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Across time and generations, books carry the thoughts and feelings, the essence, of the human spirit.

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Philip Yancey
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: November 4
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Atlanta
Georgia
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Goodness cannot be imposed externally, from the top down it must grow internally, from the bottom up.
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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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The Gospels and the rest of the New Testament reflect the life of Jesus, what it means for us & what it means for the world.
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I begin with confession not in order to feel miserable, rather to call to mind a reality I often ignore. When I acknowledge where I stand before a perfect God, it restores the true state of the universe. Confession simply establishes the proper ground rules of creatures relating to their creator.
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The presence of another caring person doubles the amount of pain a person can endure.
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The deadening part of Bible study is when you think you've already got it all figured out.
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You can know the law by heart without knowing the heart of it
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The Christian sees the world as a transitional home badly in need of rehab, and we are active agents in that project.
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When suffering happens, it forces us to confront life in a different way than we normally do.
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Homeless people bear God's image too.
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Augustine started from God's grace and got it right, Pelagius started from human effort and got it wrong. Augustine passionately pursued God Pelagius methodically worked to please God.
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In no other arena is the church at greater risk of losing its calling than in the public square
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We're concerned with how things turn out God seems more concerned with how we turn out.
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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 need to reclaim the goodnewness of the gospel, and the best place to start is to rediscover the good news ourselves.
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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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When we ignore the world outside the walls we suffer-as does it.
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Prayer is a declaration of dependence upon God.
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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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Our best efforts at changing society will fall short unless the church can teach the world how to love.
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