The Barbarian Way Quotes

“This is perhaps why so many of us who know love fear love. We know that love is not the absence of pain. If anything, love is the promise of pain. No one has loved more deeply than God. Has anyone ever been more betrayed? God would not know suffering if He did not know love. But because He is Love, He chose to suffer on our behalf. Without love there is no glory in suffering.”
― Erwin Raphael McManus, The Barbarian Way: Unleash the Untamed Faith Within

“God’s will for us is less about our comfort than it is about our contribution. God”
― Erwin Raphael McManus, The Barbarian Way: Unleash the Untamed Faith Within

“God is not a drug, and He certainly does not create experiences and emotions that make us feel better but not become better.”
― Erwin Raphael McManus, The Barbarian Way: Unleash the Untamed Faith Within

“Our citizenship is in eternity; history is our temporary residence.”
― Erwin Raphael McManus, McManus 2-in-1

“Two thousand years ago, God started a revolt against the religion He started. So don't ever put it past God to cause a groundswell movement against churches and Christian institutions that bear His name. If He was willing to turn Judaism upside down, don't think for a moment our institutions are safe from a divine revolt.”
― Erwin Raphael McManus, Unleashed: Release the Untamed Faith Within

“Jesus is being lost in a religion bearing His name.”
― Erwin Raphael McManus, The Barbarian Way: Unleash the Untamed Faith Within

“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, The Barbarian Way: Unleash the Untamed Faith Within

“We are called to fear only God. There is an important reason for this. What we fear is what we're subject to; our fears define our master. Where there is no fear, there is no control.”
― Erwin Raphael McManus, The Barbarian Way: Unleash the Untamed Faith Within

“While never violating our uniqueness, we move together, united in heart and soul. Our greatness is unleashed in the context of community. When we move together, God is most perfectly revealed in us.”
― Erwin Raphael McManus, The Barbarian Way: Unleash the Untamed Faith Within

“for those of us who embrace the cause of Christ, the cost to participate in the mission of God is nothing less than everything we are and everything we have.”
― Erwin Raphael McManus, McManus 2-in-1