The uncommitted share many of our core values, but if we do not live out those values in a compelling way, we will not awaken a thirst for their ultimate Source.
Philip YanceyThe point of the Book of Job is not suffering: where is God When It hurts? The prologue (chapters 1-2) dealt with that issue. The point of the Book of Job is faith: Where is Job when it hurts?
Philip YanceyA philosophy may explain difficult things, but has no power to change them. The gospel, the story of Jesus' life, promises change.
Philip YanceyGod must love art because most of the Bible is expressed in the form of story or poetry.
Philip YanceyWe canโt expect the nation to operate by Christian principlesโฆ but we can expect this of the church.
Philip YanceyJesus represents a point of common ground an esteemed rabbi to the Jew, a god to the Hindu, an enlightened one to the Buddhist, a great prophet to the Muslim. Even to the New Age guru, Jesus is the pinnacle of God-consciousness. At the same time, Jesus is the divider. None but Christians see Him as a member of the Godhead on an exclusive mission to repair the broken world.
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