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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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Philip Yancey
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: November 4
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Atlanta
Georgia
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Jesus
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...to see that God does answer, in great things as well as small, the prayers of those who put their trust in Him will strengthen the faith of multitudes.
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Unless we love natural goods - sex, alcohol, food, money, success, power - in the way God intended, we become their slaves, as any addict can attest.
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Jesus' response to suffering people and to nobodies provides a glimpse into the heart of God. God is not the unmoved Absolute, but rather the Loving One who draws near.
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There is but one true Giver in the universe all else are debtors.
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I have learned that faith means trusting in advance what will make sense only in reverse.
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Be salt, and a little bit of salt keeps the whole society from going rancid.
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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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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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All too often the church holds up a mirror reflecting back the society around it, rather than a window revealing a different way.
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Repentance, not proper behavior or even holiness, is the doorway to grace. And the opposite of sin is grace, not virtue.
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The world is not against you, but the world is a place where bad things happen. It's just true. Airlines crash, people do evil things. A lot of bad things happen and it causes pain.
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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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The more we love, and the more unlikely people we love, the more we resemble God - who, after all, loves ornery creatures like us.
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God already knows the naked truth about us, of course. Why not acknowledge it?
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Often, it seems, we're [Christians] perceived more as guilt dispensers than as grace dispensers.
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Release what is good.
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If Jesus had never lived, we would not have been able to invent him.
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Across time and generations, books carry the thoughts and feelings, the essence, of the human spirit.
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The presence of another caring person doubles the amount of pain a person can endure.
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Our confused society badly needs a community of contrast, a counterculture of ordinary pilgrims who insist living a different way. Unlike popular culture, we will lavish attention on the least deserving in direct opposition to our celebrity culture's emphasis on success, wealth, and beauty.
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