Best Philip Yancey Quotations
- Jesus never met a disease he could not cure, a birth defect he could not reverse, a demon he could not exorcise. But he did… Act
- Rather, God has commissioned us as agents of intervention in the midst of a hostile and broken world. Agents
- The things, good Lord, that we pray for, give us the grace to labour for', as Sir Thomas More expressed it. The inner voice of… Action
- I doubt God keeps track of how many arguments we win; God may indeed keep track of how well we love. Argument
- He (Job) did not seek the Giver because of His gifts; when all gifts were removed he still sought the Giver. All
- Christianity is not a purely intellectual, internal faith. It can only be lived in community. Christianity
- The presence of another caring person doubles the amount of pain a person can endure, Amount
- When we ignore the world outside the walls we suffer-as does it. Doe
- Life with God is an individual matter, and general formulas do not easily apply. Apply
- We whine about things we have little control over; we lament what we believe ought to be changed. Believe
- On a small scale, person-to-person, Jesus encountered the kinds of suffering common to all of us. And how did he respond? Avoiding philosophical theories and… Afflicted
- Jesus gave us a model for the work of the church at the Last Supper. While his disciples kept proposing more organization - Hey, let's… Basin
- Jesus tended to honor the losers of this world, not the winners. Our modern culture extravagantly rewards beauty, athletic skill, wealth, and artistic achievement, qualities… Achievement
- The world says you gain your life by getting more and more and more and more, but Jesus says, 'No, that leads to death. You… Death
- Most observers understand the difference between a committed Christian who accepts Jesus as a model for living and a 'cultural Christian' who happens to live… Accepting
- We can’t expect the nation to operate by Christian principles… but we can expect this of the church. Christian
- When he lived on earth, [Jesus] surrounded himself with ordinary people who misunderstood him, failed to exercise much spiritual power, and sometimes behaved like churlish… Behaved
- Never do I see Jesus lecturing people on the need to accept blindness or lameness as an expression of God's secret will; rather, he healed… Accept
- The only thing harder than forgiveness is the alternative. Alternative
- God's visit to earth took place in an animal shelter with no attendants present and nowhere to lay the newborn king but a feed trough.… Angel
- We deserve punishment and get forgiveness; we deserve God’s wrath and get God’s love. Deserve
- I have come to know a God of compassion and mercy and love. Compassion
- What I see in the Bible, especially in the book of Psalms, which is a book of gratitude for the created world, is a recognition… All
- The self-sacrificing, servant aspect of the Christian life has many parallels to parenthood. Aspect
- Grace is the most perplexing, powerful force in the universe, and, I believe, the only hope for our twisted, violent planet. Believe
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