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We should be asking: How do we respond to a post-Christian society?

Philip Yancey

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Philip Yancey
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: November 4
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Often, it seems, we're [Christians] perceived more as guilt dispensers than as grace dispensers.
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God already knows the naked truth about us, of course. Why not acknowledge it?
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The self-sacrificing, servant aspect of the Christian life has many parallels to parenthood.
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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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... the core problem with Christians communicating faith: we do not always do so in love. That is an indispensable point to presenting faith in a grace-full way.
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I would far rather convey grace than explain it.
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Whoever desires to remain faithful to Jesus must communicate faith as he did, not by compelling assent but by presenting it as a true answer to basic thirst. Rather than looking back nostalgically on a time when Christians wielded more power, I suggest another approach: that we regard ourselves as subversives operating within the broader culture.
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We admit that we will never reach our ideal in this life, a distinctive the church claims that most other human institutions try to deny.
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Most observers understand the difference between a committed Christian who accepts Jesus as a model for living and a 'cultural Christian' who happens to live in a nation with a Christian heritage. Most Muslims do not.
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True faith does not so much attempt to manipulate God to do our will as it does to position us to do his will.
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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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The proof of spiritual maturity is not how pure you are but awareness of your impurity. That very awareness opens the door to grace.
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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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Any discussion of how pain and suffering fit into God's scheme ultimately leads back to the cross.
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As I read the Bible, it seems clear that God satisfies his eternal appetite by loving individual human beings. I imagine He views each halting step forward in my spiritual walk with the eagerness of a parent watching a child take the very first step.
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The people of God are not merely to mark time, waiting for God to step in and set right all that is wrong. Rather, they are to model the new heaven and new earth, and by so doing awaken longings for what God will someday bring to pass.
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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.
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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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We often surround ourselves with the people we most want to live with, thus forming a club or clique, not a community. Anyone can form a club it takes grace, shared vision, and hard work to form a community.
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... learning humility is a prerequisite for grace.
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