Philip Yancey
Philip Yancey
Philip Yanceyis an American Christian author. Fourteen million copies of his books have been sold worldwide, making him one of the best-selling evangelical Christian authors. Two of his books have won the ECPA's Christian Book of the Year Award: The Jesus I Never Knew in 1996, What's So Amazing About Grace? in 1998. He is published by Zondervan Publishing and Hachette...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
CountryUnited States of America
Philip Yancey quotes about
salt littles bits
Be salt, and a little bit of salt keeps the whole society from going rancid.
jesus light darkness
All of the images of Jesus and of the kingdom are small things: be a light in the darkness.
cutting understanding scum
We should do whatever we can to cut through the scum that has grown on our understanding and rediscover freshness.
jesus way old-testament
The Old Testament anticipates [Jesus] all the way through.
knowing-god knows
I do not get to know God and then do His will. I get to know Him by doing His will.
reflecting-back mirrors church
All too often the church holds up a mirror reflecting back the society around it, rather than a window revealing a different way.
kingdoms revolution violent
Whatever else it is, the kingdom of God is decidedly not a call to violent revolution.
why-not naked acknowledge
God already knows the naked truth about us, of course. Why not acknowledge it?
jesus destiny thinking
What you and I think about Jesus and how we respond to Him will determine our destiny for all eternity.
spiritual humility people
Dependence, humility, simplicity, cooperation, and a sense of abandon are qualities greatly prized in the spiritual life, but extremely elusive for people who live in comfort.
jesus pride hypocrisy
Jesus reserved his hardest words for the hidden sins of hypocrisy, pride, greed and legalism.
christian religious brother
In the move The Last Emperor, the young child anointed as the last emperor of China lives a magical life of luxury with a thousand eunuch servants at his command. "What happens when you do wrong?" his brother asks. "When I do wrong, someone else is punished," the boy emperor replies. To demonstrate, he breaks a jar, and one of the servants is beaten. In Christian theology, Jesus reversed that ancient pattern: when the servants erred, the King was punished. Grace is free only because the giver himself has borned the cost.
spiritual turns concerned
We're concerned with how things turn out; God seems more concerned with how we turn out.
nice people theologian
O God, make the bad people good, and the good people nice