The promise of pleasures so alluring that we may devote our lives to their pursuit, and then the haunting realization that these… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
By focusing too myopically on what we want God to do on our behalf, we may miss the significance of what he… — 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
Whatever else we may say about it, the atonement fulfills the Jewish principle that only one who has been hurt can forgive.… — 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
I doubt God keeps track of how many arguments we win; God may indeed keep track of how well we love. — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
And perhaps, exhibiting the fruit of the Spirit may be our very best defense against a materialist view of mankind here on… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
The Cross of Christ may have overcome evil, but it did not overcome unfairness. For that, Easter is required. — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Prayer may seem at first like disengagement, a reflective time to consider God's point of view. But that vantage presses us back… — 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
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
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
As the books of Job, Jeremiah, and Habakkuk clearly show, God has a high threshold of tolerance for what appropriate to say… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Capitalism rules worldwide, and a society whose economic fabric depends on constant growth requires that its citizens have ever-expanding needs and wants...… — 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
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
It took time for the church to come to terms with the ignominy of the cross. Church fathers forbade its depiction in… — 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
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
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
People instinctively know the difference between something done with a profit motive and something done with a love motive. — Philip Yancey Copy Share
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
“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
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
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
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
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
Jesus reserved his hardest words for the hidden sins of hypocrisy, pride, greed and legalism. — Philip Yancey Copy Share
“What greater gift could Christians give to the world than the forming of a culture that upholds grace and forgiveness?” — Philip Yancey Copy Share
“For us who are Christians, the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ is proof positive that love is stronger than hate, that life is… — Philip Yancey Copy Share
