Quotes about Reconciliation
What greater gift could Christians give to the world than the forming of a culture that upholds grace and forgiveness?
- Philip Yancey
We Christians are called to use the "weapons of grace," which means treating even our opponents with love and respect.
- Philip Yancey
Why God asks us to forgive: because that is what God is like.
- Philip Yancey
Caught up in righteous—and wholly appropriate—revulsion over Serbian atrocities, the world overlooks one fact: the Serbs are simply following the terrible logic of unforgiveness.
- Philip Yancey
Breaking the cycle of ungrace means taking the initiative. Instead of waiting for his neighbor to make the first move
- Philip Yancey
Forgiveness may be unfair—it is, by definition—but at least it provides a way to halt the juggernaut of retribution.
- Philip Yancey
Forgiveness is an act of faith.
- Philip Yancey
By forgiving, I release my own right to get even and leave all issues of fairness for God to work out.
- Philip Yancey
Lewis Smedes points out, "The first and often the only person to be healed by forgiveness is the person who does the forgiveness. . . . When we genuinely forgive, we set a prisoner free and then discover that the prisoner we set free was us.
- Philip Yancey
The only thing harder than forgiveness is the alternative.
- Philip Yancey
a man who admits no guilt can accept no forgiveness.
- Philip Yancey
the down-and-out, who flocked to Jesus when he lived on earth, no longer feel welcome among his followers. What has happened?
- Philip Yancey