When suffering happens, it forces us to confront life in a different way than we normally do. — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Jesus' response to suffering people and to "nobodies" provides a glimpse into the heart of God. God is not the unmoved Absolute,… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
The point of the Book of Job is not suffering: where is God When It hurts? The prologue (chapters 1-2) dealt with… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Any discussion of how pain and suffering fit into God's scheme ultimately leads back to the cross. — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Who would complain if God allowed one hour of suffering in an entire lifetime of comfort? Why complain about a lifetime that… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
“Those who observe suffering are tempted to reject God; those who experience it often cannot give up on God, their solace and… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
On a small scale, person-to-person, Jesus encountered the kinds of suffering common to all of us. And how did he respond? Avoiding… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Power, no matter how well-intentioned, tends to cause suffering. Love, being vulnerable, absorbs it. In a point of convergence on a hill… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
“Rejoicing in suffering” does not mean Christians should act happy about tragedy and pain when they feel like crying. Rather, the Bible… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
“Virtually every passage on suffering in the New Testament deflects the emphasis from cause to response. Although we cannot grasp the master… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
“It is dangerous and perhaps even unscriptural to torture ourselves by looking for his message in a specific throb of pain, a… — 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
“As I have said, the Bible consistently changes the questions we bring to the problem of pain. It rarely, or ambiguously, answers… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
To some, the image of a pale body glimmering on a dark night whispers of defeat. What good is a God who… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
“We feel pain as an outrage; Jesus did too, which is why he performed miracles of healing. In Gethsemane, he did not… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
“Followers of Jesus stake their claim on the firm belief that God will one day heal the planet of pain and death.… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
“Bear one another’s burdens, the Bible says. It is a lesson about pain that we all can agree on. Some of us… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
“The suffering person faces choices. She can recoil in anger and despair against God. Or she can accept the trial as an… — 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
