I do not get to know God and then do His will. I get to know Him by doing His will. — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
We can’t expect the nation to operate by Christian principles… but we can expect this of the church. — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Grace means that God already loves us as much as an infinite God can possibly love. — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
I have learned that faith means trusting in advance what will make sense only in reverse. — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
We're concerned with how things turn out; God seems more concerned with how we turn out. — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
When I am tempted to complain about God's lack of presence, I remind myself that God has much more reason to complain… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Be salt, and a little bit of salt keeps the whole society from going rancid. — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
I have learned that faith means trusting in advance what will only make sense in reverse. — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
If Jesus had never lived, we would not have been able to invent him. — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
People want to go back to those old days, but it's probably not going to happen. — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
No one ever converted to Christianity because they lost the argument. — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Goodness cannot be imposed externally, from the top down; it must grow internally, from the bottom up. — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
The deadening part of Bible study is when you think you've already got it all figured out. — 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
“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
