In a nutshell, the Bible from Genesis 3 to Revelation 22 tells the story of a God reckless with desire to get… — 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
In the stories of extravagant grace given to us by Jesus, there are no loopholes disqualifying us from God's love. — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
God must love art because most of the Bible is expressed in the form of story or poetry. — 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
Grace does not depend on what we have done for God but rather what God has done for us. Ask people what… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
The Quakers have a saying: "An enemy is one whose story we have not heard." To communicate to post-Christians, I must first… — 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
I have come to know a God who has a soft spot for rebels, who recruits people like the adulterer David, the… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
I once heard a theologian remark that in the Gospels people approached Jesus with a question 183 times whereas he replied with… — 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
