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Philip Yancey Quotes: "I have learned that faith means trusting in advance what will make sense only in reverse."

I have learned that faith means trusting in advance what will make sense only in reverse.



Philip Yancey Quotes: "Yet as I read the birth stories about Jesus I cannot help but conclude that though the world may be tilted toward the rich and powerful, God is tilted toward the underdog."

Yet as I read the birth stories about Jesus I cannot help but conclude that though the world may be tilted toward the rich and powerful, God is tilted toward the underdog.




Philip Yancey Quotes: "Grace, like water, flows to the lowest part."

Grace, like water, flows to the lowest part.



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: "The proof of spiritual maturity is not how pure you are but awareness of your impurity. That very awareness opens the door to grace."

The proof of spiritual maturity is not how pure you are but awareness of your impurity. That very awareness opens the door to grace.



Philip Yancey Quotes: "Any discussion of how pain and suffering fit into God's scheme ultimately leads back to the cross."

Any discussion of how pain and suffering fit into God's scheme ultimately leads back to the cross.



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: "In the stories of extravagant grace given to us by Jesus, there are no loopholes disqualifying us from God's love."

In the stories of extravagant grace given to us by Jesus, there are no loopholes disqualifying us from God's 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."

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 rejected the church for a time because I found so little grace there. I returned because I found grace nowhere else."

I rejected the church for a time because I found so little grace there. I returned because I found grace nowhere else.



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 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: "Grace means that God already loves us as much as an infinite God can possibly love."

Grace means that God already loves us as much as an infinite God can possibly love.



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: "When I am tempted to complain about God's lack of presence, I remind myself that God has much more reason to complain about my lack of presence."

When I am tempted to complain about God's lack of presence, I remind myself that God has much more reason to complain about my lack of presence.



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: "Prayer is not a means of removing the unknown and predictable elements in life, but rather a way of including the unknown and unpredictable in the outworking of the grace of God in our lives."

Prayer is not a means of removing the unknown and predictable elements in life, but rather a way of including the unknown and unpredictable in the outworking of the grace of God in our lives.



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: "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: "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: "Whenever faith seems an entitlement, or a measuring rod, we cast our lots with the Pharisees and grace softly slips away."

Whenever faith seems an entitlement, or a measuring rod, we cast our lots with the Pharisees and grace softly slips away.



Philip Yancey Quotes: "For me, prayer is not so much me setting out a shopping list of requests for God to consider as it is a way of keeping company with God."

For me, prayer is not so much me setting out a shopping list of requests for God to consider as it is a way of keeping company with God.



Philip Yancey Quotes: "People who think they are free eventually end up slaves to their own desires, and those who give their freedom away to the only One you can trust with that freedom eventually get it back."

People who think they are free eventually end up slaves to their own desires, and those who give their freedom away to the only One you can trust with that freedom eventually get it back.



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: "At the heart of the gospel is a God who deliberately surrenders to the wild, irresistable power of love."

At the heart of the gospel is a God who deliberately surrenders to the wild, irresistable power of love.



Philip Yancey Quotes: "There is but one true Giver in the universe; all else are debtors."

There is but one true Giver in the universe; all else are debtors.



Philip Yancey Quotes: "The more we love, and the more unlikely people we love, the more we resemble God - who, after all, loves ornery creatures like us."

The more we love, and the more unlikely people we love, the more we resemble God - who, after all, loves ornery creatures like us.



Philip Yancey Quotes: "Whatever makes us feel superior to other people, whatever tempts us to convey a sense of superiority, that is the gravity of our sinful nature, not grace."

Whatever makes us feel superior to other people, whatever tempts us to convey a sense of superiority, that is the gravity of our sinful nature, not grace.



Philip Yancey Quotes: "the promise of pleasures so alluring that we may devote our lives to their pursuit, and then the haunting realization that these pleasures ultimately do not satisfy."

the promise of pleasures so alluring that we may devote our lives to their pursuit, and then the haunting realization that these pleasures ultimately do not satisfy.



Philip Yancey Quotes: "Human beings do not readily admit desperation. When they do, the kingdom of heaven draws near"

Human beings do not readily admit desperation. When they do, the kingdom of heaven draws near



Philip Yancey Quotes: "The surgery of life hurts. It helps me, though, to know that the surgeon himself, the Wounded Surgeon, has felt every stab of pain and every sorrow."

The surgery of life hurts. It helps me, though, to know that the surgeon himself, the Wounded Surgeon, has felt every stab of pain and every sorrow.



Philip Yancey Quotes: "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."

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.



Philip Yancey Quotes: "I would far rather convey grace than explain it."

I would far rather convey grace than explain it.



Philip Yancey Quotes: "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."

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.



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: "... the core problem with Christians communicating faith: we do not always do so in love. That is an indispensable point to presenting faith in a grace-full way."

... the core problem with Christians communicating faith: we do not always do so in love. That is an indispensable point to presenting faith in a grace-full way.



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: "Prayer is the act of seeing reality from God's point of view."

Prayer is the act of seeing reality from God's point of view.



Philip Yancey Quotes: "The deadening part of Bible study is when you think you've already got it all figured out."

The deadening part of Bible study is when you think you've already got it all figured out.



Philip Yancey Quotes: "Love deems this world worth rescuing."

Love deems this world worth rescuing.



Philip Yancey Quotes: "We grow up hungry for love, and in ways so deep as to remain unexpressed we long for our Maker to love us."

We grow up hungry for love, and in ways so deep as to remain unexpressed we long for our Maker to love us.



Philip Yancey Quotes: "Grace is the most perplexing, powerful force in the universe, and, I believe, the only hope for our twisted, violent planet."

Grace is the most perplexing, powerful force in the universe, and, I believe, the only hope for our twisted, violent planet.



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 world thirsts for grace. When grace descends, the world falls silent before it."

The world thirsts for grace. When grace descends, the world falls silent before it.



Philip Yancey Quotes: "God loves people because of who God is, not because of who we are."

God loves people because of who God is, not because of who we are.



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: "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: "Prayer unfolds in the stillness of the soul."

Prayer unfolds in the stillness of the soul.



Philip Yancey Quotes: "Christ bears the wounds of the church, his body, just as he bore the wounds of crucifixion. I sometimes wonder which have hurt worse."

Christ bears the wounds of the church, his body, just as he bore the wounds of crucifixion. I sometimes wonder which have hurt worse.