... the core problem with Christians communicating faith: we do not always do so in love. That is an indispensable point to… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
People want to go back to those old days, but it's probably not going to happen. — 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
Power can do everything but the most important thing: it cannot control love. — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
By striving to prove how much they deserve God's love, legalists miss the whole point of the gospel, that it is a… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
When I pray for another person, I am praying for God to open my eyes so that I can see that person… — 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
“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
