Quotes about Compassion
Where is the church when it hurts? If the church is doing its job—binding wounds, comforting the grieving, offering food to the hungry—I don't think people will wonder so much where God is when it hurts. They'll know where God is: in the presence of God's people on earth.
— Philip Yancey
Somehow we need to reclaim the "goodnewsness" of the gospel
— Philip Yancey
If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him?
— Philip Yancey
Something inside me recoiled as I heard her repeat the clichéd comments from her visitors. Is Christianity supposed to make a sufferer feel even worse?
— Philip Yancey
I've yet to meet someone who found their way to faith by being criticized.
— Philip Yancey
When we ignore the world outside the walls we suffer—as does it.
— Philip Yancey
As a Christian, my main concern is not to downgrade others' beliefs but to examine my own.
— Philip Yancey
Let me see them as thirsty people, I pray, and teach me how best to present the Living Water.
— Philip Yancey
forgiveness alone can halt the cycle of blame and pain, breaking the chain of ungrace.
— 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
Most importantly, he countered violence with nonviolence, and hatred with love. "Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred," he exhorted his followers. "We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again, we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force.
— Philip Yancey
the kingdom of God largely exists for the sake of outsiders, as a tangible expression of God's love for all.
— Philip Yancey