Parents learn the uses of power and its limits. They can insist on certain outward behavior but cannot change inner attitudes. They can require obedience but not goodness - and certainly not love. Philip Yancey More Quotes by Philip Yancey More Quotes From Philip Yancey There is but one true Giver in the universe; all else are debtors. Philip Yancey debtors giver universe Someone asked the Swiss physician & author Paul Tournier how he helped his patients get rid of their fears. He replied, 'I don't. Everything that's worthwhile in life is scary. Choosing a school, choosing a career, getting married, having kids--all those things are scary. If it is not fearful, it is not worthwhile.' Philip Yancey careers kids school Rather, God has commissioned us as agents of intervention in the midst of a hostile and broken world. Philip Yancey agents broken world Human beings do not readily admit desperation. When they do, the kingdom of heaven draws near Philip Yancey desperation kingdoms heaven On a small scale, person-to-person, Jesus encountered the kinds of suffering common to all of us. And how did he respond? Avoiding philosophical theories and theological lessons, he reached out with healing and compassion. He forgave sin, healed the afflicted, cast out evil, and even overcame death. Philip Yancey philosophical healing jesus The church is, above all, a place to receive grace: it brings forgiven people together with the aim of equipping us to dispense grace to others. Philip Yancey church grace people Prayer may seem at first like disengagement, a reflective time to consider God's point of view. But that vantage presses us back to accomplish God's will, the work of the kingdom. We are God's fellow workers, and as such we turn to prayer to equip us for the partnership. Philip Yancey prayer views may What would a church look like that created space for quietness, that bucked the celebrity trend and unplugged from noisy media, that actively resisted our consumer culture? What would worship look like if we directed it more toward God than toward our own amusement? Philip Yancey media space church Whatever makes us feel superior to other people, whatever tempts us to convey a sense of superiority, that is the gravity of our sinful nature, not grace. Philip Yancey humility grace people The Quakers have a saying: "An enemy is one whose story we have not heard." To communicate to post-Christians, I must first listen to their stories for clues to how they view the world and how they view people like me. Philip Yancey christian views people We in the church have humility and contrition to offer the world, not a formula for success. Almost alone in our success-oriented society, we admit that we have failed, are failing, and always will fail. Philip Yancey church humility world Jesus did not give the parables to teach us how to live. He gave them, I believe, to correct our notions about who God is and who God loves. Philip Yancey giving believe jesus 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. Philip Yancey mean world jesus The rubber hits the road when we try to show grace to a person most unlike us, even someone morally offensive. Philip Yancey rubber grace trying Whenever faith seems an entitlement, or a measuring rod, we cast our lots with the Pharisees and grace softly slips away. Philip Yancey pharisees entitlement grace The Cross of Christ may have overcome evil, but it did not overcome unfairness. For that, Easter is required. Philip Yancey easter evil religion At Calvary, God accepted his own unbreakable terms of justice. Philip Yancey unbreakable accepted justice Grace is free only because the giver himself has borne the cost. Philip Yancey giver cost grace In no other arena is the church at greater risk of losing its calling than in the public square Philip Yancey risk squares church Prayer is a declaration of dependence upon God. Philip Yancey declaration dependence prayer
