If God consistently sent lightning bolts in response to bad doctrine, our planet would sparkle nightly like a Christmas tree. — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
When the world asks if there is any hope, we can say absolutely! No one is exempt from tragedy or disappointment- God… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
The people who related to God best--Abraham, Moses, David, Isaiah, Jeremiah--treated him with startling familiarity. They talked to God as if he… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
If we insist on visible proofs from God, we may well prepare the way for a permanent state of disappointment. True faith… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
One of the things I found is that the things we want to say for well-intentioned motives often cause more harm than… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
If we comprehend what Christ has done for us, then surely out of gratitude we will strive to live 'worthy' of such… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Sociologists have a theory of the looking-glass self: You become what the most important person in your life (wife, father, boss, etc.)… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
If prayer stands as the place where God and human beings meet, then I must learn about prayer. — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Who would complain if God allowed one hour of suffering in an entire lifetime of comfort? Why complain about a lifetime that… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
If God doesn't want something for me, I shouldn't want it either. Spending time in meditative prayer, getting to know God, helps… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Individuals and societies are not helpless victims of heredity. We have the power to change - not by looking "down" to nature… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
What would a church look like that created space for quietness, that bucked the celebrity trend and unplugged from noisy media, that… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
I say this with care, but I wonder if a fierce, insistent desire for a miracle - even a physical healing -… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
The uncommitted share many of our core values, but if we do not live out those values in a compelling way, we… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Someone asked the Swiss physician & author Paul Tournier how he helped his patients get rid of their fears. He replied, 'I… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
If God doesn't want something for me, then I shouldn't want it either. — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Thanks to the scientific method, most people in "developed" countries have an outlook of mild deism. We assume things like weather and… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Indeed we are all in peril if the flawed messenger invalidates the message. — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
If Jesus had never lived, we would not have been able to invent him. — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
If your church conveys that spirit of condescension or judgment, it's likely not a place where grace is on tap. — 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
