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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heartfelt grace favors
Grace is heartfelt, tinged with love, a spillover gift of the God who extended undeserved favor toward us.
grace church spirit
If your church conveys that spirit of condescension or judgment, it's likely not a place where grace is on tap.
free-gifts hands grace
Grace is a free gift of God, but to receive a gift you must have open hands.
humility grace prerequisites
... learning humility is a prerequisite for grace.
christian water grace
Christians fail to communicate to others because we ignore basic principles in relationship. When we make condescending judgments or proclaim lofty words that don't translate into action, or simply speak without first listening, we fail to love - and thus deter a thirsty world from Living Water. The good news about God's grace goes unheard.
christian grace guilt
Often, it seems, we're [Christians] perceived more as guilt dispensers than as grace dispensers.
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
grace pharisees entitlement
Whenever faith seems an entitlement, or a measuring rod, we cast our lots with the Pharisees and grace softly slips away.
land safety grace
Thunderously, inarguably, the Sermon on the Mount proves that before God we all stand on level ground: murderers and temper-throwers, adulterers and lusters, thieves and coveters. We are all desperate, and that is in fact the only state appropriate to a human being who wants to know God. Having fallen from the absolute Ideal, we have nowhere to land but in the safety net of absolute grace.
opposites grace holiness
Repentance, not proper behavior or even holiness, is the doorway to grace. And the opposite of sin is grace, not virtue.
healing giving grace
We respond to healing grace by giving it away.
effort grace augustine
Augustine started from God's grace and got it right, Pelagius started from human effort and got it wrong. Augustine passionately pursued God; Pelagius methodically worked to please God.
grace trying rubber
The rubber hits the road when we try to show grace to a person most unlike us, even someone morally offensive.
grace alternatives harder
The only thing harder than forgiveness is the alternative.