Quotes about Community
What would it take for church to become known as a place where grace is "on tap
— Philip Yancey
It makes all the difference in the world whether I view my neighbor as a potential convert or as someone whom God already loves.
— Philip Yancey
The church of my own childhood, as well as that of my present and my future, comprises deeply flawed human beings struggling toward an unattainable ideal.
— Philip Yancey
A healthy family builds up the weakest members while not tearing down the strong.
— Philip Yancey
Those who suffer rest their security not on things, which often cannot be enjoyed and may soon be taken away, but rather on people.
— Philip Yancey
Our confused society badly needs a community of contrast, a counter-culture of ordinary pilgrims who insist on living a different way. We can make the world stop and think before pulling a trigger, or exacting revenge, or neglecting the vulnerable, or practising euthanasia on those it deems 'devoid of value'.
— Philip Yancey
The phrase "the body of Christ," expresses well what we are called to do: to represent in flesh what Christ is like, especially to those in need. The
— Philip Yancey
what about grace? How rare to find a church competing to "out-grace" its rivals.
— Philip Yancey
The church works best as a force of resistance, a counterbalance to the consuming power of the state.
— Philip Yancey
It occurs to me, in fact, that laughter has much in common with prayer. In both acts, we stand on equal ground, freely acknowledging ourselves as fallen creatures. We take ourselves less seriously. We think of our creatureliness. Work divides and ranks; laughter and prayer unite. Finding God in Unexpected Places(245
— Philip Yancey
We in the body of Christ are called to show love when God seems not to.
— Philip Yancey
If God's kingdom had a "No Oddballs Allowed" sign posted, none of us could get in.
— Philip Yancey