Should Quotes by Philip Yancey

12 Should quotes by Philip Yancey

Looking for a fresh perspective on what you ought to do, Philip Yancey offers a compact set of reflections. His twelve short observations blend humor and earnestness, giving you a gentle push toward honest self‑assessment.

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We should do whatever we can to cut through the scum that has grown on our understanding and rediscover freshness.

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We should be asking: How do we respond to a post-Christian society?

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It's too bad prayer comes bundled in a package of 'spiritual disciplines.' Really, we should see prayer as a spiritual privilege. We…

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We tend to think, 'Life should be fair because God is fair.' But God is not life. And if I confuse God…

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One Harlem preacher likens us to the pink plastic spoons at Baskin Robbins: we give the world a foretaste of what lies…

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We should feel dissonance; we are, after all, immortals trapped in mortal surroundings. We lack unity because long ago a gap fissured…

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I think guilt is directional. You should get rid of it, but the way to get rid of it is not to…

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Politics draws lines between people; in contrast, Jesus' love cuts across those lines and dispenses grace. That does not mean, of course,…

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Faith is not simply a private matter, or something we practice once a week at church. Rather, it should have a contagious…

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Like all good things, prayer requires some discipline. Yet I believe that life with God should seem more like friendship than duty.…

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John Wesley taught that the gospel of Christ involved more than saving souls. It should have an impact on all of society,…

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When Jesus came to earth, demons recognized him, the sick flocked to him, and sinners doused his feet and head with perfume.…

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Love deems this world worth rescuing.

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People instinctively know the difference between something done with a profit motive and something done with a love motive.

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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.

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You can know the law by heart without knowing the heart of it

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“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…

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C. S. Lewis observed that almost all crimes of Christian history have come about when religion is confused with politics. Politics, which always runs…

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Having spent time around "sinners" and also around purported saints, I have a hunch why Jesus spent so much time with the former group:…

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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…

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