Philip Yancey Quotes
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Philip Yancey Famous Quotes & Sayings
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![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. 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/philip-yancey-quotes-1562781.jpg)
![Philip Yancey quotes: We can't expect the nation to operate by Christian principles ... but we can expect this of the church. Philip Yancey quotes: We can't expect the nation to operate by Christian principles ... but we can expect this of the church.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/philip-yancey-quotes-1147559.jpg)
![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. 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/philip-yancey-quotes-516885.jpg)
![Philip Yancey quotes: Discovered that some of our efforts can actually drown out the good news and become stumbling blocks to faith. Philip Yancey quotes: Discovered that some of our efforts can actually drown out the good news and become stumbling blocks to faith.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/philip-yancey-quotes-2009374.jpg)
![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. 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/philip-yancey-quotes-316413.jpg)
![Philip Yancey quotes: The Cross of Christ may have overcome evil, but it did not overcome unfairness. For that, Easter is required. Philip Yancey quotes: The Cross of Christ may have overcome evil, but it did not overcome unfairness. For that, Easter is required.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/philip-yancey-quotes-1494291.jpg)
![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 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](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/philip-yancey-quotes-527533.jpg)
![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. 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/philip-yancey-quotes-1761200.jpg)
![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. 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/philip-yancey-quotes-82583.jpg)
![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. 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/philip-yancey-quotes-797166.jpg)
![Philip Yancey quotes: As Ecclesiastes tells it, a wholesale devotion to pleasure will, paradoxically, lead to a state of utter despair. Philip Yancey quotes: As Ecclesiastes tells it, a wholesale devotion to pleasure will, paradoxically, lead to a state of utter despair.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/philip-yancey-quotes-2070558.jpg)
![Philip Yancey quotes: What practically defines the evangelical church today is an emphasis on two issues that Jesus did not even mention. Philip Yancey quotes: What practically defines the evangelical church today is an emphasis on two issues that Jesus did not even mention.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/philip-yancey-quotes-349935.jpg)
![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. 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/philip-yancey-quotes-906240.jpg)
![Philip Yancey quotes: Across time and generations, books carry the thoughts and feelings, the essence, of the human spirit. Philip Yancey quotes: Across time and generations, books carry the thoughts and feelings, the essence, of the human spirit.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/philip-yancey-quotes-1283890.jpg)
![Philip Yancey quotes: Be still. In that focus, all else comes into focus. In that rift in my routine, the universe falls into alignment. Philip Yancey quotes: Be still. In that focus, all else comes into focus. In that rift in my routine, the universe falls into alignment.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/philip-yancey-quotes-2168759.jpg)
![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. 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/philip-yancey-quotes-1417798.jpg)
![Philip Yancey quotes: Death, decay, entropy, and destruction are the true suspensions of God's laws; miracles are the early glimpses of restoration. Philip Yancey quotes: Death, decay, entropy, and destruction are the true suspensions of God's laws; miracles are the early glimpses of restoration.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/philip-yancey-quotes-3487.jpg)
![Philip Yancey quotes: Rather, God has commissioned us as agents of intervention in the midst of a hostile and broken world. Philip Yancey quotes: Rather, God has commissioned us as agents of intervention in the midst of a hostile and broken world.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/philip-yancey-quotes-1482100.jpg)
![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. 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/philip-yancey-quotes-1980615.jpg)
![Philip Yancey quotes: The kingdom of God largely exists for the sake of outsiders, as a tangible expression of God's love for all. Philip Yancey quotes: The kingdom of God largely exists for the sake of outsiders, as a tangible expression of God's love for all.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/philip-yancey-quotes-1970391.jpg)
![Philip Yancey quotes: Always, no matter the circumstances, we have the assurance of "Immanuel," which simply means "God with us. Philip Yancey quotes: Always, no matter the circumstances, we have the assurance of "Immanuel," which simply means "God with us.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/philip-yancey-quotes-1715984.jpg)
![Philip Yancey quotes: We should do whatever we can to cut through the scum that has grown on our understanding and rediscover freshness. Philip Yancey quotes: We should do whatever we can to cut through the scum that has grown on our understanding and rediscover freshness.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/philip-yancey-quotes-1522565.jpg)
![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. 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/philip-yancey-quotes-1603650.jpg)
![Philip Yancey quotes: Christians are simply pilgrims who acknowledge their lostness and their desire for help in finding the way. Philip Yancey quotes: Christians are simply pilgrims who acknowledge their lostness and their desire for help in finding the way.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/philip-yancey-quotes-1603887.jpg)
![Philip Yancey quotes: The more Christians focus on tangential issues, the less we will be heard on matters of true moral significance. Philip Yancey quotes: The more Christians focus on tangential issues, the less we will be heard on matters of true moral significance.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/philip-yancey-quotes-1637212.jpg)
![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. 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/philip-yancey-quotes-586143.jpg)
reflecting back the society around it, rather than a window revealing a
different way.
![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. 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/philip-yancey-quotes-527477.jpg)
![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. 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/philip-yancey-quotes-515218.jpg)
![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. 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/philip-yancey-quotes-307954.jpg)
![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. 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/philip-yancey-quotes-247025.jpg)
![Philip Yancey quotes: According to Jesus, what I think about him and how I respond will determine my destiny for all eternity. Philip Yancey quotes: According to Jesus, what I think about him and how I respond will determine my destiny for all eternity.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/philip-yancey-quotes-244932.jpg)
![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. 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/philip-yancey-quotes-223684.jpg)
![Philip Yancey quotes: Sometimes I feel like the most liberal person among conservatives, and sometimes like the most conservative among liberals. Philip Yancey quotes: Sometimes I feel like the most liberal person among conservatives, and sometimes like the most conservative among liberals.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/philip-yancey-quotes-136209.jpg)
![Philip Yancey quotes: I doubt God keeps track of how many arguments we win; God may indeed keep track of how well we love. Philip Yancey quotes: I doubt God keeps track of how many arguments we win; God may indeed keep track of how well we love.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/philip-yancey-quotes-107450.jpg)
![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. 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/philip-yancey-quotes-900041.jpg)
![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. 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/philip-yancey-quotes-1269653.jpg)
![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. 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/philip-yancey-quotes-1231477.jpg)
![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. 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/philip-yancey-quotes-1176997.jpg)
![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. 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/philip-yancey-quotes-1126626.jpg)
![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. 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/philip-yancey-quotes-917404.jpg)
![Philip Yancey quotes: But those of us who follow his conducting through early movements will, with renewed strength, someday burst into song. Philip Yancey quotes: But those of us who follow his conducting through early movements will, with renewed strength, someday burst into song.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/philip-yancey-quotes-852430.jpg)
![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. 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/philip-yancey-quotes-799459.jpg)
![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. 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/philip-yancey-quotes-760089.jpg)