“ To some, the image of a pale body glimmering on a dark night whispers of defeat. What good is a God who does not control his Son's suffering? But another sound can be heard: the shout of a God crying… Philip Yancey
“ Why the delay? Why does God let evil and pain so flagrantly exist, even thrive, on this planet?...He holds back for our sakes. Re-creation involves us; we are, in fact, at the center of his plan...the… Philip Yancey
“ Ironically, (the church's) respect in the world declines in proportion to how vigorously we attempt to force others to adopt our point of view. Philip Yancey
“ We whine about things we have little control over; we lament what we believe ought to be changed. Philip Yancey
“ Could it be that Christians, eager to point out how good we are, neglect the basic fact that the gospel sounds like good news only to bad people? Philip Yancey
“ God reproduces and lives out His image in millions of ordinary people like us. It is a supreme mystery. We are called to bear that image as a Body because any one of us taken individually would presen… Philip Yancey
“ As the books of Job, Jeremiah, and Habakkuk clearly show, God has a high threshold of tolerance for what appropriate to say in a prayer. God can handle my unsuppressed rage. I may well find that my vi… Philip Yancey
“ As I look around on Sunday morning at the people populating the pews, I see the risk that God has assumed. For whatever reason, God now reveals himself in the world not through a pillar of smoke and f… Philip Yancey
“ Where is God when it hurts? We know one answer because God came to earth and showed us. You need only follow Jesus around and note how he responded to the tragedies of his day: large-scale tragedies s… Philip Yancey
“ But should not atheists have an equal obligation to explain the origin of pleasure in a world of randomness and meaninglessness? Philip Yancey
“ We cannot make Him visible to us, but we can make ourselves visible to Him, said Abraham Joshua Heschel Philip Yancey
“ He who cannot forgive another breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself. GEORGE HERBERT Philip Yancey
“ I used to feel spiritually inferior because I had not experienced the more spectacular manifestations of the Spirit and could not point to any bona fide miracles in my life. Increasingly, though, I ha… Philip Yancey
“ Never live as though God does not exist. Or, stated positively, Always live in awareness of God’s existence. Philip Yancey
“ The first step in helping a suffering person is to acknowledge that the pain is valid, and worthy of a sympathetic response. Philip Yancey
“ On a trip to Russia I bought one of those Matryoshka nested dolls that break apart at the waist to reveal smaller and smaller dolls inside…it occurred to me to me later that each of us, like the neste… Philip Yancey
“ Many churches offer more entertainment than worship, more uniformity than diversity, more exclusivity than outreach, more law than grace. Philip Yancey
