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
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
“Contrary to nature’s rule of “survival of the fittest,” we humans measure civilization by how we respond to the most vulnerable and… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Whatever makes us feel superior to other people, whatever tempts us to convey a sense of superiority, that is the gravity of… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
We, Jesus' followers, are the agents assigned to carry out God's will on earth. Too easily we expect God to do something… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
For me, the world of nature bears spectacular witness to the imaginative genius of our Creator. — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Unless we love natural goods - sex, alcohol, food, money, success, power - in the way God intended, we become their slaves,… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
God's visit to earth took place in an animal shelter with no attendants present and nowhere to lay the newborn king but… — 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
Nature was one of the key forces that brought me back to God, for I wanted to know the Artist responsible for… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
“The fact that Jesus came to earth where he suffered and died does not remove pain from our lives. But it does… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
When Jesus came to earth, demons recognized him, the sick flocked to him, and sinners doused his feet and head with perfume.… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
“C. S. Lewis introduced the phrase “pain, the megaphone of God.” “God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience,… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
“Where is God when it hurts? We know one answer because God came to earth and showed us. You need only follow… — 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