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Homeless people bear God's image too.

Philip Yancey

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Philip Yancey
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: November 4
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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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When we ignore the world outside the walls we suffer-as does it.
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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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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 is a free gift of God, but to receive a gift you must have open hands.
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Rather, God has commissioned us as agents of intervention in the midst of a hostile and broken world.
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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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Our best efforts at changing society will fall short unless the church can teach the world how to love.
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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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In the stories of extravagant grace given to us by Jesus, there are no loopholes disqualifying us from God's 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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The uncommitted share many of our core values, but if we do not live out those values in a compelling way, we will not awaken a thirst for their ultimate Source.
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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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Parents learn the uses of power and its limits. They can insist on certain outward behavior but cannot change inner attitudes. They can require obedience but not goodness - and certainly not love.
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Doubt always coexists with faith, for in the presence of certainty who would need faith at all?
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