The world thirsts for grace. When grace descends, the world falls silent before it. — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Henri Nouwen says, "When we come to realize that ... only God saves, then we are free to serve, then we can… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
The borderlanders are people who are kind of caught in the middle. They think there must be another world out there. There… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Faith is not simply a private matter, or something we practice once a week at church. Rather, it should have a contagious… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Jesus tended to honor the losers of this world, not the winners. Our modern culture extravagantly rewards beauty, athletic skill, wealth, and… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
prayer, and only prayer, restores my vision to one that more resembles God's. i awake from blindness to see that wealth lurks… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
The world says you gain your life by getting more and more and more and more, but Jesus says, 'No, that leads… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
For me, the world of nature bears spectacular witness to the imaginative genius of our Creator. — 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
Rather, God has commissioned us as agents of intervention in the midst of a hostile and broken world. — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Christians fail to communicate to others because we ignore basic principles in relationship. When we make condescending judgments or proclaim lofty words… — 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
The Christian sees the world as a transitional home badly in need of rehab, and we are active agents in that project. — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
The world is not against you, but the world is a place where bad things happen. It's just true. Airlines crash, people… — 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
