Doubt always coexists with faith, for in the presence of certainty who would need faith at all?
Philip YanceyJesus 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 YanceyAcross time and generations, books carry the thoughts and feelings, the essence, of the human spirit.
Philip YanceyAt the heart of the gospel is a God who deliberately surrenders to the wild, irresistable power of love.
Philip YanceyIf prayer stands as the place where God and human beings meet, then I must learn about prayer. Most of my struggles in the Christian life circle around the same two themes: why God doesn't act the way we want God to, and why I don't act the way God wants me to. Prayer is the precise point where those themes converge.
Philip Yancey