Quotes about Mercy
The One who had the right to destroy the world—and had nearly done so once in Noah's day—chose instead to love the world, at any cost.
— Philip Yancey
What greater gift could Christians give to the world than the forming of a culture that upholds grace and forgiveness?
— Philip Yancey
Because of Jesus, I can never say about a person, "She must be suffering because of some sin she committed"; Jesus, who did not sin, also felt pain.
— Philip Yancey
Like grace, forgiveness has about it the maddening quality of being undeserved, unmerited, unfair.
— Philip Yancey
Why God asks us to forgive: because that is what God is like.
— Philip Yancey
There is one major flaw in the law of revenge, however: it never settles the score.
— Philip Yancey
it seems so unfair, to forgive injustice. I am caught between forgiveness and justice.
— Philip Yancey
Law merely indicated the sickness; grace brought about the cure.
— Philip Yancey
Jesus proclaimed unmistakably that God's law is so perfect and absolute that no one can achieve righteousness. Yet God's grace is so great that we do not have to.
— Philip Yancey
Forgiveness may be unfair—it is, by definition—but at least it provides a way to halt the juggernaut of retribution.
— Philip Yancey
Calvary broke up the logjam between justice and forgiveness. By accepting onto his innocent self all the severe demands of justice, Jesus broke forever the chain of ungrace.
— Philip Yancey
Forgiveness is an act of faith.
— Philip Yancey