Quotes about Hope
if we do not believe that, and if our Christian hope, tempered by sophistication, does not allow us to offer that truth to a dying, convulsing world then we are indeed, as the apostle Paul said, of all men most miserable.
— Philip Yancey
Somehow we need to reclaim the "goodnewsness" of the gospel
— Philip Yancey
A God wise enough to rule the universe is wise enough to watch over his child Job, regardless of how things seem in the bleakest moments.
— Philip Yancey
If it's not setting you free and enlarging life, then it's not Jesus' message. If it doesn't sound like good news, it's not the gospel.
— Philip Yancey
I leave in God's hands the scales that must balance justice and mercy.
— Philip Yancey
The essence of Christian faith has come to us in story form, the story of a God who will go to any lengths to get his family back.
— Philip Yancey
I'm simply amazed at how God worked in response to my prayers. I see a softening in my niece's husband, an agnostic. I see transformation in the members of my small group, and spiritual awakenings in my neighbors. I see growth in my own marriage.
— Philip Yancey
Our faith rests not just on Jesus' example but on his resurrection.
— Philip Yancey
Love, too, is why I believe. At the end of life, what else matters?
— Philip Yancey
Novelist Reynolds Price said there is one sentence all humankind craves to hear: "The Maker of all things loves and wants me.
— Philip Yancey
the important issue facing Christians who suffer is not "Is God responsible?" but "How should I react now that this terrible thing has happened?
— Philip Yancey
people who have been broken by suffering and sickness ask for only one thing: a heart that loves and commits itself to them, a heart full of hope for them."2
— Philip Yancey