The Bible never belittles human disappointment ... but it does add one key word: temporary. — 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
God must love art because most of the Bible is expressed in the form of story or poetry. — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
In a nutshell, the Bible from Genesis 3 to Revelation 22 tells the story of a God reckless with desire to get… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
We do well to remember that the Bible has far more to say about how to live during the journey than about… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
“In the context of real life, the Bible seems refreshingly whole, an honest reflection on humanity in relation to the sacred and… — 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
“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
I have yet to find any support in the Bible for an attitude of smugness: Ah, they deserve their punishment; watch them… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
I have more appreciation for why the Bible avoids fuzzy psychologisms and says simply to the stealer, "Steal no more," and to… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
You are free to reject God. Make sure that you're really rejecting God, not some caricature of God that the church has… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
The bible never belittles disappointment, but it does add one key word: temporary - What we feel now, we will not always… — 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
“Rejoicing in suffering” does not mean Christians should act happy about tragedy and pain when they feel like crying. Rather, the Bible… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
What I see in the Bible, especially in the book of Psalms, which is a book of gratitude for the created world,… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
“Bear one another’s burdens, the Bible says. It is a lesson about pain that we all can agree on. Some of us… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
“As I have said, the Bible consistently changes the questions we bring to the problem of pain. It rarely, or ambiguously, answers… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
People instinctively know the difference between something done with a profit motive and something done with a love motive. — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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