Author: Philip Yancey

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Most of the great books on prayer are written by 'experts' - monks, missionaries, mystics, saints. I've read scores of them, and mainly they make me feel guilty.

Most of the great books on prayer are written by 'experts' - monks, missionaries, mystics, saints. I've read scores of them, and mainly they make me feel guilty.

- Philip Yancey

For me, prayer is not so much me setting out a shopping list of requests for God to consider as it is a way of 'keeping company with God.'

For me, prayer is not so much me setting out a shopping list of requests for God to consider as it is a way of 'keeping company with God.'

- Philip Yancey

People instinctively know the difference between something done with a profit motive and something done with a love motive.

People instinctively know the difference between something done with a profit motive and something done with a love motive.

- Philip Yancey

God endorses the confusion and even outrage that we feel when mysterious things happen.

God endorses the confusion and even outrage that we feel when mysterious things happen.

- Philip Yancey

The New Testament persistently presses us upward, toward higher motives for being good.

The New Testament persistently presses us upward, toward higher motives for being good.

- Philip Yancey

Muslims have great reverence in their prayers but not much intimacy.

Muslims have great reverence in their prayers but not much intimacy.

- Philip Yancey

Christian faith is... basically about love and being loved and reconciliation. These things are so important, they're foundational and they can transform individuals, families.

Christian faith is... basically about love and being loved and reconciliation. These things are so important, they're foundational and they can transform individuals, families.

- Philip Yancey

God already knows the naked truth about us, of course. Why not acknowledge it?

God already knows the naked truth about us, of course. Why not acknowledge it?

- Philip Yancey

The self-sacrificing, servant aspect of the Christian life has many parallels to parenthood.

The self-sacrificing, servant aspect of the Christian life has many parallels to parenthood.

- Philip Yancey

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