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Faith in God offers no insurance against tragedy.

Philip Yancey

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Philip Yancey
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: November 4
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Atlanta
Georgia
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I have come to know a God who has a soft spot for rebels, who recruits people like the adulterer David, the whiner Jeremiah, the traitor Peter, and the human-rights abuser Saul of Tarsus. I have come to know a God whose Son made prodigals the heroes of his stories and the trophies of his ministry.
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Doubt always coexists with faith, for in the presence of certainty who would need faith at all?
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Jesus reserved his hardest words for the hidden sins of hypocrisy, pride, greed and legalism.
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Release what is good.
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The rubber hits the road when we try to show grace to a person most unlike us, even someone morally offensive.
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... the approach of admitting our errors, besides being most true to a gospel of grace, is also most effective at expressing who we are. Propaganda turns people off humbly admitting mistakes disarms.
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... learning humility is a prerequisite for grace.
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We deserve punishment and get forgiveness we deserve God’s wrath and get God’s love.
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Some of us seem so anxious about avoiding hell that we forget to celebrate our journey toward heaven.
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He (Job) did not seek the Giver because of His gifts when all gifts were removed he still sought the Giver.
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I doubt God keeps track of how many arguments we win God may indeed keep track of how well we love.
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We can’t expect the nation to operate by Christian principles… but we can expect this of the church.
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The uncommitted share many of our core values, but if we do not live out those values in a compelling way, we will not awaken a thirst for their ultimate Source.
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We grow up hungry for love, and in ways so deep as to remain unexpressed we long for our Maker to love us.
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