Quotes from Philip Yancey

Our need to give is every bit as desperate as the poor's need to receive.

We live on a planet that has been invaded by evil forces, and God's followers are called to be part of the solution.

King clung to nonviolence because he profoundly believed that only a movement based on love could keep the oppressed from becoming a mirror image of their oppressors. He wanted to change the hearts of the white people, yes, but in a way that did not in the process harden the hearts of the blacks he was leading toward freedom. Nonviolence, he believed, 'will save the Negro from seeking to substitute one tyranny for another.

For people who have long-term disabilities, one of the best things we can do is to provide tools that allow them to resume "normal" activity.

prayer incorporates the unknown and unpredictable in the outworking of God's grace.

Forgiveness is an act of faith.

Having fallen from the absolute Ideal, we have nowhere to land but in the safety net of absolute grace.

The gospel of grace begins and ends with forgiveness. And people write songs with titles like "Amazing Grace" for one reason: grace is the only force in the universe powerful enough to break the chains that enslave generations. Grace alone melts ungrace.

By forgiving, I release my own right to get even and leave all issues of fairness for God to work out.

involvement with others was the most effective in quelling her pain.

It was no accident, I believe, that Jesus spoke his triumphant words, I HAVE OVERCOME THE WORLD, even as Roman soldiers were buckling on weapons for his arrest. He knew how to judge the present by the future.

suffering can serve as instruments to teach us the value of dependence, and unless we learn dependence we will never experience grace. The apostle Paul gave the Corinthians an