Philip Yancey Quotes
God endorses the confusion and even outrage that we feel when mysterious things happen.
Quotes to Explore
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It is what we do easily and what we like to do that we do well.
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When you are spiritually connected, you are not looking for occasions to be offended, and you are not judging and labeling others. You are in a state of grace in which you know you are connected to God and thus free from the effects of anyone or anything external to yourself.
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I don't believe in God personally but I have great respect for those people who do and different people have different religious views in this country.
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That men should live honestly, quietly, and comfortably together, it is needful that they should live under a sense of God's will, and in awe of the divine power, hoping to please God, and fearing to offend Him, by their behaviour respectively.
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I doubt God would want to touch America's tax code, since it is already located in the third rung of Hell.
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Attraction is what happens between you. It's not universal. And it's not conventional. And thank God for that.
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When your maturity is derived from circumstantial factors other than faith, your level of maturity would continue to fluctuate rather than being stable. This is why I am enabled to maintain a balance and stable approach to the challenges that come my way every day. I am not moved by what people say or do concerning my relationship with God.
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I have often thought with wonder of the great goodness of God; and my soul has rejoiced in the contemplation of His great magnificence and mercy. May He be blessed for ever! For I see clearly that He has not omitted to reward me, even in this life, for every one of my good desires.
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I believe that God wants us to show respect.
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I am racing to the studio the moment that God affords me the opportunity to hear again.
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Pastoral ministry is about an ongoing confrontation with the god of this world, with blindness, hardness of heart, remaining sin.
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If God would have wanted us to live in a permissive society He would have given us Ten Suggestions and not Ten Commandments.
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God seldom suspends the laws of nature, just as God does not remove free will to keep evil people from doing evil things.
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The prophets, who were very many, proclaim and declare the one God; for, being filled with the inspiration of the one God, they predicted things to come, with agreeing and harmonious voice.
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You matter to God, and every detail of your life matters to Him.
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Religious beliefs have played a vital role in forming America's character as well as my own. I was raised as a Lutheran, and I believe in God and consider my faith and involvement with organized religion to be an important part of who I am.
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The song 'What Goes Up' was inspired as I was playing the piano and reminiscing about the Spaceship One launches I witnessed in the Mojave desert. It is an awesome thing to comprehend the magnitude of what a human being dreams and imagines can be realized.
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In all ranks of life the human heart yearns for the beautiful; and the beautiful things that God makes are his gift to all alike.
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God, who preferred the correction rather than the death of a sinner, did not desire that a homicide be punished by the exaction of another act of homicide.
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God seems to throw Himself on the side of the man who knows exactly what he wants, if he is determined to get JUST THAT!
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Somebody once said, you have to wait 20 years before you can tell if a movie's any good or not so that's probably true.
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Nobody destroys people - people destroy themselves, and it's very, very sad.
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I'm actually pretty good with computers. I use computers when I'm working on making and producing music, so I do know a thing or two!
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God endorses the confusion and even outrage that we feel when mysterious things happen.
