Quotes related to Matthew 5:16
Grace dispensers give out of their own bounty, in gratitude (a word with the same root as grace) for what we have received from God. We serve others not with some hidden scheme of making converts, rather to contribute to the common good, to help humans flourish as God intended.
— Philip Yancey
The storm laid bare an unmistakable truth. More and more Christians have decided that the only way to reconquer America is through service. The faith no longer travels by the word. It moves by the deed.
— Philip Yancey
Author Stephen Brown notes that a veterinarian can learn a lot about a dog owner he has never met just by observing the dog. What does the world learn about God by watching us his followers on earth?
— Philip Yancey
Stanley Hauerwas, named "America's best theologian" by Time magazine, summed up the problem: "I have come to think that the challenge confronting Christians is not that we do not believe what we say, though that can be a problem, but that what we say we believe does not seem to make any difference for either the church or the world." When a poll of college students asked
— Philip Yancey
Rather, God has commissioned us as agents of intervention in the midst of a hostile and broken world.
— Philip Yancey
What does the world learn about God by watching us his followers on earth?
— Philip Yancey
The uncommitted share many of our core values, but if we do not live out those values in a compelling way, we will not awaken a thirst for their ultimate Source.
— Philip Yancey
Gordon MacDonald said, the world can do anything the church can do except one thing: it cannot show grace.
— Philip Yancey
A skeptical world judges the truth of what we say by the proof of how we live. Today's activists may be the best evangelists.
— Philip Yancey
we should live in such a way that our lives wouldn't make much sense if the gospel were not true.
— Philip Yancey
One reason the broader world does not look to Christianity for guidance is that we Christians have not spoken with a credible voice.
— Philip Yancey
Author Stephen Brown notes that a veterinarian can learn a lot about a dog owner he has never met just by observing the dog. What does the world learn about God by watching us his followers
— Philip Yancey