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
salt littles bits
Be salt, and a little bit of salt keeps the whole society from going rancid.
understanding true-understanding exposed
Misunderstanding must be nakedly exposed before true understanding can begin to flourish.
christian important individual
Christian faith is... basically about love and being loved and reconciliation. These things are so important, they're foundational and they can transform individuals, families.
wise watches world
A God wise enough to create me and the world I live in is wise enough to watch out for me.
reality order perfect
I begin with confession not in order to feel miserable, rather to call to mind a reality I often ignore. When I acknowledge where I stand before a perfect God, it restores the true state of the universe. Confession simply establishes the proper ground rules of creatures relating to their creator.
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.
lonely angel justice
Love was compressed for all history in that lonely figure on the cross, who said that he could call down angels at any moment on a rescue mission, but chose not to - because of us. At Calvary, God accepted his own unbreakable terms of justice.
healing giving grace
We respond to healing grace by giving it away.
jesus heart people
Jesus' response to suffering people and to "nobodies" provides a glimpse into the heart of God. God is not the unmoved Absolute, but rather the Loving One who draws near.
prayer doe answers
...to see that God does answer, in great things as well as small, the prayers of those who put their trust in Him will strengthen the faith of multitudes.
pain thinking vision
Pain narrows vision. The most private of sensations, it forces us to think of ourselves and little else.
running firsts encounters
I never see God. I seldom run into visual clues that remind me of God unless I am looking. The act of looking, the pursuit itself, makes possible the encounter. For this reason, Christianity has always insisted that trust and obedience come first, and knowledge follows.
believe littles changed
We whine about things we have little control over; we lament what we believe ought to be changed.