Quotes about Belief
In order to be prepared to hope in what does not deceive, we must first lose hope in everything that deceives. —Georges Bernanos (in Reason for Being by Jacques Ellul)
— Philip Yancey
we should live in such a way that our lives wouldn't make much sense if the gospel were not true.
— Philip Yancey
As Paul Tournier said, "Where there is no longer any opportunity for doubt, there is no longer any opportunity for faith either.
— Philip Yancey
Because of our failure to live out our beliefs, our own lack of moral clarity, and our meddling with partisan politics, Western culture no longer looks to Christianity as its moral source.
— Philip Yancey
There is a simple cure for people who doubt God's love and question God's grace: to turn to the Bible and examine the kind of people God loves.
— Philip Yancey
He lambastes Catholics. He opposes the J. B. Phillips version of the Bible because Phillips had a friendship with C. S. Lewis, who drank beer and smoked a pipe.
— Philip Yancey
There's something unique about having only God to lean on in times of trial.
— Philip Yancey
Only Christianity dares to make God's love unconditional.
— Philip Yancey
some of the most inspiring stories of faith come from those often considered "losers" by the rest of the world.
— Philip Yancey
Believing there is no God does not make the thirst go away.
— Philip Yancey
Only he who is helpless can truly pray.
— Philip Yancey
According to Barna surveys, 61 percent of today's youth had been churched at one point during their teen years but are now spiritually disengaged.
— Philip Yancey