We admit that we will never reach our ideal in this life, a distinctive the church claims that most other human institutions… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
We human beings instinctively regard the seen world as the "real" world and the unseen world as the "unreal" world, but the… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
The Bible never belittles human disappointment ... but it does add one key word: temporary. — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
If prayer stands as the place where God and human beings meet, then I must learn about prayer. — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Human beings do not readily admit desperation. When they do, the kingdom of heaven draws near — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Across time and generations, books carry the thoughts and feelings, the essence, of the human spirit. — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
I have come to know a God who has a soft spot for rebels, who recruits people like the adulterer David, the… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Augustine started from God's grace and got it right, Pelagius started from human effort and got it wrong. Augustine passionately pursued God;… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
As I read the Bible, it seems clear that God satisfies his "eternal appetite" by loving individual human beings. I imagine He… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
If prayer stands as the place where God and human beings meet, then I must learn about prayer. Most of my struggles… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Charles Williams has said of the Lord's Prayer, "No word in English carries a greater possibility of terror than the little word… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
To some, the image of a pale body glimmering on a dark night whispers of defeat. What good is a God who… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Christians have an important role to play in contending that no human life is "devoid of value." We can do so through… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
“I fell in love. It felt exactly like a fall, a head-over-heels tumble into a state of unbearable lightness. The earth tilted… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Thunderously, inarguably, the Sermon on the Mount proves that before God we all stand on level ground: murderers and temper-throwers, adulterers and… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
“God reproduces and lives out His image in millions of ordinary people like us. It is a supreme mystery. We are called to bear… — Philip Yancey Copy Share
Curiously, the righteous Pharisees had little historical impact, save for a brief time in a remote corner of the Roman Empire. But Jesus' disciples… — Philip Yancey Copy Share
Jesus never met a disease he could not cure, a birth defect he could not reverse, a demon he could not exorcise. But he… — Philip Yancey Copy Share
People instinctively know the difference between something done with a profit motive and something done with a love motive. — Philip Yancey Copy Share
In a nutshell, the Bible from Genesis 3 to Revelation 22 tells the story of a God reckless with desire to get his family back. — Philip Yancey Copy Share
“I have marveled at, and sometimes openly questioned, the self-restraint God has shown throughout history, allowing the Genghis Khans and the Hitlers and the… — Philip Yancey Copy Share
C. S. Lewis observed that almost all crimes of Christian history have come about when religion is confused with politics. Politics, which always runs… — Philip Yancey Copy Share
Having spent time around "sinners" and also around purported saints, I have a hunch why Jesus spent so much time with the former group:… — Philip Yancey Copy Share
We preach sermons, write books on apologetics, conduct city-wide evangelistic campaigns. For those alienated from the church, that approach no longer has the same… — Philip Yancey Copy Share
I begin with confession not in order to feel miserable, rather to call to mind a reality I often ignore. When I acknowledge where… — Philip Yancey Copy Share
Jesus reserved his hardest words for the hidden sins of hypocrisy, pride, greed and legalism. — Philip Yancey Copy Share
“What greater gift could Christians give to the world than the forming of a culture that upholds grace and forgiveness?” — Philip Yancey Copy Share
“For us who are Christians, the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ is proof positive that love is stronger than hate, that life is… — Philip Yancey Copy Share
