Calvary Quote by Philip Yancey

“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

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

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

Love deems this world worth rescuing.

— Philip Yancey

People instinctively know the difference between something done with a profit motive and something done with a love motive.

— Philip Yancey

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

You can know the law by heart without knowing the heart of it

— Philip Yancey

“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

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

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

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

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