Jesus tended to honor the losers of this world, not the winners. Our modern culture extravagantly rewards beauty, athletic skill, wealth, and… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Most observers understand the difference between a committed Christian who accepts Jesus as a model for living and a 'cultural Christian' who… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
We are all trophies of God's grace, some more dramatically than others; Jesus came for the sick and not the well, for… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
The world says you gain your life by getting more and more and more and more, but Jesus says, 'No, that leads… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
What you and I think about Jesus and how we respond to Him will determine our destiny for all eternity. — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Jesus gave us a model for the work of the church at the Last Supper. While his disciples kept proposing more organization… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
In the move The Last Emperor, the young child anointed as the last emperor of China lives a magical life of luxury… — 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
Yet as I read the birth stories about Jesus I cannot help but conclude that though the world may be tilted toward… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
In the stories of extravagant grace given to us by Jesus, there are no loopholes disqualifying us from God's love. — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
If Jesus had never lived, we would not have been able to invent him. — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Jesus is the best clue we have as to what God is like and He is consistently gracious and merciful, especially to… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
The camera follows a young woman as she makes her way through the stands to an area set aside for repentance and… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
A philosophy may explain difficult things, but has no power to change them. The gospel, the story of Jesus' life, promises change. — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Never do I see Jesus lecturing people on the need to accept blindness or lameness as an expression of God's secret will;… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Politics draws lines between people; in contrast, Jesus' love cuts across those lines and dispenses grace. That does not mean, of course,… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Jesus did not give the parables to teach us how to live. He gave them, I believe, to correct our notions about… — 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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