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Goodness cannot be imposed externally, from the top down it must grow internally, from the bottom up.

Philip Yancey

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Philip Yancey
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: November 4
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Atlanta
Georgia
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Grow
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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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Nature was one of the key forces that brought me back to God, for I wanted to know the Artist responsible for beauty such as I saw on grand scale in photos from space telescopes or on minute scale such as in the intricate designs on a butterfly wing.
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True healing, of deep connective tissue, takes place in community. Where is God when it hurts? Where God's people are.
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The world thirsts for grace. When grace descends, the world falls silent before it.
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Often, it seems, we're [Christians] perceived more as guilt dispensers than as grace dispensers.
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