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In no other arena is the church at greater risk of losing its calling than in the public square

Philip Yancey

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Philip Yancey
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: November 4
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Journalist
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Atlanta
Georgia
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Greater
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Calling
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When the world asks if there is any hope, we can say absolutely! No one is exempt from tragedy or disappointment- God himself was not exempt. Jesus offered no immunity, no way out of the unfairness, but rather a way through it to the other side.
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God does not seem impressed by size or power or wealth. Faith is what he wants, and the heroes who emerge are heroes of faith, not strength or wealth.
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Grace is heartfelt, tinged with love, a spillover gift of the God who extended undeserved favor toward us.
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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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The problem of pain meets its match in the scandal of grace.
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I say this with care, but I wonder if a fierce, insistent desire for a miracle - even a physical healing - sometimes betrays a lack of faith rather than an abundance of it. When yearning for a miraculous resolution to a problem, do we make our loyalty to God contingent on whether he reveals himself yet again in the seen world?
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