Quotes about Grace
sacrificial love is one of the most powerful weapons in the Christian's arsenal of grace.
— Philip Yancey
two major causes of most emotional problems among evangelical Christians are these: the failure to understand, receive, and live out God's unconditional grace and forgiveness; and the failure to give out that unconditional love, forgiveness, and grace to other people. . . . We read, we hear, we believe a good theology of grace. But that's not the way we live. The good news of the Gospel of grace has not penetrated the level of our emotions.
— Philip Yancey
How will we feel if historians of the future look back on the evangelical church of the 1990s and declare, "They fought bravely on the moral fronts of abortion and homosexual rights," while at the same time reporting that we did little to fulfill the Great Commission, and we did little to spread the aroma of grace in the world?
— Philip Yancey
Anderson draws from the experience of Judas a key principle about prayer: "Prayer is not a means of removing the unknown and unpredictable elements in life, but rather a way of including the unknown and unpredictable in the outworking of the grace of God in our lives.
— Philip Yancey
As a writer I have received my share of mixed reviews. Even so, as I read through stacks of vituperative letters, I got a strong sense for why the world does not automatically associate the word "grace" with evangelical Christians. Noxious
— Philip Yancey
How can Christians dispense grace in a society that seems to be veering away from God?
— Philip Yancey
The proof of spiritual maturity, Tolstoy contended, is not how "pure" you are but awareness of your impurity. That very awareness opens the door to grace.
— Philip Yancey
First, as should be clear by now, I believe that dispensing God's grace is the Christian's main contribution
— Philip Yancey
Gordon MacDonald said, the world can do anything the church can do except one thing: it cannot show grace.
— Philip Yancey
In sum, I would far rather convey grace than explain it.
— Philip Yancey
Somehow we need to reclaim the "goodnewsness" of the gospel
— Philip Yancey
For the LORD your God is a merciful God; he will not abandon or destroy you or forget the covenant with your forefathers, which he confirmed to them by oath.
— Philip Yancey