Christians Quotes by Philip Yancey

11 Christians quotes by Philip Yancey

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Philip Yancey’s storytelling flair is trimmed down to eleven short quotes that still echo his curiosity and compassion toward faith. They’re perfect for a quick, thoughtful read.

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Christians are not perfect, by any means, but they can be people made fully alive.

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Often, it seems, we're [Christians] perceived more as guilt dispensers than as grace dispensers.

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I ask God most often that we would be an unbroken line of Christians until Christ shall return.

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Christians get very angry toward other Christians who sin differently than they do.

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Christians are simply pilgrims who acknowledge their lostness and their desire for help in finding the way.

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In China, where you can be arrested and imprisoned for your faith, getting together with other Christians is a lifeline and you'll…

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“A clear pattern soon emerged, as demonstrated by many polls: the more prominently Christians entered the political arena, the more negatively they…

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“The storm laid bare an unmistakable truth. More and more Christians have decided that the only way to reconquer America is through…

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Christians fail to communicate to others because we ignore basic principles in relationship. When we make condescending judgments or proclaim lofty words…

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Christians have an important role to play in contending that no human life is "devoid of value." We can do so through…

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Individuals and societies are not helpless victims of heredity. We have the power to change - not by looking "down" to nature…

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Love deems this world worth rescuing.

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People instinctively know the difference between something done with a profit motive and something done with a love motive.

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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.

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You can know the law by heart without knowing the heart of it

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“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…

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C. S. Lewis observed that almost all crimes of Christian history have come about when religion is confused with politics. Politics, which always runs…

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Having spent time around "sinners" and also around purported saints, I have a hunch why Jesus spent so much time with the former group:…

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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…

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