Erwin Raphael Mcmanus Books : Erwin Raphael McManus is an author, futurist, filmmaker, and fashion designer. He was born on the 28 August, 1958. He is the lead pastor of Mosaic, a megachurch based in Los Angeles. Erwin is a speaker on issues related to postmodernism and postmodern Christianity, and also writes and lectures on culture, identity, change, and other topics. Suffice to note that The name McManus comes from his mother’s second marriage. McManus was not a legal name, but his stepfather’s alias and later was legalized by McManus in adulthood. Erwin Raphael McManus is happily married to Kim McManus
McManus originally studied philosophy at Elon University, before transferring to and graduating, with a B.A., from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He later obtained his M.Div. from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. McManus also received a Doctorate in Humane Letters, an honorary degree, from Southeastern University in Lakeland, Florida. He and his wife Kim have three children.
Erwin Raphael Mcmanus is a gifted writer and a best selling author. About 40% of his income comes from the sale of his books. You can hardly have an encounter with any book by Erwin Raphael Mcmanus and remain the same. Some of the Books of Erwin Raphael Mcmanus include:
- THE LAST ARROW
This book was derived from the story of Elijah and Elisha in the bible, this book by Erwin Raphael McManus gives us a clear understanding of God’s purpose for our lives. It is an inspirational book that gives us the zeal to make those changes in our lives that we have always wanted to make; it challenges us to live a life of purpose. We are advised to live our lives to the fullest.
- WIDE AWAKE
The Future Is Waiting Within You In this book, we are asked by Erwin Raphael McManus, the kind of life we live daily, if we dare to dream big and make moves that we are afraid to make, he asks us if we wake up each day just to do routine activities or actually live to make changes. He dares us to live like our mentor Jesus Christ and be heroic just like Jesus was.
- SOUL CRAVINGS
This book by Erwin Raphael McManus was written to help us understand our souls deepest longings and desires, he helps us understand that our soul craves a connection with God and that’s the whole point of our existence.
- THE GENIUS OF JESUS
In this book, Erwin Raphael McManus defines a genius as that rare expression of human capacity that seems to touch the divine. He makes us understand that Jesus while on earth was a genius and his genius is still yet to be completely understood or explored, he shows us some clues from that can be found in the life of Jesus, because he states that geniuses always leave clues behind.
5. SEIZING YOUR DIVINE MOMENT
In this book, Erwin Raphael McManus talks about the different kinds of life we could live, using the war between the Israelites and the Philistines. He used the life of Joshua and Saul to differentiate between living a purposeful and adventurous life and living a life of missed opportunity and apathy. He teaches us that we all have our special divine moments crafted by God that helps us to be involved in and archive God’s plan for us.
6. THE WAY OF THE WARRIOR: AN ANCIENT PATH TO INNER PEACE
In this book we are made to understand that we stumble upon peace accident tally, it is something we must work for and work toward. This book calls us to take a good look at our lives from the inside out and try to attain spiritual wholeness; the author guides us and helps us to have a deeper understanding of our inner selves in a way that would lead us to the part of peace.
- STAND AGAINST THE WIN: FUEL FOR THE REVOLUTION OF YOUR SOUL
In this book, we were made to understand that in life, we must experience tribulations at one point or the other, but what matters is how we choose to handle these issues and how much we let them affect our lives, and our lives in Christ. We are advised to stand strong with God at all times
- AN UNSTOPPABLE FORCE
In this book, By Erwin Raphael McManus we as the church are advised to change positively as the world is changing speedily. We have been asked to embrace the changes but not let go our main apostolic aim and mission. We are called upon by Erwin Raphael McManus to become a refuge to the world.
- THE BARBARIAN WAY: UNLEASH THE UNTAMED FAITH WITHIN
In this book, we are taught by Erwin Raphael McManus that the path Jesus took while he was here on earth was not an easy one, and that we have not been called to practice a safe religion. The author asks us a very important question he says, if Jesus took the tough way to the cross, is it possible that we his followers would live our lives completely unleashed?
10. UPRISING: A REVOLUTION OF THE SOUL
We are invited to join the revolution, the writer reminders us of the fact that God had a purpose for each and everyone of us before we were created and this purpose has been infused into us. Our talents and skills aren’t random or mistakes, God already made plans for us, we have been asked to tap into our creators plans for us and watch wonder unfold.