Humans Quotes by Philip Yancey

Prayer is a place where God and humans meet.

— Philip Yancey

The Bible never belittles human disappointment ... but it does add one key word: temporary.

— Philip Yancey

If prayer stands as the place where God and human beings meet, then I must learn about prayer.

— Philip Yancey

Human beings do not readily admit desperation. When they do, the kingdom of heaven draws near

— Philip Yancey

Across time and generations, books carry the thoughts and feelings, the essence, of the human spirit.

— Philip Yancey

We admit that we will never reach our ideal in this life, a distinctive the church claims that most other human institutions…

— 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

If prayer stands as the place where God and human beings meet, then I must learn about prayer. Most of my struggles…

— Philip Yancey

I have come to know a God who has a soft spot for rebels, who recruits people like the adulterer David, the…

— Philip Yancey

Augustine started from God's grace and got it right, Pelagius started from human effort and got it wrong. Augustine passionately pursued God;…

— Philip Yancey

As I read the Bible, it seems clear that God satisfies his "eternal appetite" by loving individual human beings. I imagine He…

— Philip Yancey

Thunderously, inarguably, the Sermon on the Mount proves that before God we all stand on level ground: murderers and temper-throwers, adulterers and…

— Philip Yancey

Charles Williams has said of the Lord's Prayer, "No word in English carries a greater possibility of terror than the little word…

— Philip Yancey

To some, the image of a pale body glimmering on a dark night whispers of defeat. What good is a God who…

— Philip Yancey

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

— Philip Yancey

“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