And perhaps, exhibiting the fruit of the Spirit may be our very best defense against a materialist view of mankind here on… — 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
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
God's visit to earth took place in an animal shelter with no attendants present and nowhere to lay the newborn king but… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
God operates by different rules of time and space. And God's infinite greatness, which we would expect to diminish us, actually makes… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
The church works best not as a power center, rather as a countercultural community - in the world but not of it… — 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
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
“I fell in love. It felt exactly like a fall, a head-over-heels tumble into a state of unbearable lightness. The earth tilted… — 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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