I have learned that faith means trusting in advance what will only make sense in reverse. — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
The church works best not as a power center, rather as a countercultural community - in the world but not of it… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Christians are not perfect, by any means, but they can be people made fully alive. — 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
... the issue is not whether I agree with someone but rather how I treat someone with whom I profoundly disagree. We… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
I have learned that faith means trusting in advance what will make sense only in reverse. — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Grace means that God already loves us as much as an infinite God can possibly love. — 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
