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Philip Yancey quotes: Learning humility is a prerequisite for grace. Learning humility is a prerequisite for grace.
Philip Yancey quotes: Unless we love natural goods - sex, alcohol, food, money, success, power - in the way God intended, we become their slaves, as any addict can attest. Unless we love natural goods - sex, alcohol, food, money, success, power - in the way God intended, we become their slaves, as any addict can attest.
Philip Yancey quotes: I go to church as an expression of my need for God and for God's family. I go to church as an expression of my need for God and for God's family.
Philip Yancey quotes: The Bible never belittles human disappointment ... but it does add one key word: temporary. The Bible never belittles human disappointment ... but it does add one key word: temporary.
Philip Yancey quotes: We're concerned with how things turn out; God seems more concerned with how we turn out. We're concerned with how things turn out; God seems more concerned with how we turn out.
Philip Yancey quotes: Prayer unfolds in the stillness of the soul. Prayer unfolds in the stillness of the soul.
Philip Yancey quotes: Muslims have great reverence in their prayers but not much intimacy. Muslims have great reverence in their prayers but not much intimacy.
Philip Yancey quotes: We can't expect the nation to operate by Christian principles ... but we can expect this of the church. We can't expect the nation to operate by Christian principles ... but we can expect this of the church.
Philip Yancey quotes: Like a dying star, grace dissipates in a final burst of pale light, and is then engulfed by the black hole of ungrace. Like a dying star, grace dissipates in a final burst of pale light, and is then engulfed by the black hole of ungrace.
Philip Yancey quotes: Discovered that some of our efforts can actually drown out the good news and become stumbling blocks to faith. Discovered that some of our efforts can actually drown out the good news and become stumbling blocks to faith.
Philip Yancey quotes: If Jesus had never lived, we would not have been able to invent him. If Jesus had never lived, we would not have been able to invent him.
Philip Yancey quotes: In some ways, evil is backhanded proof of Gods existence. In some ways, evil is backhanded proof of Gods existence.
Philip Yancey quotes: And perhaps, exhibiting the fruit of the Spirit may be our very best defense against a materialist view of mankind here on earth. And perhaps, exhibiting the fruit of the Spirit may be our very best defense against a materialist view of mankind here on earth.
Philip Yancey quotes: I know of only two alternatives to hypocrisy: perfection or honesty. I know of only two alternatives to hypocrisy: perfection or honesty.
Philip Yancey quotes: [Jesus] invoked a different kind of power: love, not coercion. [Jesus] invoked a different kind of power: love, not coercion.
Philip Yancey quotes: The Cross of Christ may have overcome evil, but it did not overcome unfairness. For that, Easter is required. The Cross of Christ may have overcome evil, but it did not overcome unfairness. For that, Easter is required.
Philip Yancey quotes: But the Lord say he won't put more on us than we can stand. If we can't take it, he'll be right there beside us giving stren'th we didn't know But the Lord say he won't put more on us than we can stand. If we can't take it, he'll be right there beside us giving stren'th we didn't know we had.
Philip Yancey quotes: Jesus reserved his hardest words for the hidden sins of hypocrisy, pride, greed and legalism. Jesus reserved his hardest words for the hidden sins of hypocrisy, pride, greed and legalism.
Philip Yancey quotes: We truly live only one day at a time. It doesn't really help to worry about the future, which we can't control, or the past, which we can't change. We truly live only one day at a time. It doesn't really help to worry about the future, which we can't control, or the past, which we can't change.
Philip Yancey quotes: The problem of pain meets its match in the scandal of grace. The problem of pain meets its match in the scandal of grace.
Philip Yancey quotes: Jesus did not give the parables to teach us how to live. He gave them, I believe, to correct our notions about who God is and who God loves. Jesus did not give the parables to teach us how to live. He gave them, I believe, to correct our notions about who God is and who God loves.
Philip Yancey quotes: From such experiments Christians have learned that the gospel grows best from the bottom up rather than being imposed from the top down. From such experiments Christians have learned that the gospel grows best from the bottom up rather than being imposed from the top down.
Philip Yancey quotes: No one ever converted to Christianity because they lost the argument. No one ever converted to Christianity because they lost the argument.
Philip Yancey quotes: As Ecclesiastes tells it, a wholesale devotion to pleasure will, paradoxically, lead to a state of utter despair. As Ecclesiastes tells it, a wholesale devotion to pleasure will, paradoxically, lead to a state of utter despair.
Philip Yancey quotes: What practically defines the evangelical church today is an emphasis on two issues that Jesus did not even mention. What practically defines the evangelical church today is an emphasis on two issues that Jesus did not even mention.
Philip Yancey quotes: They [Old Testament] taught me about Life with God: not how it is supposed to work, but how it actually does work. They [Old Testament] taught me about Life with God: not how it is supposed to work, but how it actually does work.
Philip Yancey quotes: Change came from below, as it usually does, rather than being imposed from above. Change came from below, as it usually does, rather than being imposed from above.
Philip Yancey quotes: People want to go back to those old days, but it's probably not going to happen. People want to go back to those old days, but it's probably not going to happen.
Philip Yancey quotes: Christians behave like spies, living in one world while our deepest allegiance belongs to another. Christians behave like spies, living in one world while our deepest allegiance belongs to another.
Philip Yancey quotes: The giants of the faith all had one thing in common: neither victory nor success, but passion. The giants of the faith all had one thing in common: neither victory nor success, but passion.
Philip Yancey quotes: Across time and generations, books carry the thoughts and feelings, the essence, of the human spirit. Across time and generations, books carry the thoughts and feelings, the essence, of the human spirit.
Philip Yancey quotes: I ask God most often that we would be an unbroken line of Christians until Christ shall return. I ask God most often that we would be an unbroken line of Christians until Christ shall return.
Philip Yancey quotes: Be still. In that focus, all else comes into focus. In that rift in my routine, the universe falls into alignment. Be still. In that focus, all else comes into focus. In that rift in my routine, the universe falls into alignment.
Philip Yancey quotes: We have not, it seems, the power to abstain from worship. Instead, we swallow the sweet poison, substituting lesser gods for God. We have not, it seems, the power to abstain from worship. Instead, we swallow the sweet poison, substituting lesser gods for God.
Philip Yancey quotes: O God, make the bad people good, and the good people nice O God, make the bad people good, and the good people nice
Philip Yancey quotes: Death, decay, entropy, and destruction are the true suspensions of God's laws; miracles are the early glimpses of restoration. Death, decay, entropy, and destruction are the true suspensions of God's laws; miracles are the early glimpses of restoration.
Philip Yancey quotes: No one who meets Jesus ever stays the same. No one who meets Jesus ever stays the same.
Philip Yancey quotes: We should be asking: How do we respond to a post-Christian society? We should be asking: How do we respond to a post-Christian society?
Philip Yancey quotes: When we ignore the world outside the walls we suffer-as does it. When we ignore the world outside the walls we suffer-as does it.
Philip Yancey quotes: If God doesn't want something for me, then I shouldn't want it either. If God doesn't want something for me, then I shouldn't want it either.
Philip Yancey quotes: Release what is good. Release what is good.
Philip Yancey quotes: Rather, God has commissioned us as agents of intervention in the midst of a hostile and broken world. Rather, God has commissioned us as agents of intervention in the midst of a hostile and broken world.
Philip Yancey quotes: The Gospels and the rest of the New Testament reflect the life of Jesus, what it means for us & what it means for the world. The Gospels and the rest of the New Testament reflect the life of Jesus, what it means for us & what it means for the world.
Philip Yancey quotes: The kingdom of God largely exists for the sake of outsiders, as a tangible expression of God's love for all. The kingdom of God largely exists for the sake of outsiders, as a tangible expression of God's love for all.
Philip Yancey quotes: Always, no matter the circumstances, we have the assurance of "Immanuel," which simply means "God with us. Always, no matter the circumstances, we have the assurance of "Immanuel," which simply means "God with us.
Philip Yancey quotes: We should do whatever we can to cut through the scum that has grown on our understanding and rediscover freshness. We should do whatever we can to cut through the scum that has grown on our understanding and rediscover freshness.
Philip Yancey quotes: Life with God is an individual matter, and general formulas do not easily apply. Life with God is an individual matter, and general formulas do not easily apply.
Philip Yancey quotes: Believing there is no God does not make the thirst go away. Believing there is no God does not make the thirst go away.
Philip Yancey quotes: In no other arena is the church at greater risk of losing its calling than in the public square. In no other arena is the church at greater risk of losing its calling than in the public square.
Philip Yancey quotes: In a nutshell, the Bible from Genesis 3 to Revelation 22 tells the story of a God reckless with desire to get his family back. In a nutshell, the Bible from Genesis 3 to Revelation 22 tells the story of a God reckless with desire to get his family back.
Philip Yancey quotes: You can know the law by heart without knowing the heart of it You can know the law by heart without knowing the heart of it
Philip Yancey quotes: Does prayer change God or change me? Does prayer change God or change me?
Philip Yancey quotes: Christians are simply pilgrims who acknowledge their lostness and their desire for help in finding the way. Christians are simply pilgrims who acknowledge their lostness and their desire for help in finding the way.
Philip Yancey quotes: Let me see them as thirsty people, I pray, and teach me how best to present the Living Water. Let me see them as thirsty people, I pray, and teach me how best to present the Living Water.
Philip Yancey quotes: The more Christians focus on tangential issues, the less we will be heard on matters of true moral significance. The more Christians focus on tangential issues, the less we will be heard on matters of true moral significance.
Philip Yancey quotes: We cannot simply pray and then wait for God to do the rest. We cannot simply pray and then wait for God to do the rest.
Philip Yancey quotes: Suffering can never ultimately be meaningless, because God has shared it. Suffering can never ultimately be meaningless, because God has shared it.
Philip Yancey quotes: Prayer is - keeping company with God. Prayer is - keeping company with God.
Philip Yancey quotes: Christians get very angry toward other Christians who sin differently than they do. Christians get very angry toward other Christians who sin differently than they do.
Philip Yancey quotes: The New Testament persistently presses us upward, toward higher motives for being good. The New Testament persistently presses us upward, toward higher motives for being good.
Philip Yancey quotes: For me, the world of nature bears spectacular witness to the imaginative genius of our Creator. For me, the world of nature bears spectacular witness to the imaginative genius of our Creator.
Philip Yancey quotes: All too often the church holds up a mirror reflecting back the society around it, rather than a window revealing a different way. All too often the church holds up a mirror
reflecting back the society around it, rather than a window revealing a
different way.
Philip Yancey quotes: Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence?
Philip Yancey quotes: As a Christian, my main concern is not to downgrade others' beliefs but to examine my own. As a Christian, my main concern is not to downgrade others' beliefs but to examine my own.
Philip Yancey quotes: True faith does not so much attempt to manipulate God to do our will as it does to position us to do his will. True faith does not so much attempt to manipulate God to do our will as it does to position us to do his will.
Philip Yancey quotes: Make it so the poor are no longer despised and thrown away. Look at them standing about - like wildflowers, which have nowhere else to grow. Make it so the poor are no longer despised and thrown away. Look at them standing about - like wildflowers, which have nowhere else to grow.
Philip Yancey quotes: Think too of all who suffer as if you shared their pain. HEBREWS 13:3 Think too of all who suffer as if you shared their pain. HEBREWS 13:3
Philip Yancey quotes: He transforms pain, using it to teach and strengthen us, if we allow it to turn us toward him. He transforms pain, using it to teach and strengthen us, if we allow it to turn us toward him.
Philip Yancey quotes: A pilgrim is a fellow-traveler on the spiritual journey, not a professional guide. A pilgrim is a fellow-traveler on the spiritual journey, not a professional guide.
Philip Yancey quotes: Imperfection is the prerequisite for grace. Light only gets in through the cracks. Imperfection is the prerequisite for grace. Light only gets in through the cracks.
Philip Yancey quotes: I have yet to find any support in the Bible for an attitude of smugness: Ah, they deserve their punishment; watch them squirm. I have yet to find any support in the Bible for an attitude of smugness: Ah, they deserve their punishment; watch them squirm.
Philip Yancey quotes: Fulfillment comes not in pursuit of happiness, but rather in pursuit of service. Fulfillment comes not in pursuit of happiness, but rather in pursuit of service.
Philip Yancey quotes: God formed an alliance based on the world as it is, full of flaws, whereas prayer calls God to account for the world as it should be. God formed an alliance based on the world as it is, full of flaws, whereas prayer calls God to account for the world as it should be.
Philip Yancey quotes: According to Jesus, what I think about him and how I respond will determine my destiny for all eternity. According to Jesus, what I think about him and how I respond will determine my destiny for all eternity.
Philip Yancey quotes: Prayer is to the skeptic a delusion, a waste of time. To the believer it represents perhaps the most important use of time. Prayer is to the skeptic a delusion, a waste of time. To the believer it represents perhaps the most important use of time.
Philip Yancey quotes: Doubt always coexists with faith, for in the presence of certainty who would need faith at all? Doubt always coexists with faith, for in the presence of certainty who would need faith at all?
Philip Yancey quotes: I would far rather convey grace than explain it. I would far rather convey grace than explain it.
Philip Yancey quotes: Sometimes I feel like the most liberal person among conservatives, and sometimes like the most conservative among liberals. Sometimes I feel like the most liberal person among conservatives, and sometimes like the most conservative among liberals.
Philip Yancey quotes: I doubt God keeps track of how many arguments we win; God may indeed keep track of how well we love. I doubt God keeps track of how many arguments we win; God may indeed keep track of how well we love.
Philip Yancey quotes: To pray is to walk in the full light of God, and to say simply, without holding back, 'I am human and you are God. To pray is to walk in the full light of God, and to say simply, without holding back, 'I am human and you are God.
Philip Yancey quotes: Jesus' kingdom calls us to another way, one that depends not on our performance but his own. We do not have to achieve but merely follow. Jesus' kingdom calls us to another way, one that depends not on our performance but his own. We do not have to achieve but merely follow.
Philip Yancey quotes: We need faith and the mind of the Lord Jesus to recognize something of lasting value in even our most ordinary tasks. We need faith and the mind of the Lord Jesus to recognize something of lasting value in even our most ordinary tasks.
Philip Yancey quotes: According to Barna surveys, 61 percent of today's youth had been churched at one point during their teen years but are now spiritually disengaged. According to Barna surveys, 61 percent of today's youth had been churched at one point during their teen years but are now spiritually disengaged.
Philip Yancey quotes: Be salt, and a little bit of salt keeps the whole society from going rancid. Be salt, and a little bit of salt keeps the whole society from going rancid.
Philip Yancey quotes: God is present in the hungry, the homeless, the sick, and the imprisoned, as Jesus claimed in Matthew 25, and we serve God when we serve them. God is present in the hungry, the homeless, the sick, and the imprisoned, as Jesus claimed in Matthew 25, and we serve God when we serve them.
Philip Yancey quotes: Christians obscured the good news by their efforts to restore morality to the broader culture? Christians obscured the good news by their efforts to restore morality to the broader culture?
Philip Yancey quotes: Prayer is a declaration of dependence upon God. Prayer is a declaration of dependence upon God.
Philip Yancey quotes: For Jesus, the person was more important than any category or label. For Jesus, the person was more important than any category or label.
Philip Yancey quotes: Whatever else it is, the kingdom of God is decidedly not a call to violent revolution. Whatever else it is, the kingdom of God is decidedly not a call to violent revolution.
Philip Yancey quotes: A philosophy may explain difficult things, but has no power to change them. The gospel, the story of Jesus' life, promises change. A philosophy may explain difficult things, but has no power to change them. The gospel, the story of Jesus' life, promises change.
Philip Yancey quotes: In the presence of the Great Physician, my most appropriate contribution may be my wounds. In the presence of the Great Physician, my most appropriate contribution may be my wounds.
Philip Yancey quotes: Grace is a free gift of God, but to receive a gift you must have open hands. Grace is a free gift of God, but to receive a gift you must have open hands.
Philip Yancey quotes: As a nonparent, I stand in awe of parents. As a nonparent, I stand in awe of parents.
Philip Yancey quotes: But those of us who follow his conducting through early movements will, with renewed strength, someday burst into song. But those of us who follow his conducting through early movements will, with renewed strength, someday burst into song.
Philip Yancey quotes: God does not accept me conditionally, on the basis of my performance, but bestows his love and forgiveness freely, despite my innumerable failures. God does not accept me conditionally, on the basis of my performance, but bestows his love and forgiveness freely, despite my innumerable failures.
Philip Yancey quotes: Power can do everything but the most important thing: it cannot control love. Power can do everything but the most important thing: it cannot control love.
Philip Yancey quotes: One reason the broader world does not look to Christianity for guidance is that we Christians have not spoken with a credible voice. One reason the broader world does not look to Christianity for guidance is that we Christians have not spoken with a credible voice.
Philip Yancey quotes: Somehow, that "faith" was what God valued, and it soon became clear that faith was the best way for humans to express a love for God. Somehow, that "faith" was what God valued, and it soon became clear that faith was the best way for humans to express a love for God.
Philip Yancey quotes: Grace is free only because the giver himself has borne the cost. Grace is free only because the giver himself has borne the cost.
Philip Yancey quotes: Grace is heartfelt, tinged with love, a spillover gift of the God who extended undeserved favor toward us. Grace is heartfelt, tinged with love, a spillover gift of the God who extended undeserved favor toward us.

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