Philip Yancey Mean Quotations

Politics draws lines between people; in contrast, Jesus' love cuts across those lines and dispenses grace. That does not mean, of course, that Christians should not involve themselves in politics. It simply means that as we do so we must not let the rules of power displace the command to love.

Prayer is not a means of removing the unknown and predictable elements in life, but rather a way of including the unknown and unpredictable in the outworking of the grace of God in our lives.

I have learned that faith means trusting in advance what will only make sense in reverse.

Grace means that God already loves us as much as an infinite God can possibly love.

The Gospels and the rest of the New Testament reflect the life of Jesus, what it means for us & what it means for the world.

Christians are not perfect, by any means, but they can be people made fully alive.

Grace means there is nothing we can do to make God love us more . . . And grace means there is nothing we can do to make God love us less

... the issue is not whether I agree with someone but rather how I treat someone with whom I profoundly disagree. We Christians are called to use the "weapons of grace," which means treating even our opponents with love and respect.