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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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Philip Yancey
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: November 4
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Atlanta
Georgia
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Be still. In that focus, all else comes into focus. In that rift in my routine, the universe falls into alignment.
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The problem of pain meets its match in the scandal of grace.
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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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The church works best not as a power center, rather as a countercultural community - in the world but not of it - that shows others how to live the most fulfilled and meaningful life on earth. In modern society that means rejecting the false gods of independence, success, and pleasure and replacing them with love for God and neighbor.
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I have come to know a God of compassion and mercy and love.
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Goodness cannot be imposed externally, from the top down it must grow internally, from the bottom up.
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Release what is good.
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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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In no other arena is the church at greater risk of losing its calling than in the public square
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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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When I pray for another person, I am praying for God to open my eyes so that I can see that person as God does, and then enter into the stream of love that God already directs toward that person.
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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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If God doesn't want something for me, I shouldn't want it either. Spending time in meditative prayer, getting to know God, helps align my desires with God's.
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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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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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Indeed we are all in peril if the flawed messenger invalidates the message.
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I begin with confession not in order to feel miserable, rather to call to mind a reality I often ignore. When I acknowledge where I stand before a perfect God, it restores the true state of the universe. Confession simply establishes the proper ground rules of creatures relating to their creator.
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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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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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I have learned that faith means trusting in advance what will make sense only in reverse.
Philip Yancey