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Christian faith is... basically about love and being loved and reconciliation. These things are so important, they're foundational and they can transform individuals, families.

Philip Yancey

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Philip Yancey
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: November 4
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There is an offense to the Gospel no matter how graciously we present it. It includes the message that God, not humanity, is the ultimate judge of right and wrong, and that the choices we make here have eternal consequences.
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Grace does not depend on what we have done for God but rather what God has done for us. Ask people what they must do to get to heaven and most reply, Be good. Jesus' stories contradict that answer. All we must do is cry, Help!
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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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The shift in American society from admiring Christians to fearing and criticizing them provides an opportunity for self-reflection. How have we been presenting the message we believe in? Might there be a more grace-filled way?
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Prayer enters the pool of God's love and widens outward.
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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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Our best efforts at changing society will fall short unless the church can teach the world how to love.
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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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We can’t expect the nation to operate by Christian principles… but we can expect this of the church.
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Yet as I read the birth stories about Jesus I cannot help but conclude that though the world may be tilted toward the rich and powerful, God is tilted toward the underdog.
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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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We human beings instinctively regard the seen world as the real world and the unseen world as the unreal world, but the Bible calls for almost the opposite.
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God must love art because most of the Bible is expressed in the form of story or poetry.
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One who has been touched by grace will no longer look on those who stray as those evil people or those poor people who need our help. Nor must we search for signs of loveworthiness. Grace teaches us that God loves because of who God is, not because of who we are.
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If my activism, however well-motivated, drives out love, then I have misunderstood Jesus’ gospel. I am stuck with law, not the gospel of grace.
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In a nutshell, the Bible from Genesis 3 to Revelation 22 tells the story of a God reckless with desire to get his family back.
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The world says you gain your life by getting more and more and more and more, but Jesus says, 'No, that leads to death. You get it back by giving it away and when you give it away you get it back.'
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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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