503 Quotes by Philip Yancey

We can’t expect the nation to operate by Christian principles… but we can expect this of the church.

Christians are simply pilgrims who acknowledge their lostness and their desire for help in finding the way.

People want to go back to those old days, but it's probably not going to happen.

In the stories of extravagant grace given to us by Jesus, there are no loopholes disqualifying us from God's love.

Augustine started from God's grace and got it right, Pelagius started from human effort and got it wrong. Augustine passionately pursued God; Pelagius methodically worked to please God.

In a nutshell, the Bible from Genesis 3 to Revelation 22 tells the story of a God reckless with desire to get his family back.

The Christian knows to serve the weak not because they deserve it but because God extended his love to us when we deserved the opposite. Christ came down from heaven, and whenever his disciples entertained dreams of prestige and power he reminded them that the greatest is the one who serves. The ladder of power reaches up, the ladder of grace reaches down.

Prayer is a place where God and humans meet.

Our best efforts at changing society will fall short unless the church can teach the world how to love.