The things, good Lord, that we pray for, give us the grace to labour for’, as
Sir Thomas More expressed it. The inner voice of prayer expresses itself naturally in action, just as the inner voice of my brain guides all my bodily actions.
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What a nation needs more than anything else is not a Christian ruler in the palace but a Christian prophet within earshot.
Philip YanceyTags: activism
If my activism, however well-motivated, drives out love, then I have misunderstood Jesus’ gospel. I am stuck with law, not the gospel of grace.
Philip YanceyTags: activism
Whenever faith seems an entitlement, or a measuring rod, we cast our lots with the Pharisees and grace softly slips away.
Philip YanceyThey [Old Testament] taught me about Life with God: not how it is supposed to work, but how it actually does work.
Philip YanceyTags: life
we persevere because we believe rewards will come.
Philip YanceyGod does not seem impressed by size or power or wealth. Faith is what he wants, and the heroes who emerge are heroes of faith, not strength or wealth.
Philip YanceyTags: christianity god faith hero
Life with God is an individual matter, and general formulas do not easily apply.
Philip YanceyMisunderstanding must be nakedly exposed before true understanding can begin to flourish.
Philip YanceyTags: understanding misunderstanding
We whine about things we have little control over; we lament what we believe ought to be changed.
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