Quotes from Philip Yancey
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
Rather, God has commissioned us as agents of intervention in the midst of a hostile and broken world.
- Philip Yancey
God loves people because of who God is, not because of who we are.
- Philip Yancey
Grace is a free gift of God, but to receive a gift you must have open hands.
- Philip Yancey
Faith in God offers no insurance against tragedy.
- Philip Yancey
I do not get to know God and then do His will. I get to know Him by doing His will.
- Philip Yancey
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
We're concerned with how things turn out; God seems more concerned with how we turn out.
- Philip Yancey
By focusing too myopically on what we want God to do on our behalf, we may miss the significance of what he has already done.
- Philip Yancey
At Calvary, God accepted his own unbreakable terms of justice.
- Philip Yancey
Prayer is a declaration of dependence upon God.
- Philip Yancey
Some who attempt prayer never have the sense of anyone listening on the other end. They blame themselves for doing it wrong.... Prayer requires the faith to believe that God listens.
- Philip Yancey