“I will never be able to reduce life with God to a formula for the same reason I cannot reduce my marriage… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Like all good things, prayer requires some discipline. Yet I believe that life with God should seem more like friendship than duty.… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Life with God is an individual matter, and general formulas do not easily apply. — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
“I believe Christians walk a mental tightrope and are in constant danger of falling in one of two directions. On this subject,… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
“They [Old Testament] taught me about Life with God: not how it is supposed to work, but how it actually does work.” — 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
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