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...
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CountryUnited States of America
Philip Yancey quotes about
complaining reason tempted
When I am tempted to complain about God's lack of presence, I remind myself that God has much more reason to complain about my lack of presence.
jesus philosophical healing
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 theological lessons, he reached out with healing and compassion. He forgave sin, healed the afflicted, cast out evil, and even overcame death.
hard-work people community
We often surround ourselves with the people we most want to live with, thus forming a club or clique, not a community. Anyone can form a club; it takes grace, shared vision, and hard work to form a community.
debtors giver universe
There is but one true Giver in the universe; all else are debtors.
pain grace scandal
The problem of pain meets its match in the scandal of grace.
christian palaces needs
What a nation needs more than anything else is not a Christian ruler in the palace but a Christian prophet within earshot.
understanding true-understanding exposed
Misunderstanding must be nakedly exposed before true understanding can begin to flourish.
promise realization haunting
The promise of pleasures so alluring that we may devote our lives to their pursuit, and then the haunting realization that these pleasures ultimately do not satisfy.
love-is evil-people grace
One who has been touched by grace will no longer look on those who stray as "those evil people" or "those poor people who need our help." Nor must we search for signs of "loveworthiness." Grace teaches us that God loves because of who God is, not because of who we are.
water grace flow
Grace, like water, flows to the lowest part.
christian sin angry
Christians get very angry toward other Christians who sin differently than they do.
jesus birth-defects grace
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 meet skeptics he could not convince and sinners he could not convert. Forgiveness of sins requires an act of will on the receiver's part, and some who heard Jesus' strongest words about grace and forgiveness turned away unrepentant.
expression church needs
I go to church as an expression of my need for God and for God's family.
heart surrender power-of-love
At the heart of the gospel is a God who deliberately surrenders to the wild, irresistable power of love.