Quotes from Philip Yancey
Grace is the most perplexing, powerful force in the universe, and, I believe, the only hope for our twisted, violent planet.
- Philip Yancey
As a nonparent, I stand in awe of parents.
- Philip Yancey
My mother believed he would be healed. She counted on God, and the worst thing happened. The impact of that error in theology, in thinking, impacted my life from the very beginning.
- Philip Yancey
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
For me, the world of nature bears spectacular witness to the imaginative genius of our Creator.
- Philip Yancey
A philosophy may explain difficult things, but has no power to change them. The gospel, the story of Jesus' life, promises change.
- Philip Yancey
God must love art because most of the Bible is expressed in the form of story or poetry.
- Philip Yancey
At the heart of the gospel is a God who deliberately surrenders to the wild, irresistable power of love.
- Philip Yancey
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
In the stories of extravagant grace given to us by Jesus, there are no loopholes disqualifying us from God's love.
- Philip Yancey
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
I go to church as an expression of my need for God and for God's family.
- Philip Yancey