--- title: "15 Needs Quotes By Philip Yancey" description: "15 Needs quotes by Philip Yancey. Plus more from Philip Yancey and more Needs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/857/philip-yancey-840_church_i-go-to-church-as-an-expression-of-my-ne_196404.png" --- > [I go to church as an expression of my need for God and for God's family.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-yancey/i-go-to-church-as-an-expression-of-my-need-for-god-and-for-god-s/) [Philip Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-yancey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/857/philip-yancey-840_church_i-go-to-church-as-an-expression-of-my-ne_196404.png) > [... we need to reclaim the "goodnewness" of the gospel, and the best place to start is to rediscover the good news ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-yancey/we-need-to-reclaim-the-goodnewness-of-the-gospel-and-the-best-place/) [Philip Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-yancey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/793/philip-yancey-840_best-place_we-need-to-reclaim-the-goodnewness-of-th_2303280.png) > [What a nation needs more than anything else is not a Christian ruler in the palace but a Christian prophet within earshot.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-yancey/what-a-nation-needs-more-than-anything-else-is-not-a-christian-ruler/) [Philip Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-yancey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/797/philip-yancey-840_christian_what-a-nation-needs-more-than-anything-e_759934.png) > [The Christian sees the world as a transitional home badly in need of rehab, and we are active agents in that project.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-yancey/the-christian-sees-the-world-as-a-transitional-home-badly-in-need-of/) [Philip Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-yancey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d8/philip-yancey-840_active_the-christian-sees-the-world-as-a-transi_3057077.png) > [Doubt always coexists with faith, for in the presence of certainty who would need faith at all?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-yancey/doubt-always-coexists-with-faith-for-in-the-presence-of-certainty-who/) [Philip Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-yancey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f39/philip-yancey-840_certainty_doubt-always-coexists-with-faith-for-in_926580.png) > [Never do I see Jesus lecturing people on the need to accept blindness or lameness as an expression of God's secret will;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-yancey/never-do-i-see-jesus-lecturing-people-on-the-need-to-accept-blindness/) [Philip Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-yancey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd9/philip-yancey-840_accepting_never-do-i-see-jesus-lecturing-people-on_2972589.png) > [One who has been touched by grace will no longer look on those who stray as "those evil people" or "those poor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-yancey/one-who-has-been-touched-by-grace-will-no-longer-look-on-those-who/) [Philip Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-yancey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f4/philip-yancey-840_evil_one-who-has-been-touched-by-grace-will-n_1852556.png) > [One of the things I found is that the things we want to say for well-intentioned motives often cause more harm than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-yancey/one-of-the-things-i-found-is-that-the-things-we-want-to-say-for-well/) [Philip Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-yancey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91e/philip-yancey-840_causes_one-of-the-things-i-found-is-that-the-th_859747.png) > [Our confused society badly needs a community of contrast, a counterculture of ordinary pilgrims who insist living a different way. Unlike popular…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-yancey/our-confused-society-badly-needs-a-community-of-contrast-a/) [Philip Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-yancey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c36/philip-yancey-840_attention_our-confused-society-badly-needs-a-commu_2378852.png) > [As the books of Job, Jeremiah, and Habakkuk clearly show, God has a high threshold of tolerance for what appropriate to say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-yancey/as-the-books-of-job-jeremiah-and-habakkuk-clearly-show-god-has-a-high/) [Philip Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-yancey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/144/philip-yancey-840_book_as-the-books-of-job-jeremiah-and-habakku_1815638.png) > [Individuals and societies are not helpless victims of heredity. We have the power to change - not by looking "down" to nature…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-yancey/individuals-and-societies-are-not-helpless-victims-of-heredity-we/) [Philip Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-yancey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83a/philip-yancey-840_christian_individuals-and-societies-are-not-helple_1607572.jpg) > [Christians have an important role to play in contending that no human life is "devoid of value." We can do so through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-yancey/christians-have-an-important-role-to-play-in-contending-that-no-human/) [Philip Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-yancey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/355/philip-yancey-840_approach_christians-have-an-important-role-to-pla_633778.png) > [Capitalism rules worldwide, and a society whose economic fabric depends on constant growth requires that its citizens have ever-expanding needs and wants...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-yancey/capitalism-rules-worldwide-and-a-society-whose-economic-fabric/) [Philip Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-yancey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ae/philip-yancey-840_aquifers_capitalism-rules-worldwide-and-a-society_751821.png) > [Why pray? Evidently, God likes to be asked. God certainly does not need our wisdom or our knowledge, nor even the information…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-yancey/why-pray-evidently-god-likes-to-be-asked-god-certainly-does-not-need/) [Philip Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-yancey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a80/philip-yancey-840_apostles_why-pray-evidently-god-likes-to-be-asked_1401930.jpg) > [Jesus never tried to hide his loneliness and dependence on other people. He chose his disciples not as servants but as friends.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-yancey/jesus-never-tried-to-hide-his-loneliness-and-dependence-on-other/) [Philip Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-yancey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f5/philip-yancey-840_brother_jesus-never-tried-to-hide-his-loneliness_1498205.png) ## Other authors on Needs ## More by Philip Yancey > [“God reproduces and lives out His image in millions of ordinary people like us. It is a supreme mystery. We are called to bear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-yancey/god-reproduces-and-lives-out-his-image-in-millions-of-ordinary-people/) [Philip Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-yancey/) > [Curiously, the righteous Pharisees had little historical impact, save for a brief time in a remote corner of the Roman Empire. But Jesus' disciples…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-yancey/curiously-the-righteous-pharisees-had-little-historical-impact-save/) [Philip Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-yancey/) > [Jesus never met a disease he could not cure, a birth defect he could not reverse, a demon he could not exorcise. But he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-yancey/jesus-never-met-a-disease-he-could-not-cure-a-birth-defect-he-could/) [Philip Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-yancey/) > [Love deems this world worth rescuing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-yancey/love-deems-this-world-worth-rescuing/) [Philip Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-yancey/) > [People instinctively know the difference between something done with a profit motive and something done with a love motive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-yancey/people-instinctively-know-the-difference-between-something-done-with/) [Philip Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-yancey/) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-yancey/in-a-nutshell-the-bible-from-genesis-3-to-revelation-22-tells-the/) [Philip Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-yancey/) > [You can know the law by heart without knowing the heart of it](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-yancey/you-can-know-the-law-by-heart-without-knowing-the-heart-of-it/) [Philip Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-yancey/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-yancey/i-have-marveled-at-and-sometimes-openly-questioned-the-self-restraint/) [Philip Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-yancey/) > [C. S. Lewis observed that almost all crimes of Christian history have come about when religion is confused with politics. Politics, which always runs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-yancey/c-s-lewis-observed-that-almost-all-crimes-of-christian-history-have/) [Philip Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-yancey/) > [Having spent time around "sinners" and also around purported saints, I have a hunch why Jesus spent so much time with the former group:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-yancey/having-spent-time-around-sinners-and-also-around-purported-saints-i/) [Philip Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-yancey/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-yancey/we-preach-sermons-write-books-on-apologetics-conduct-city-wide/) [Philip Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-yancey/) > [I begin with confession not in order to feel miserable, rather to call to mind a reality I often ignore. When I acknowledge where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-yancey/i-begin-with-confession-not-in-order-to-feel-miserable-rather-to-call/) [Philip Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-yancey/) > [Jesus reserved his hardest words for the hidden sins of hypocrisy, pride, greed and legalism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-yancey/jesus-reserved-his-hardest-words-for-the-hidden-sins-of-hypocrisy/) [Philip Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-yancey/) > [“What greater gift could Christians give to the world than the forming of a culture that upholds grace and forgiveness?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-yancey/what-greater-gift-could-christians-give-to-the-world-than-the-forming/) [Philip Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-yancey/) > [“For us who are Christians, the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ is proof positive that love is stronger than hate, that life is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-yancey/for-us-who-are-christians-the-death-and-resurrection-of-jesus-christ/) [Philip Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-yancey/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/needs/philip-yancey/#itemlist", "name": "15 Needs Quotes By Philip Yancey", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I go to church as an expression of my need for God and for God's family.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Philip Yancey" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-yancey/i-go-to-church-as-an-expression-of-my-need-for-god-and-for-god-s/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/857/philip-yancey-840_church_i-go-to-church-as-an-expression-of-my-ne_196404.png", "contentUrl": 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Unlike popular culture, we will lavish attention on the least \"deserving\" in direct opposition to our celebrity culture's emphasis on success, wealth, and beauty.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Philip Yancey" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-yancey/our-confused-society-badly-needs-a-community-of-contrast-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c36/philip-yancey-840_attention_our-confused-society-badly-needs-a-commu_2378852.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c36/philip-yancey-840_attention_our-confused-society-badly-needs-a-commu_2378852.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c36/philip-yancey-840_attention_our-confused-society-badly-needs-a-commu_2378852.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Our confused society badly needs a community of contrast, a counterculture of ordinary pilgrims who insist…” — Philip Yancey", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "As the books of Job, Jeremiah, and Habakkuk clearly show, God has a high threshold of tolerance for what appropriate to say in a prayer. God can \"handle\" my unsuppressed rage. I may well find that my vindictive feelings need God's correction - but only by taking those feelings to God will I have the opportunity for correction and healing.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Philip Yancey" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-yancey/as-the-books-of-job-jeremiah-and-habakkuk-clearly-show-god-has-a-high/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/144/philip-yancey-840_book_as-the-books-of-job-jeremiah-and-habakku_1815638.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/144/philip-yancey-840_book_as-the-books-of-job-jeremiah-and-habakku_1815638.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/144/philip-yancey-840_book_as-the-books-of-job-jeremiah-and-habakku_1815638.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“As the books of Job, Jeremiah, and Habakkuk clearly show, God has a high threshold of tolerance for what…” — Philip Yancey", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Individuals and societies are not helpless victims of heredity. We have the power to change - not by looking \"down\" to nature but \"up\" to God, who consistently calls us forward to become the people we were designed to be. A confused world urgently needs a model of what that looks like. If Christians fail to provide that model, who will?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Philip Yancey" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-yancey/individuals-and-societies-are-not-helpless-victims-of-heredity-we/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83a/philip-yancey-840_christian_individuals-and-societies-are-not-helple_1607572.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83a/philip-yancey-840_christian_individuals-and-societies-are-not-helple_1607572.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83a/philip-yancey-840_christian_individuals-and-societies-are-not-helple_1607572.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Individuals and societies are not helpless victims of heredity. 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The world desperately needs that good news.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Philip Yancey" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-yancey/christians-have-an-important-role-to-play-in-contending-that-no-human/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/355/philip-yancey-840_approach_christians-have-an-important-role-to-pla_633778.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/355/philip-yancey-840_approach_christians-have-an-important-role-to-pla_633778.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/355/philip-yancey-840_approach_christians-have-an-important-role-to-pla_633778.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Christians have an important role to play in contending that no human life is \"devoid of value.\" We can do…” — Philip Yancey", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Capitalism rules worldwide, and a society whose economic fabric depends on constant growth requires that its citizens have ever-expanding needs and wants... 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