Quotes about Reconciliation
by denying forgiveness to others, we are in effect determining them unworthy of God's forgiveness, and thus so are we.
— Philip Yancey
How differently will I relate to the uncommitted if I view them not as evil or unsaved but rather as lost.
— Philip Yancey
The essence of Christian faith has come to us in story form, the story of a God who will go to any lengths to get his family back.
— Philip Yancey
forgiveness alone can halt the cycle of blame and pain, breaking the chain of ungrace.
— Philip Yancey
If reduced to a single phrase, the Bible's message would be something like this: God gets his family back. The Bible tells the story of how God, wanting to live in harmony with all that he had made, set out to win a rebellious world back to himself.
— Philip Yancey
Paul Tillich once defined forgiveness as remembering the past in order that it might be forgotten—a principle that applies to nations as well as individuals.
— Philip Yancey
Though forgiveness is never easy, and may take generations, what else can break the chains that enslave people to their historical past?
— Philip Yancey
Paul Tillich once defined forgiveness as remembering the past in order that it might be forgotten
— Philip Yancey
Only forgiveness frees us from the injustice of others.
— Philip Yancey
God welcomes home anyone who will have him and, in fact, has made the first move already.
— Philip Yancey
When you forgive someone, you slice away the wrong from the person who did it. You disengage that person from his hurtful act.
— Philip Yancey
Forgiveness is not the same as pardon, he advises: you may forgive one who wronged you and still insist on a just punishment for that wrong.
— Philip Yancey