin gives us a roadmap to becoming someone that God can trust with a revolutionary dream.    In Genesis chapter 50, we learn about the life of Joseph....

This week, Lead Pastor Erwin McManus compels us to lean into joy in a new way. Often when we are facing challenging times, joy is the last thing on our mind. But in this encouraging message from our ‘Best Of’ series, Pastor Erwin shares that God’s way of strengthening us when we’re struggling is through the power of celebration. Teaching out of James chapter 1, Pastor Erwin highlights Jesus’ words...

In this inspiring message, Lead Pastor Erwin McManus challenges us to see our capacity with new eyes. Many of us struggle with feeling as though we’ve been shortchanged with the set of talents we’ve been given and it may seem as though we don’t have what it takes to create the life we desire. But Pastor Erwin proposes a different perspective. Is it possible that what we have in our hands is exactl...

In this week’s message, Lead Pastor Erwin McManus helps us to move away from the idea that success is a bad word. As those who follow Jesus, we have the responsibility to maximize the gifts that God has given us. Growing up, we may have been taught that it was selfish to desire success. Contrary to this idea, Pastor Erwin invites us to discover what the scriptures say about success.    F...

Mosaic Lead Pastor Erwin McManus delivers a message that helps us see the season of Christmas with a new sense of clarity. Out of Isaiah chapter 9, he shares that God did not send Jesus to satisfy his own ego and his needs. Every intention God had for sending his son Jesus to die on a cross was a gift for us! Pastor Erwin shares that in the holiday season, many of us receive gifts that we either d...

In this week’s insightful new message from Ecclesiastes, Lead Pastor Erwin McManus teaches us the power of choosing others instead of simply living for ourselves. The passage focuses on the life of Solomon, who found that at the end of his time on Earth, the one thing more precious than wisdom or gold was relationship.  Pastor Erwin shares that those who fail are not those who fall down, but...

What are we so afraid of? In this reflective conversation, Mosaic Lead Pastor Erwin McManus helps us unpack how fear impacts our lives and can paralyze us from stepping into the future we long for.  He encourages us to look at fear differently. What if our fear is not situational but simply a reality we have allowed to rule us from the inside-out? What if the things we are most afraid of are...

Can beauty save the world? In this conclusion to ‘The Genius of Jesus’ series, Mosaic Lead Pastor Erwin McManus leads us to discover how the beauty of God is reflected in everything he creates. From the beauty of nature to the intricate textures of different foods, we see that God did not create with a singularly utilitarian perspective. God wove beauty in as an essential part of creation. Though...

In week four of our The Genius of Jesus series, Mosaic Lead Pastor Erwin McManus answers the question of what real truth looks like, and how to find it in your life. Pastor Erwin explains that truth is essential for living a life that is trustworthy. He shares that many of us have been confronted by someone who risked their relationship with us to tell us a hard truth. And though truth can be diff...

In week three of his Genius of Jesus series, Pastor Erwin McManus brings us an important message that redefines how we value what is good. Despite a cultural focus that focuses on doing what is ‘right’ over everything else, Pastor Erwin reminds us that Jesus was not concerned with doing what was most right, but what was most good.  Drawing from 1 Kings, Pastor Erwin brings us into a story of...

In an important new message from his ‘Genius of Jesus’ series, Pastor Erwin McManus compels us to see the purpose of power differently. Based on the principles Jesus presents in Matthew chapter 5, this message unpacks what it means to use power to sacrificially serve those around us.  Though human history is filled with examples of power being misused, Pastor Erwin emphasizes that Jesus radic...

Have you ever felt like you couldn’t find the uniqueness within you? In this insightful message based on his brand new book The Genius of Jesus: The Man Who Changed Everything, Pastor Erwin McManus helps us understand that we all carry a unique genius given to us by God. In Luke chapter 2, Pastor Erwin points out that Jesus showed genius as a young boy. He was asking questions that left the schola...

Have you ever considered that intellect and faith are not at odds with one another? What if God intended to draw us closer to Him through our minds? In this life-changing message from Mosaic Conference in 2019, Pastor Erwin McManus encourages us to lean into the power of intelligence instead of being afraid that it will draw us away from a life of faith. Opening up the scriptures in Genesis, Pasto...

Has life ever left you feeling like you are stuck in time and space? In his inspiring message from Mosaic Conference in 2019, Pastor Erwin McManus gives us a new understanding of what it means to live from our connection to eternity. He helps us see that we were never meant to live from the material of our old selves because God is constantly regenerating us into the new. Based on Isaiah 55 and Ep...

Have you ever wondered what the role of the Church is in the world today? In this message from Mosaic Conference 2018, Pastor Erwin McManus examines the power of a community that is empowered by God’s intention. He helps us see that alone, our lives can be explained - but together, we tell a story that brings an unexplainable beauty to the world. Out of Ephesians 3, Pastor Erwin unpacks the missio...

Do you ever feel as if your future is already written? In this beautiful message from Mosaic Conference 2018, Pastor Erwin McManus reveals how all of us are co-authors of the future. The future is not a concrete reality, but history that is ready to be created. Out of 1 Corinthians 2, Pastor Erwin explains that we can have access to the story God is telling because we have the Spirit of God inside...

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...

Many of us wonder ‘Is prayer really THAT powerful?!’ In part three of Pastor Erwin McManus’ series ‘Why This Matters,’ he helps us grasp the power of connecting with God through prayer. Growing up in El Salvador with a religious background, Pastor Erwin was mostly taught that the power of prayer was found in repetition. In this conversation, he helps us shift our perspective as he shares that the...

Why is living a life of generosity so important? In part two of his new series, ‘Why This Matters,’  Pastor Erwin McManus emphasizes the impact generosity has on our souls, as well as on others around us. From Proverbs 11, he teaches us that generosity helps posture our hearts. It helps us to be open to what God wants to pour into our lives and how to hold loose what is already ours, so what...

Have you ever wondered why the church matters? In the first message of his new series, ‘Why This Matters,’ Pastor Erwin McManus explains why the church is essential to humanity. Through Ephesians 3:10-20, he challenges us to rethink the way we view the role and meaning of the church.    Just like olympians challenge themselves to be the best in the world at their craft, Pastor Erwin...

What is genius? Is it something you’re born with, or is it transferable? If you could take on the empathy, power, beauty, and truth of the greatest genius who ever lived… would you? Pastor Erwin Raphael McManus brings a powerful message on the genius of Jesus – and how Jesus’s genius is the key to unlocking the genius within YOU! “The Genius of Jesus: The Man Who Changed Everything,” the newest bo...

Pastor Erwin McManus brings a timely message this weekend in response to the unexpected mask mandate from LA county that led to Mosaic’s first Live Gathering being postponed. From the book of 1 Corinthians, Pastor Erwin shares with us what it means to live out the apostle Paul’s words to ‘become all things to all people.’ Followers of Jesus can experience total freedom, even as they adapt their li...