Philip Yancey quotes - page 4

We respond to healing grace by giving it away. (Philip Yancey)
Homeless people bear God's image too. View quote
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Misunderstanding must be nakedly exposed before true understanding can begin to flourish. View quote
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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. View quote
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Pleasure represents a great good but also a grave danger. View quote
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Whatever else it is, the kingdom of God is decidedly not a call to violent revolution. View quote
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As a writer, I play with words all day long. I toy with them, listen for their overtones, crack them open, and try to stuff my thoughts inside. View quote
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Christianity is not a purely intellectual, internal faith. It can only be lived in community. View quote
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I fell in love. It felt exactly like a fall, a head-over-heels tumble into a state of unbearable lightness. The earth tilted on its axis. I did not believe in romantic love at the time, thinking it a human construct, an invention of fourteenth century Italian poets. I was as unprepared for love as I had been for goodness and beauty. Suddenly, my heart seemed swollen, too large for my chest. View quote
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Life with God is an individual matter, and general formulas do not easily apply. View quote
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