Erwin Raphael McManus exhorts believers to unleash our faith in Jesus in his book, Unleashed.
He encourages us to dedicate our lives to being barbarians with our faith rather than complacent in conventional Christian religion. Appropriately, quotes and scene synopses from the movie Braveheart are sprinkled throughout the book. Always awesome to quote Braveheart. ;)
I was skeptical at first with the autobiographical sketches McManus uses to show his humanity and struggles as a parent, but any parenting disagreements aside, this is a good book to motivate Christians to do something more than warm a seat at church. As a parent, it convinces me that I need to disciple my children to be warriors for Christ rather than fall into the complacency trap so many “Christians” find easier than being different.
Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. 1 John 2:15-17
We are called to be different.
McManus reminds us of our duties as Christians as commanded by our Lord Jesus Christ.
We must be warriors, unleashed.
Author Bio:
Erwin R. McManus (BA, University of North Carolina; MDiv, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary) serves as lead pastor and cultural architect of Mosaic, a diverse, multi-ethnic church based in Los Angeles, California. As founder of Awaken, an entrepreneurial community, Erwin collaborates with a team of dreamers and innovators who specialize in the field of developing and unleashing personal and organizational creativity. A national and international consultant on culture, change, leadership, and creativity, he partners with Bethel Theological Seminary as a futurist and distinguished lecturer. He is the author of the ECPA Silver Medallion Award-winning book, An Unstoppable Force, and Seizing Your Divine Moment, Uprising: A Revolution of the Soul, and The Barbarian Way.
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