“Where did Christians get the reputation as life-squelchers instead of life-enhancers? Jesus himself promised, "I am come that they might have life,… — 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
“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
“Faith in God offers no insurance against tragedy. Nor does it offer insurance against feelings of doubt and betrayal. If anything, being… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
I ask God most often that we would be an unbroken line of Christians until Christ shall return. — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
No one ever converted to Christianity because they lost the argument. — 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
... we need to reclaim the "goodnewness" of the gospel, and the best place to start is to rediscover the good news ourselves. — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
“A grace-full Christian is one who looks at the world through “grace-tinted lenses.” — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Often, it seems, we're [Christians] perceived more as guilt dispensers than as grace dispensers. — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
... the issue is not whether I agree with someone but rather how I treat someone with whom I profoundly disagree. We… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
... the core problem with Christians communicating faith: we do not always do so in love. That is an indispensable point to… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Christians fail to communicate to others because we ignore basic principles in relationship. When we make condescending judgments or proclaim lofty words… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
“The atheistic philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche was once asked what made him so negative toward Christians. He replied, “I would believe in their… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
I never see God. I seldom run into visual clues that remind me of God unless I am looking. The act of… — 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
By striving to prove how much they deserve God's love, legalists miss the whole point of the gospel, that it is a… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
... the approach of admitting our errors, besides being most true to a gospel of grace, is also most effective at expressing… — 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
“A clear pattern soon emerged, as demonstrated by many polls: the more prominently Christians entered the political arena, the more negatively they… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
“The storm laid bare an unmistakable truth. More and more Christians have decided that the only way to reconquer America is through… — 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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