Faith Quotes by Philip Yancey

“Where there is no longer any opportunity for doubt, there is no opportunity for faith either.”

— Philip Yancey

I have learned that faith means trusting in advance what will only make sense in reverse.

— Philip Yancey

Doubt always coexists with faith, for in the presence of certainty who would need faith at all?

— Philip Yancey

Faith in God offers no insurance against tragedy.

— Philip Yancey

I have learned that faith means trusting in advance what will make sense only in reverse.

— Philip Yancey

The giants of the faith all had one thing in common: neither victory nor success, but passion.

— Philip Yancey

“Faith means believing in advance what will only make sense in reverse.”

— Philip Yancey

“Faith, I’ve concluded, means believing in advance what will only make sense in reverse.”

— Philip Yancey

True faith does not so much attempt to manipulate God to do our will as it does to position us to do…

— Philip Yancey

Christian faith is... basically about love and being loved and reconciliation. These things are so important, they're foundational and they can transform…

— Philip Yancey

We human beings instinctively regard the seen world as the "real" world and the unseen world as the "unreal" world, but the…

— Philip Yancey

... the core problem with Christians communicating faith: we do not always do so in love. That is an indispensable point to…

— Philip Yancey

“Somehow, that “faith” was what God valued, and it soon became clear that faith was the best way for humans to express…

— Philip Yancey

God does not seem impressed by size or power or wealth. Faith is what he wants, and the heroes who emerge are…

— Philip Yancey

“Sometimes God seemed as close as his wife or children. Sometimes he had no sense of God's presence, no faith to lean…

— Philip Yancey

...to see that God does answer, in great things as well as small, the prayers of those who put their trust in…

— Philip Yancey

If I just think of the churches in my little town here because I've been to every one of them, there are…

— Philip Yancey

I say this with care, but I wonder if a fierce, insistent desire for a miracle - even a physical healing -…

— Philip Yancey

The bible never belittles disappointment, but it does add one key word: temporary - What we feel now, we will not always…

— Philip Yancey

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

— Philip Yancey

“And yet when I wish to explore how faith works, I usually sneak in by the back door of doubt, for I…

— Philip Yancey

Whoever desires to remain faithful to Jesus must communicate faith as he did, not by compelling assent but by presenting it as…

— Philip Yancey

“On a trip to Russia I bought one of those Matryoshka “nested dolls” that break apart at the waist to reveal smaller…

— Philip Yancey

“Where is God when it hurts? We know one answer because God came to earth and showed us. You need only follow…

— Philip Yancey

As I look around on Sunday morning at the people populating the pews, I see the risk that God has assumed. For…

— Philip Yancey

God reproduces and lives out His image in millions of ordinary people like us. It is a supreme mystery. We are called…

— Philip Yancey

If we insist on visible proofs from God, we may well prepare the way for a permanent state of disappointment. True faith…

— Philip Yancey

“Why the delay? Why does God let evil and pain so flagrantly exist, even thrive, on this planet?...He holds back for our…

— Philip Yancey

“Followers of Jesus stake their claim on the firm belief that God will one day heal the planet of pain and death.…

— Philip Yancey

“Family is the one human institution we have no choice over. We get in simply by being born, and as a result…

— Philip Yancey

I am learning that mature faith, which encompasses both simple faith and fidelity, works the opposite of paranoia. It reassembles all the…

— Philip Yancey

Christianity is not a purely intellectual, internal faith. It can only be lived in community.

— Philip Yancey

I have found that living with faith in an unseen world requires constant effort.

— Philip Yancey

The point of the Book of Job is not suffering: where is God When It hurts? The prologue (chapters 1-2) dealt with…

— Philip Yancey

“Faith in God offers no insurance against tragedy. Nor does it offer insurance against feelings of doubt and betrayal. If anything, being…

— Philip Yancey

“Religious faith—for all its problems, despite its maddening tendency to replicate ungrace—lives on because we sense the numinous beauty of a gift…

— Philip Yancey

“…I interviewed ordinary people about prayer. Typically, the results went like this: Is Prayer important to you? Oh, yes. How often to…

— Philip Yancey

A faithful person sees life from the perspective of trust, not fear. Bedrock faith allows me to believe that, despite the chaos…

— Philip Yancey

Faith is not simply a private matter, or something we practice once a week at church. Rather, it should have a contagious…

— Philip Yancey

“God reproduces and lives out His image in millions of ordinary people like us. It is a supreme mystery. We are called…

— Philip Yancey