Whatever else it is, the kingdom of God is decidedly not a call to violent revolution.
Philip YanceyThe more we love, and the more unlikely people we love, the more we resemble God - who, after all, loves ornery creatures like us.
Philip YanceyThe things, good Lord, that we pray for, give us the grace to labour for', as Sir Thomas More expressed it. The inner voice of prayer expresses itself naturally in action, just as the inner voice of my brain guides all my bodily actions.
Philip Yancey