Philip Yancey Quotes about Church

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I rejected the church for a time because I found so little grace there. I returned because I found grace nowhere else.

I rejected the church for a time because I found so little grace there. I returned because I found grace nowhere else.

Philip Yancey

Grace, Church, Littles

Philip Yancey (1997). “What's So Amazing about Grace?”, p.16, Harper Collins

The church is, above all, a place to receive grace: it brings forgiven people together with the aim of equipping us to dispense grace to others.

Philip Yancey

People, Grace, Church

I go to church as an expression of my need for God and for God's family.

Philip Yancey

Expression, Church, Needs

We can’t expect the nation to operate by Christian principles… but we can expect this of the church.

Philip Yancey

Christian, Church, Principles

What would a church look like that created space for quietness, that bucked the celebrity trend and unplugged from noisy media, that actively resisted our consumer culture? What would worship look like if we directed it more toward God than toward our own amusement?

Philip Yancey

Media, Space, Church

We in the church have humility and contrition to offer the world, not a formula for success. Almost alone in our success-oriented society, we admit that we have failed, are failing, and always will fail.

Philip Yancey

Humility, Church, World

Philip Yancey (2009). “Reaching for the Invisible God: What Can We Expect to Find?”, p.20, Zondervan

We admit that we will never reach our ideal in this life, a distinctive the church claims that most other human institutions try to deny.

Philip Yancey

Church, Trying, Claims

Philip Yancey (2002). “Soul Survivor: How My Faith Survived the Church”, p.56, Image

[...]women much like this prostitute fled toward Jesus, not away from him. The worse a person felt about herself, the more likely she saw Jesus as a refuge. Has the church lost that gift?

Philip Yancey

Jesus, Church, Saws

Philip Yancey (2009). “Grace Notes”, p.171, Harper Collins