Quotes about Acceptance
Lord, if you can't make me thin, then make my friends look fat," humorist Erma Bombeck once prayed.
— Philip Yancey
God is the ultimate judge of hypocrisy in the church, I decided; I would leave such judgment in God's capable hands. I began to relax and grow softer, more forgiving of others. After all, who has a perfect spouse, or perfect parents or children? We do not give up on the institution of family because of its imperfections—why give up on the church?
— 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 world starves for grace.
— Philip Yancey
I've yet to meet someone who found their way to faith by being criticized.
— Philip Yancey
Novelist Reynolds Price said there is one sentence all humankind craves to hear: "The Maker of all things loves and wants me.
— Philip Yancey
God's arms are always extended; we are the ones who turn away.
— Philip Yancey
What would it take for church to become known as a place where grace is "on tap
— Philip Yancey
It is not the same as optimism or wishful thinking, for these imply a denial of reality.
— Philip Yancey
Grace is not about finishing last or first; it is about not counting.
— Philip Yancey
God welcomes home anyone who will have him and, in fact, has made the first move already.
— Philip Yancey
Then the question becomes, "How do we treat sinners?
— Philip Yancey