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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god mysterious outrage
God endorses the confusion and even outrage that we feel when mysterious things happen.
gods
In some ways, evil is backhanded proof of Gods existence.
caught church either god people turned wary whatever wounded
The borderlanders are people who are kind of caught in the middle. They think there must be another world out there. There probably is a God, but they are either turned off by the church or wounded by the church or wary of the church for whatever reason.
against caricature church free god includes reject rejecting respect shown sure
You are free to reject God. Make sure that you're really rejecting God, not some caricature of God that the church has shown you. But I, one, respect a God who not only allows us to reject Him but includes the arguments we can use against Him in the Bible. I respect that.
bad exercise gain god good package points spiritual
It's too bad prayer comes bundled in a package of 'spiritual disciplines.' Really, we should see prayer as a spiritual privilege. We don't do it as a callisthenic exercise to gain points with God; we do it, because it is good for us in every way.
mean grace god-love
Grace means there is nothing we can do to make God love us more . . . And grace means there is nothing we can do to make God love us less
god jobs giver
He (Job) did not seek the Giver because of His gifts; when all gifts were removed he still sought the Giver.
knowing-god knows
I do not get to know God and then do His will. I get to know Him by doing His will.
prayer pool gods-love
Prayer enters the pool of God's love and widens outward.
punishment wrath serving-god
We deserve punishment and get forgiveness; we deserve God’s wrath and get God’s love.
god people boss
The people who related to God best--Abraham, Moses, David, Isaiah, Jeremiah--treated him with startling familiarity. They talked to God as if he were sitting in a chair beside them, as one might talk to a counselor, a boss, a parent, or a lover. They treated him like a person.
suffering tragedy faith-in-god
Faith in God offers no insurance against tragedy.
people who-god-is who-we-are
God loves people because of who God is, not because of who we are.
As a nonparent, I stand in awe of parents.