Having spent time around "sinners" and also around purported saints, I have a hunch why Jesus spent so much time with the… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
“I fell in love. It felt exactly like a fall, a head-over-heels tumble into a state of unbearable lightness. The earth tilted… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
The deadening part of Bible study is when you think you've already got it all figured out. — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
We tend to think, 'Life should be fair because God is fair.' But God is not life. And if I confuse God… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
If I just think of the churches in my little town here because I've been to every one of them, there are… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Sociologists have a theory of the looking-glass self: You become what the most important person in your life (wife, father, boss, etc.)… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Forgiveness is the only way to break the cycle of blame-and pain-in a relationship...It does not settle all questions of blame and… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
People who think they are free eventually end up slaves to their own desires, and those who give their freedom away to… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Pain narrows vision. The most private of sensations, it forces us to think of ourselves and little else. — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
My mother believed he would be healed. She counted on God, and the worst thing happened. The impact of that error in… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
What you and I think about Jesus and how we respond to Him will determine our destiny for all eternity. — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
I think God isn't interested in intervening every time some little bad thing happens. God is interested in getting the message of… — 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
