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The rubber hits the road when we try to show grace to a person most unlike us, even someone morally offensive.

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Philip Yancey
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: November 4
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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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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 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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A philosophy may explain difficult things, but has no power to change them. The gospel, the story of Jesus' life, promises change.
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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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What you and I think about Jesus and how we respond to Him will determine our destiny for all eternity.
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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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The camera follows a young woman as she makes her way through the stands to an area set aside for repentance and conversion. But Jesus' stories imply that far more may be going on out there: beyond that stadium scene, in a place concealed from all camera lenses, a great party has erupted, a gigantic celebration in the unseen world.
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By focusing too myopically on what we want God to do on our behalf, we may miss the significance of what he has already done.
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Grace is free only because the giver himself has borne the cost.
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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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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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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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Only in prayer can we learn to love God with all our heart, mind and soul.
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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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