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About Philip Yancey

Philip Yancey was a contemporary American author. Philip David Yancey is a retired American Christian author known for his works about spiritual issues. His books have sold more than 15 million copies in English and have been translated into 40 languages, making him one of the best-selling contemporary Christian authors. Read more on Wikipedia →

Themes

  • Faith — Reflections on belief, spirituality, and trust in the unseen
  • God — Spiritual reflections on the divine, faith, and creation

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“To some, the image of a pale body glimmering on a dark night whispers of defeat. What good is a God who does not control his Son's suffering? But another sound can be heard: the shout of a God cryi...”
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“We need faith and the mind of the Lord Jesus to recognize something of lasting value in even our most ordinary tasks.”
— Philip Yancey
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“Change came from below, as it usually does, rather than being imposed from above.”
— Philip Yancey
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“Prayer is not a means of removing the unknown and predictable elements in life, but rather a way of including the unknown and unpredictable in the outworking of the grace of God in our lives.”
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“God formed an alliance based on the world as it is, full of flaws, whereas prayer calls God to account for the world as it should be.”
— Philip Yancey
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“Power, no matter how well-intentioned, tends to cause suffering. Love, being vulnerable, absorbs it. In a point of convergence on a hill called Calvary, God renounced the one for the sake of the ot...”
— Philip Yancey
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