We tend to think, 'Life should be fair because God is fair.' But God is not life. And if I confuse God… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Perhaps the most powerful thing Christians can do to communicate to a skeptical world is to live fulfilled lives, exhibiting proof that… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Christians have an important role to play in contending that no human life is "devoid of value." We can do so through… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
If prayer stands as the place where God and human beings meet, then I must learn about prayer. Most of my struggles… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
The Gospels and the rest of the New Testament reflect the life of Jesus, what it means for us & what it… — 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
“I will never be able to reduce life with God to a formula for the same reason I cannot reduce my marriage… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Like all good things, prayer requires some discipline. Yet I believe that life with God should seem more like friendship than duty.… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
“Where did Christians get the reputation as life-squelchers instead of life-enhancers? Jesus himself promised, "I am come that they might have life,… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
My mother believed he would be healed. She counted on God, and the worst thing happened. The impact of that error in… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Life with God is an individual matter, and general formulas do not easily apply. — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
We admit that we will never reach our ideal in this life, a distinctive the church claims that most other human institutions… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Prayer is - not just bowing your head a few times a day, it pervades all of life. — 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
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
“In the context of real life, the Bible seems refreshingly whole, an honest reflection on humanity in relation to the sacred and… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
The surgery of life hurts. It helps me, though, to know that the surgeon himself, the Wounded Surgeon, has felt every stab… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
When suffering happens, it forces us to confront life in a different way than we normally do. — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
The self-sacrificing, servant aspect of the Christian life has many parallels to parenthood. — 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
Dependence, humility, simplicity, cooperation, and a sense of abandon are qualities greatly prized in the spiritual life, but extremely elusive for people… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
“They [Old Testament] taught me about Life with God: not how it is supposed to work, but how it actually does work.” — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Christians fail to communicate to others because we ignore basic principles in relationship. When we make condescending judgments or proclaim lofty words… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
A faithful person sees life from the perspective of trust, not fear. Bedrock faith allows me to believe that, despite the chaos… — 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
