In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. John 1:1 NIV Mosaic Lead Pastor Erwin McManus leads us into the powerful origin story of Jesus through the book of John. The beginning of Jesus’ story starts long before his birth in a manger as a human baby sent into the world. John makes clear that Jesus is God and he was here before anything else in the universe began. Have you considered that your life without Jesus is a sentence with a missing word? Pastor Erwin...
Jan 09, 2023•50 min
Are you calling it quits before God says you're finished? In this challenging new message, Pastor Erwin McManus helps us see that often when we experience regret and disappointment, it is simply because we quit and called it a failure instead of choosing to persevere when things got difficult. Based on the story of Caleb in the book of Joshua, we learn that even in his advanced age Caleb was ready to take on new battles when others wanted comfort and ease. He had a unique perspective, always bel...
Jan 03, 2023•42 min
Have you ever felt like God is hiding from you? In this special Christmas message, Pastor Erwin McManus brings a fresh lens to a familiar Christmas story. Drawing from Matthew 2, Pastor Erwin unpacks the unique narrative of the Magi being the ones to meet Jesus. Even though the Jews were the people who long held the story of God, it was ultimately the Magi who encountered Jesus upon his birth. Pastor Erwin illustrates how this story reveals the character of God. God always sends signs to people ...
Dec 25, 2022•39 min
Have you ever asked God for a sign? Mosaic Lead Pastor Erwin McManus calls us to notice the signs of God all around us. The book of Isaiah shares how God sent Jesus as a sign to humanity through a virgin birth. It was a miraculous point in history that still ripples through our lives over 2,000 years later. Pastor Erwin highlights that often when we ask God for a sign, we are looking for confirmation to do what we consider comfortable and convenient. But when God speaks to us, he always challeng...
Dec 20, 2022•48 min
We are going back into the archives and resurfacing with Pastor Erwin's series on The Last Arrow. Are you limiting the opportunities to live the life that God created you to live if you're not moving forward with expectation and hope? Are you focusing on how to live a life without regret? It's important to shift our perspective on this. You need to raise your expectations because you're going to get what you expect. You may not always get everything you expect, everything you want but it is the ...
Dec 12, 2022•41 min
In this new message, Mosaic Lead Pastor Erwin McManus reveals the audacity of God to do the impossible in our lives. Through the life of Zechariah and Elizabeth in the book of Luke, Pastor Erwin unwraps what it looks like when God begins to go to work in us. Zechariah and Elizabeth were childless and advanced in age, but an angel appeared to Zechariah and told him that Elizabeth would give birth to a son. When Zechariah expressed his doubt in God’s ability to do this miracle, God took away his a...
Dec 06, 2022•28 min
What fuels the economy of God? Mosaic Lead Pastor Erwin McManus reveals the power of work, responsibility and trust in this impactful message. Through the Parable of the Talents in Matthew 25, Pastor Erwin unwraps biblical truths that can change how we create and shape our lives. Many followers of Jesus believe they want to know God‘s will for their lives so they can be faithful. In reality, we can often spend our lives seeking out God’s will so we don’t have to be responsible for taking ownersh...
Nov 28, 2022•47 min
As we wrap up this series on the Artisan Soul, Pastor Erwin McManus delivers a passionate message on Masterpiece God gave us called life. Throughout Jesus' life, he told parables, metaphors and images to show his disciples that he was going to die. But they could only interpret death in the terms they knew, which were finite. Jesus reminds us that our life is supposed to be a work of art and his canvas is the human spirit. Jesus life was a walking art installation of Life. When Jesus raised Laza...
Nov 22, 2022•47 min
The church is a movement, not an institution. In this electric message for Mosaic’s Foundation Sunday, Lead Pastor Erwin McManus unpacks how movements are marked by generosity. Former slaves in the book of Exodus were instructed to stop bringing gifts to build a new sanctuary because the workers were overwhelmed with the amount of offerings. They had internalized a priceless insight: we should bring gifts to God in proportion to the way he has blessed us. Their freedom compelled them to give. Ar...
Nov 15, 2022•47 min
Have you ever considered that your life is the canvas on which God wants to create? In this week's episode, Pastor Erwin McManus delivers a passionate message on our God-given ability to become God's work of art. When we allow him to paint our souls with the colors of faith, hope, love, and courage -- the possibilities are endless. As creatives, we often become discouraged by the limitations of our contracts, resources, and abilities. But if God himself is hopeful about the possibilities of huma...
Nov 07, 2022•43 min
Did you know that generosity changes you from the inside out? Mosaic Lead Pastor Erwin McManus shares how generosity creates good in the world AND in you!This is the power of generosity at work: + Generosity changes your perspective + Generosity grounds your faith + Generosity expands your mind + Generosity deepens your soul We give as an act of obedience and sacrifice, but being generous isn’t something you do – it’s something you are. Pastor Erwin reveals how Jesus transformed his thinking abo...
Oct 31, 2022•42 min
Is your soul filled with: Fear? Doubt? Insignificance? Feeling unworthy of love? We can label these symptoms as sociological, economical or cultural – but Mosaic Lead Pastor Erwin reveals they are actually indicators that our soul is out of alignment with God. Many of the stories in the Bible are about people who are out of alignment; their struggles and successes provide a blueprint for us to learn from their mistakes. From Acts 7:29, Pastor Erwin unwraps the story of Moses to illustrate what a...
Oct 24, 2022•44 min
Mosaic Lead Pastor Erwin McManus brings a new message on ‘The Power of Being Fully Present,’ recorded live at Mosaic South Pasadena. Do you find yourself caught reminiscing on the past or daydreaming about the future while the moment you are in passes you by? Pastor Erwin challenges us to master the power of being fully present. Drawing from Isaiah 43, Pastor Erwin uses the example of the Israelites to show what happens when God wants to move with strength in the present while His people are stu...
Oct 17, 2022•43 min
Pastor Erwin McManus delivers a challenging message on the importance of developing our craft. In Ephesians 4, God commands us to be creators and not to settle for consuming or stealing from others. Because we are created by God, we're meant to create and add value to the world around us through the discipline of work. As Christians, many of us have picked up the belief that if we have been called by God to do something, it should come naturally to us. On the contrary, Erwin reminds us that it i...
Oct 11, 2022•48 min
Mosaic Lead Pastor Erwin McManus closes out our Fresh Start series with an inspiring message on how you can live “Fueled by Faith!” Why does faith feel superhuman? Pastor Erwin reminds us that we were created by God to live with faith and that it is faith that makes us human. We are the only species that is made to hope in things we cannot yet see. In fact, Hebrews chapter 11 makes it clear that living a life without faith makes it impossible to please God. Pastor Erwin challenges us to live a l...
Oct 03, 2022•41 min
In this week’s episode, Pastor Erwin McManus points out the fascinating way that God inhabits our lives — whether we’ve already given our lives to Him or not. In a conversation with a self-identified atheist, Erwin was asked how to hear the voice of God. He answered that it’s the voice in your head that simply won’t leave you alone. And even more, when we’ve given our lives to God, that voice becomes the continual invitation to an expansive life that is full of imagination. We’re compelled to as...
Sep 27, 2022•1 hr 2 min
Do you only encounter God by interruption and not intention? You need a fresh start! Mosaic Lead Pastor Erwin McManus shares a powerful message on realigning our intention with God to step into the future we were created to live, in week two of our ‘Fresh Start’ series! Pastor Erwin shares with us the story of Moses from Acts 7. Moses was intended by God to be a champion of the Jewish people, who were enslaved in Egypt. Moses was Jewish, and had been adopted and raised as Pharoah’s son, where he...
Sep 19, 2022•41 min
Mosaic Lead Pastor Erwin McManus delivered the first incredible message in Mosaic’s new series ‘Fresh Start’ Drawing from Isaiah 43:15, Pastor Erwin gives you three specific ways that you can step into a new part of your life: Put your past in the past, fight the fight you’re in, and see what you do not see. Although you are meant to learn from the past, you are not created to live in the past. The biggest things that hold you in the past are bitterness and regret. Bitterness requires that you f...
Sep 12, 2022•47 min
In a thought-provoking message from Pastor Erwin McManus, we discover that each of us are interpreters of life. Based on our unique experiences and beliefs, we translate the world around us. But are we interpreting life according to God's perception--or just our limited perspective? In John chapter 9, we observe that Jesus' disciples were bewildered by the healing of a blind man. They were stuck on the reasoning for his blindness. Had he sinned, or was he dealing with the consequence of his pare...
Sep 05, 2022•49 min
Is it possible for us to live a life free from shame? In a powerful new message, Pastor Erwin McManus challenges us to pay attention to the voices that inform our internal worlds. Are we led by voices that only remind us of our shame, or are we building a future informed by the freedom of God's voice? In Genesis 3, we lean into the story of Adam and Eve where they decide to disobey God and hide their nakedness from him. Erwin points out that God asks Adam "Who told you that you were naked?" God ...
Aug 29, 2022•47 min
Erwin McManus brings us into a conversation on the unique design of the human soul. Compared to every other creature, we are the only ones that manifest the invisible into something tangible. We are created to create and imagined by God to imagine what does not yet exist. From Exodus chapter 2, Erwin points out that Moses was said to be no ordinary child. As he ponders this phrase, he shares that many of us feel as though we are ordinary. And though we may see others living unordinary lives--we ...
Aug 22, 2022•32 min
How does God mark time? Mosaic Lead Pastor Erwin McManus reveals that although humans mark time through seasons, years, or the clocks on our phones, God marks time through people. Through the story of Joseph in the book of Genesis, Pastor Erwin shows how God shaped Joseph’s life through the people he met. The trajectory of Joseph’s life was marked by how he hurt or helped those around him. As evident in the story of Joseph, who went from being a slave to becoming a powerful ruler, God can use an...
Aug 15, 2022•41 min
On this week's podcast, Erwin McManus completes his Quest for Enlightenment series with a talk that highlights what it means to live a heroic life. From Psalm 119:32, Erwin reminds us that God has set us free to run in the path of his commands. Ultimately, we learn that our freedom is only as impactful as the choices we make with it because the shape of our character is not only the shape of our future, but our character shapes the future of humanity. Ending with a raw and powerful Q & A, Er...
Aug 09, 2022•48 min
Erwin McManus takes us on a journey through his Quest for Enlightenment in his powerful Uprising series. Targeted on the value of wisdom, Pastor Erwin shares that for most of us, the wisest person in our life is not the wealthiest or the smartest. What they bring is an ability to navigate life in a way that leads to wholeness - both emotionally and relationally. In Ecclesiastes chapter 9, a man named Solomon points out a man who was poor but saved a city with his wisdom. Pastor Erwin reminds us ...
Aug 01, 2022•48 min
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Jul 25, 2022•38 min
This message begins the Quest for Enlightenment in the popular Uprising series. In this message, Erwin Raphael McManus shares that if you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by life and can’t seem to find your way through, then you’ve known the need for enlightenment .The Quest for Enlightenment begins with the need for wisdom. Wisdom is the ability to connect the dots, to foresee the future. Imagine if you had the ability today to make the choices that would create the future you long for? Two people can ...
Jul 08, 2022•49 min
This message finishes the Quest for Nobility in the popular Uprising series. In this message, Erwin Raphael McManus reminds us that great dreams demand great courage. You will not live a life commiserate to your dreams, talent, or ability - but equal to your level of courage. With nobility, you can be trusted with wealth, influence, and the lives of others. It begins in gratitude and finds completeness in generosity. Generous people are happier people who make the world better, while greedy peop...
Jul 06, 2022•51 min
Discover how to live your life in such a way that in every circumstance and situation, you give more than you take. In this message, Erwin Raphael McManus brings us with him as he continues on the quest for wholeness through Uprising . We can live our lives as if ‘brokenness’ is like underwear - everyone wears it but no one is supposed to see it. We must show our pain to receive the healing from Jesus that we desperately long for! Erwin reveals that each of us is a mosaic - a collection of many ...
Jun 24, 2022•32 min
Do you desperately want to feel whole? Are you searching for healing? In this message, Erwin Raphael McManus reveals that you will only find the answer to what your soul longs for if you desire to live a life of gratitude. Gratitude comes from the same etymology of grace, and you can only understand the power of gratitude when you have been transformed by the power of grace. Surrendering ungratefulness and starting on the quest for nobility is the beginning of your journey to a life of wholeness...
Jun 17, 2022•44 min
Mosaic Lead Pastor Erwin McManus shares a timely new message on what it takes to develop the ‘Resilience’ you need to not just survive, but enjoy your life! Resilience is the singular characteristic that will define who will thrive and who will not – do you have this crucial component? A lot of us want to have big faith but don’t want to have big problems. Resilience is the key to living life with the faith you need to create a beautiful future! Do you want to be able to bounce back from any set...
Jun 11, 2022•48 min
