A cease-fire between human beings depends upon a cease-fire with God.

— Philip Yancey

All of us in the church need “grace-healed eyes” to see the potential in others for the same grace that God has so lavishly bestowed on us.

— Philip Yancey

And yet when I wish to explore how faith works, I usually sneak in by the back door of doubt, for I best learn about my own need for faith during its absence. God's invisibility guarantees I will experience times of doubt. Everyone dangles on a pendulum that swings from belief to unbelief, back to belief, and ends - where?

— Philip Yancey

Are we concentrating more on the kingdom of this world than on the kingdom that is not of this world?

— Philip Yancey

As I look around on Sunday morning at the people populating the pews, I see the risk that God has assumed. For whatever reason, God now reveals himself in the world not through a pillar of smoke and fire, not even through the physical body of his Son in Galilee, but through the mongrel collection that comprises my local church and every other such gathering in God’s name. (p. 68, Church: Why Bother?)

— Philip Yancey

As the books of Job, Jeremiah, and Habakkuk clearly show, God has a high threshold of tolerance for what appropriate to say in a prayer. God can "handle" my unsuppressed rage. I may well find that my vindictive feelings need God's correction - but only by taking those feelings to God will I have the opportunity for correction and healing.

— Philip Yancey

Breaking the cycle of unbrace means taking the initiative.

— Philip Yancey

But should not atheists have an equal obligation to explain the origin of pleasure in a world of randomness and meaninglessness?

— Philip Yancey

Change came from below, as it usually does, rather than being imposed from above.

— Philip Yancey

Christian faith is... basically about love and being loved and reconciliation. These things are so important, they're foundational, and can transform individuals, families.

— Philip Yancey