Quotes from Philip Yancey
God may be the Sovereign Lord of the Universe, but through his Son, God has made himself as approachable as any doting human father.
- Philip Yancey
He resisted every impulse to work more rapidly for a lower good.
- Philip Yancey
deconstructing a person is easier than constructing one.
- Philip Yancey
We need a renewed awareness of death, yes. But we need far more. We need a faith, in the midst of our groaning, that death is not the last word, but the next to last. What is mortal will be swallowed up by life.
- Philip Yancey
The Bible's many fierce passages on sin appear in a new light once I understand God's desire to press me toward repentance, the doorway to grace.
- Philip Yancey
It makes a huge difference whether I treat a nonbeliever as someone who is wrong rather than as someone who is on the way but lost.
- Philip Yancey
For a society that seems adrift, without moorings, I know of no better place to drop an anchor of faith.
- Philip Yancey
The worst moment for the atheist is when he is really thankful and has nobody to thank.
- Philip Yancey
From such experiments Christians have learned that the gospel grows best from the bottom up rather than being imposed from the top down.
- Philip Yancey
the early discrimination laws against the Jews—the "Jews Only" shops, park benches, rest rooms, and drinking fountains—were explicitly modeled on segregation laws in the United States.
- Philip Yancey
a suffering person needs: love, and not knowledge and wisdom.
- Philip Yancey
a hope for healing should be presented realistically. It is just that — a "hope," not a guarantee. If it comes, a joyous miracle has happened. If it doesn't come, God has not let you down.
- Philip Yancey