Being Quote by Philip Yancey Download Open image “The New Testament persistently presses us upward, toward higher motives for being good.” — Philip Yancey ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Being Good Higher Motives New New testament Testament Toward Upward Us
“Humanity is an organism, inherently rejecting all that is deleterious, that is, wrong, and absorbing after trial what is beneficial, that is, right. If… — Andrew Carnegie Copy Share Image
“The New Testament is ubiquitously clear: don’t retaliate with evil for evil; do good to those who hate you; embrace your enemy with a… — Preston Sprinkle Copy Share Image
The gospel points us upward to a God who gave himself for us, backward to the price he paid for our sin, and forward… — J. D. Greear Copy Share Image
In the Old Testament, we are continually told that our good works are not enough, that God has made a provision. This provision is… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
Again, men tell us that our preaching should be positive and not negative, that we can preach the truth without attacking error. But if… — John Gresham Machen Copy Share Image
The teachings of the New Testament are the most valuable guide to the best way to a civil and sustainable society the world has… — Andrew Forrest Copy Share Image
“the New Testament does not talk about human beings furthering or spreading or building up or working for God’s reign. Human efforts to achieve… — John E. Goldingay Copy Share Image
“they believed that the bright, soaring promises of the New Testament could be used as a basis for government; and” — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
“The biblical call on our lives is not to do good randomly and haphazardly. Rather, God calls us to be proactive in doing good… — Zondervan Publishing Copy Share Image
“our real need is not to be “relevant” through new self-styled efforts to morph into a more palatable version of faith. Our need is… — Daniel Henderson Copy Share Image
“any suggestion that God has returned to his Old Testament theocratic mode of operation—as in raising up America as a uniquely favored nation—is not… — Gregory A. Boyd Copy Share Image
The New Testament picks up from the Old the theme that God intends, in the end, to put the whole creation to rights. — Anonymous 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
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I love to fish. I love the peacefulness of being around the water. — Evonne Goolagong Cawley Copy Share Image
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