Quotes about Love
the same answer from suffering people: it matters little what we say — our concern and availability matter far more.
— Philip Yancey
God's grace is not a grandfatherly display of "niceness," for it cost the exorbitant price of Calvary.
— Philip Yancey
As Christ's body on earth we are compelled to move, as he did, toward those who hurt. That has been God's consistent movement in all history.
— Philip Yancey
What would it mean, I ask myself, if I too came to the place where I saw my primary identity in life as "the one Jesus loves"? How differently would I view myself at the end of a day?
— Philip Yancey
God took a great risk by announcing forgiveness in advance, and the scandal of grace involves a transfer of that risk to us.
— Philip Yancey
You cannot earn God's acceptance by climbing; you must receive it as a gift.
— Philip Yancey
We'll stay true to God only if our love becomes a decision.
— Philip Yancey
On the one hand God passionately loved the people he had made; on the other hand, God had a terrible urge to destroy the evil that enslaved them. On the cross, God resolved that inner conflict, for there God's Son absorbed the destructive force and transformed it into love.
— Philip Yancey
How would my life change if I truly believed the Bible's astounding words about God's love for me, if I looked in the mirror and saw what God sees?
— Philip Yancey
grace means there is nothing we can do to make God love us less—no amount of racism or pride or pornography or adultery or even murder. Grace means that God already loves us as much as an infinite God can possibly love.
— Philip Yancey
the parents of a severely disabled child have no end in sight.
— Philip Yancey
Wounded 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.
— Philip Yancey