503 Quotes by Philip Yancey

Be salt, and a little bit of salt keeps the whole society from going rancid.

A God wise enough to create me and the world I live in is wise enough to watch out for me.

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.

What you and I think about Jesus and how we respond to Him will determine our destiny for all eternity.

Love was compressed for all history in that lonely figure on the cross, who said that he could call down angels at any moment on a rescue mission, but chose not to - because of us. At Calvary, God accepted his own unbreakable terms of justice.

We respond to healing grace by giving it away.

The late Kurt Vonnegut, the satirical American author, wrote: “For some reason, the most vocal Christians among us never mention the beatitudes. But – often with tears in their eyes – they demand that the Ten Commandments be posted in public buildings. And of course that’s Moses, not Jesus. I haven’t heard one of them demand that the Sermon on the Mount, the beatitudes, be posted anywhere.

To pray is to walk in the full light of God, and to say simply, without holding back, ‘I am human and you are God.

God is already present in my life and all around me; prayer offers the chance to attend and respond to that presence.