Quotes about Grace
God does not seek the people most outwardly capable, nor the most naturally "good." He works with the most unlikely material so that everyone can see the glory is his and his alone.
— Philip Yancey
grace happens at unexpected moments. It stops us short, catches the breath, disarms. If we manipulate it, try to control it, somehow earn it, that would not be grace.
— Philip Yancey
Moralism apart from grace solves little.
— Philip Yancey
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever" (Hebrews 13:8).
— Philip Yancey
It is difficult, if not impossible, to communicate the message of grace from the corridors of power.
— Philip Yancey
What would it take for church to become known as a place where grace is "on tap
— Philip Yancey
Grace has its own power, even in international politics.
— Philip Yancey
Paul Tillich once defined forgiveness as remembering the past in order that it might be forgotten
— Philip Yancey
Grace comes free of charge to people who do not deserve it
— Philip Yancey
Grace is unfair, which is one of the hardest things about it.
— Philip Yancey
Grace, however, is not about fairness.
— Philip Yancey
Only forgiveness frees us from the injustice of others.
— Philip Yancey