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Stories Quotes by Philip Yancey
- I once heard a theologian remark that in the Gospels people approached Jesus with a question 183 times whereas he replied with a direct answer…
- In the stories of extravagant grace given to us by Jesus, there are no loopholes disqualifying us from God's love.
- Yet as I read the birth stories about Jesus I cannot help but conclude that though the world may be tilted toward the rich and…
- I have come to know a God who has a soft spot for rebels, who recruits people like the adulterer David, the whiner Jeremiah, the…
- A philosophy may explain difficult things, but has no power to change them. The gospel, the story of Jesus' life, promises change.
- 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.
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