When I am tempted to complain about God's lack of presence, I remind myself that God has much more reason to complain about my lack of presence.
Philip YanceyGrace means there is nothing we can do to make God love us more . . . And grace means there is nothing we can do to make God love us less
Philip YanceyJesus never met a disease he could not cure, a birth defect he could not reverse, a demon he could not exorcise. But he did meet skeptics he could not convince and sinners he could not convert. Forgiveness of sins requires an act of will on the receiver's part, and some who heard Jesus' strongest words about grace and forgiveness turned away unrepentant.
Philip YanceyThe church works best not as a power center, rather as a countercultural community - in the world but not of it - that shows others how to live the most fulfilled and meaningful life on earth. In modern society that means rejecting the false gods of independence, success, and pleasure and replacing them with love for God and neighbor.
Philip Yancey