Hello, this is Erwin Raphael McManus. I'm the lead pastor of Mosaic. Welcome to our podcast.

Thank you for joining us today. I hope this talk inspires you, encourages you, and transforms you,

and that this is just the beginning of a conversation between you and Jesus. Enjoy the message.

So I'm going to tell you a couple things are going on before we dive in to the scriptures today.

I have, by the way, I've been here before. I love this community. I've been here from the very

beginning. We were so excited about when Rich and DC had the vision to plant, and we became a part

of the community that helped invest, and we just believe in you so much. And I'm excited because

I have a brand new book coming out in about a couple of weeks, September 14th. It's called The Genius of Jesus.

I've had the privilege right around 10 books, and I can tell you, I don't think there's a book

that is like this one that's out, because Jesus is so oftentimes overlooked in the scale of

historical geniuses. And I wanted to write a book that would give people who don't believe in God,

people who are really skeptical about Jesus, a fresh way to see Him, and to meet Him. And I wanted

also those of us who are in faith to be able to discover what the genius of Jesus means to our

own life right now. So I'm excited. It comes out September 14th. I would love for you to pre-order

the book, and I would really love for you to read it, and share it with friends. Also, we started a

podcast to kind of parallel with this called The Genius of, and you can go to the Geniusof.com,

and subscribe. I'm interviewing so many of my friends that I've known over the years that have

this unique genius, and the whole theme of the podcast is that every superhero has an origin

story. And so instead of like just asking to teach us what they've learned, I want to hear the

story of what made them who they are. And so it's been a really fun thing. We've got about five or

six of these already in the can, and we're going to be releasing these. So I want to share those

with you. And other than that, I'm just excited to be alive, to be here, and to be my Emmy.

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