Pleasure represents a great good but also a grave danger.

Philip Yancey

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the promise of pleasures so alluring that we may devote our lives to their pursuit, and then the haunting realization that these pleasures ultimately do not satisfy.

Philip Yancey

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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

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As a writer, I play with words all day long. I toy with them, listen for their overtones, crack them open, and try to stuff my thoughts inside.

Philip Yancey


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Like a dying star, grace dissipates in a final burst of pale light, and is then engulfed by the black hole of "ungrace.

Philip Yancey


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I rejected the church for a time because I found so little grace there. I returned because I found grace nowhere else.

Philip Yancey


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I have found that living with faith in an unseen world requires constant effort.

Philip Yancey

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Dependence, humility, simplicity, cooperation, and a sense of abandon are qualities greatly prized in the spiritual life, but extremely elusive for people who live in comfort.

Philip Yancey


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When he lived on earth, [Jesus] surrounded himself with ordinary people who misunderstood him, failed to exercise much spiritual power, and sometimes behaved like churlish schoolchildren.

Philip Yancey


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Human beings do not readily admit desperation. When they do, the kingdom of heaven draws near.

Philip Yancey


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