What you and I think about Jesus and how we respond to Him will determine our destiny for all eternity. — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
In the stories of extravagant grace given to us by Jesus, there are no loopholes disqualifying us from God's love. — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
All of the images of Jesus and of the kingdom are small things: be a light in the darkness. — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
If Jesus had never lived, we would not have been able to invent him. — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Jesus reserved his hardest words for the hidden sins of hypocrisy, pride, greed and legalism. — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
The Gospels and the rest of the New Testament reflect the life of Jesus, what it means for us & what it… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Jesus did not give the parables to teach us how to live. He gave them, I believe, to correct our notions about… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
The world says you gain your life by getting more and more and more and more, but Jesus says, 'No, that leads… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
We, Jesus' followers, are the agents assigned to carry out God's will on earth. Too easily we expect God to do something… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Jesus was a master of grace: he attracted sinners and moral outcasts even as he offended the religious and responsible people of… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Jesus tended to honor the losers of this world, not the winners. Our modern culture extravagantly rewards beauty, athletic skill, wealth, and… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Yet as I read the birth stories about Jesus I cannot help but conclude that though the world may be tilted toward… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Most observers understand the difference between a committed Christian who accepts Jesus as a model for living and a 'cultural Christian' who… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
When Jesus came to earth, demons recognized him, the sick flocked to him, and sinners doused his feet and head with perfume.… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Jesus never tried to hide his loneliness and dependence on other people. He chose his disciples not as servants but as friends.… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Jesus never met a disease he could not cure, a birth defect he could not reverse, a demon he could not exorcise.… — 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
Jesus represents a point of common ground an esteemed rabbi to the Jew, a god to the Hindu, an enlightened one to… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Having spent time around "sinners" and also around purported saints, I have a hunch why Jesus spent so much time with the… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
I once heard a theologian remark that in the Gospels people approached Jesus with a question 183 times whereas he replied with… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Jesus is the best clue we have as to what God is like and He is consistently gracious and merciful, especially to… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
In the move The Last Emperor, the young child anointed as the last emperor of China lives a magical life of luxury… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Jesus' response to suffering people and to "nobodies" provides a glimpse into the heart of God. God is not the unmoved Absolute,… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
When he lived on earth, [Jesus] surrounded himself with ordinary people who misunderstood him, failed to exercise much spiritual power, and sometimes… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Grace does not depend on what we have done for God but rather what God has done for us. Ask people what… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Jesus announced a great reversal of values in His Sermon on the Mount, elevating not the rich or attractive, but rather the… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Power, no matter how well-intentioned, tends to cause suffering. Love, being vulnerable, absorbs it. In a point of convergence on a hill… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
If my activism, however well-motivated, drives out love, then I have misunderstood Jesus’ gospel. I am stuck with law, not the gospel… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
A philosophy may explain difficult things, but has no power to change them. The gospel, the story of Jesus' life, promises change. — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Perhaps the most powerful thing Christians can do to communicate to a skeptical world is to live fulfilled lives, exhibiting proof that… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
[...]women much like this prostitute fled toward Jesus, not away from him. The worse a person felt about herself, the more likely… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Never do I see Jesus lecturing people on the need to accept blindness or lameness as an expression of God's secret will;… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Whoever desires to remain faithful to Jesus must communicate faith as he did, not by compelling assent but by presenting it as… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Faith is not simply a private matter, or something we practice once a week at church. Rather, it should have a contagious… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Politics draws lines between people; in contrast, Jesus' love cuts across those lines and dispenses grace. That does not mean, of course,… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
On a small scale, person-to-person, Jesus encountered the kinds of suffering common to all of us. And how did he respond? Avoiding… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Jesus gave us a model for the work of the church at the Last Supper. While his disciples kept proposing more organization… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
We are all trophies of God's grace, some more dramatically than others; Jesus came for the sick and not the well, for… — 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
![“[Jesus] invoked a different kind of power: love, not coercion.” quote by Philip Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/400/philip-yancey-840_coercion_jesus-invoked-a-different-kind-of-power_1625197.png)
![“The Old Testament anticipates [Jesus] all the way through.” quote by Philip Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/fae/philip-yancey-840_anticipate_the-old-testament-anticipates-jesus-all_2741240.png)
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