Quotes from Philip Yancey

Grace is not about finishing last or first; it is about not counting.

Those who suffer can respond to the call of the gospel with a certain abandonment and uncomplicated totality because they have so little to lose and are ready for anything.

He lambastes Catholics. He opposes the J. B. Phillips version of the Bible because Phillips had a friendship with C. S. Lewis, who drank beer and smoked a pipe.

There's something unique about having only God to lean on in times of trial.

C. S. Lewis said, "If you read history you will find out that the Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the next… Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither.

Only Christianity dares to make God's love unconditional.

some of the most inspiring stories of faith come from those often considered "losers" by the rest of the world.

Jesus says in effect, 'Do you want to know what it feels like to be God? When one of those two-legged humans pays attention to me, it feels like I just reclaimed my most valuable possession, which I had given up for lost.' To God himself, it feels like the discovery of a lifetime.

Believing there is no God does not make the thirst go away.

God welcomes home anyone who will have him and, in fact, has made the first move already.

The phrase "the body of Christ," expresses well what we are called to do: to represent in flesh what Christ is like, especially to those in need. The

Ungrace plays like the background static of life for families, nations, and institutions. It is, sadly, our natural human state.