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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I entreat students of letters and other scholars to obey their masters in things good, to imitate them, and diligently apply themselves to letters for the sake of God's honour and their own salvation and that of other men.
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Women should know that they don't have to hang on to an old dream that has stopped nurturing them - that there is always time to start a new dream.
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I am a New Yorker! Mass transit is my sweet ride. I know the subway system like the back of my hand.
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Miracles surround us at every turn if we but sharpen our perceptions of them.
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Straight men should take a thirteen-week course from a gay man to fully appreciate what's fabulous about women.
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God endorses the confusion and even outrage that we feel when mysterious things happen.
