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Philip Yancey is editor at large of Christianity Today and cochair of the editorial board for Books and Culture. Yancey's most recent book is Rumors of Another World. His other books include Reaching for the Invisible God (2000), The Bible Jesus Read (1999), What's So Amazing About Grace? (1998), The Jesus I Never Knew (1995), Where is God When It Hurts (1990), and many others.
For God's Sake
What 147 elk taught me about prayer.
by Philip Yancey
posted 03/01/2006 09:00 a.m.
The Word on the Street
What the homeless taught me about prayer.
by Philip Yancey
posted 12/29/2005 09:00 a.m.
Exploring a Parallel Universe
Why does the word evangelical threaten so many people in our culture?
by Philip Yancey
posted 11/03/2005 09:00 a.m.
God Behind Barbed Wire
How a Nazi-soldier-turned-theologian found hope.
by Philip Yancey
posted 08/29/2005 09:00 a.m.
The Japanese Joseph
What the North Korean regime meant for evil, God used for good.
by Philip Yancey
posted 06/21/2005 09:00 a.m.
A Bow and a Kiss
Authentic worship reveals both the friendship and fear of God.
by Philip Yancey
posted 04/29/2005 10:00 a.m.
Global Suspense
The trick of faith is to believe in advance what will only make sense in reverse.
By Philip Yancey
posted 03/01/2005 09:30 a.m.
Back from the Brothel
Thanks to brave ministries, prostitutes are still entering the kingdom.
By Philip Yancey
posted 01/05/05 9:00 a.m.
Hope for Abraham's Sons
What will it take for us to overcome this violent world?
By Philip Yancey
posted 10/28/04 9:00 a.m.
Forgetting God
Why decadence drives out discipline.
By Philip Yancey
posted 08/30/04 8:30 a.m.
Doubting the Doomsayers
Thank God not everything they say is true.
By Philip Yancey
posted 04/30/2004
Cry, The Beloved Continent
Don't let AIDS steal African children's future.
By Philip Yancey
posted 03/04/2004
The Colonizers
The best preachers have challenged earth to become more like heaven.
By Philip Yancey
posted 01/16/2004
The Leprosy Doctor
Paul Brand showed how to serve others sacrificially and emerge with joy.
By Philip Yancey
posted 10/23/2003
The Least Likely Soil
Where God is more certain than death.
By Philip Yancey
posted 08/26/2003
Going It Alone
We should take heed when much of the world says it distrusts us.
By Philip Yancey
posted 07/02/2003
God of the Maggies
In broken sinners, Jesus saw not their past but their future.
By Philip Yancey
posted 04/29/2003
Perestroika of the Spirit
In Russia, the vocabulary of faith needs interpreters.
By Philip Yancey
posted 3/5/2003
Jesus' Sword
Longing for peace in tumultuous times.
By Philip Yancey
posted 1/7/2003
Guilt Good and Bad
The early warning signs.
By Philip Yancey
posted 11/11/2002
God's Funeral
What will keep faith from nearly disappearing in America?
By Philip Yancey
posted 09/03/2002
Sheepish
Feeling autonomous and proud? Then ponder the lives of sheep.
By Philip Yancey
posted 07/02/2002
Servant in Chief
Jimmy Carter's journey from the White House to building houses.
By Philip Yancey
posted 05/28/2002
Why Do They Hate Us?
How to turn the Baywatch syndrome into the Jesus syndrome.
By Philip Yancey
posted 03/27/2002
I Was Just Wondering …
Twenty questions that nag me after September 11.
By Philip Yancey
posted 02/18/2002
Letter from a Muslim Seeker
Christians aren't the only ones asking 'Why?' after September's tragedy.
By Philip Yancey
posted 12/05/01
Honest Church Marketing
We enhance our "image" by offering the world a realistic picture of faith.
Philip Yancey
posted 10/24/2001
Where Was God on 9/11?
Reflections from Ground Zero and beyond.
Philip Yancey
posted 10/23/2001
Compassion Confusion
We should serve the needy even when it has bad political consequences.
Philip Yancey
posted 8/28/01
Fixing Our Weakest Link
Evangelicals should be more "needful of the minds of others."
Philip Yancey
posted 7/3/01
Replenishing the Inner Pastor
Churches should take greater interest in their shepherds' spiritual health.
Philip Yancey
posted 5/14/01
Beyond Flesh and Blood
I used to disdain biblical talk of "invisible spirits." No more.
Philip Yancey
posted 3/27/01
God at Large
A look around the globe reveals a God as big as we want him to be.
Philip Yancey
posted 1/31/01
Humility's Many Faces
Everyone I've looked up to has shared one trait.
Philip Yancey
posted 12/4/00
Getting a Life
The most fully alive persons are those who give their lives away.
Philip Yancey
posted 10/16/00
'To Rise, It Stoops'
How parenting mirrors the character of God.
Philip Yancey
posted 8/29/00
Lessons From Rock Bottom
The church can learn about grace from the recovery movement.
Philip Yancey
posted 7/11/00
Chess Master
God brings victory even from our bad moves.
Philip Yancey
posted 5/15/00
My To-Be List
What I learned from a 50-year spiritual checkup.
Philip Yancey
posted 4/3/00
Would Jesus Worship Here?
Across the world, God moves in mysterious ways.
Philip Yancey
posted 2/7/00
Doctor's Orders
Why should I care if my doctor is unhappy? I'm not his psychiatrist.
Philip Yancey
posted 12/2/99
Getting to Know Me
In most ways important to God, I had failed miserably.
Philip Yancey
posted 10/25/99
The Encyclopedia of Theological Ignorance
In view of the mess we have made of crystal-clear commands, I tremble to think how we might act if some doctrines were less ambiguous.
Philip Yancey
posted 9/6/99
Writing the Trinity
Robert Farrar Capon rightly mocks Christians who conceive of the persons of the Trinity as players on the sidelines taking turns at substitution.
Philip Yancey
posted 7/12/99
Can Good Come Out of This Evil?
"I am so angry with you! I too am an outcast, but I didn't kill anyone. I would have been your friend."
Philip Yancey
posted 6/14/99
The Last Deist
We need more than a just watchmaker who winds up the universe and lets it tick.
Philip Yancey
posted 4/5/99
Why I Can Feel Your Pain
The "politically correct" movement often positions itself as an enemy of Christianity. Ironically, the gospel contributed the underpinnings that make the movement possible.
Philip Yancey
posted 2/8/99
What The Prince of Egypt Won't Tell You
The Old Testament should come with a warning: Don't read Exodus without also reading Deuteronomy.
Philip Yancey
posted 12/7/98
What's a Heaven For?
Lewis saw belief in heaven not as wishful thinking, but as thoughtful wishing.
Philip Yancey
posted 10/26/98
The Fox and the Writer
I felt a thrilling flashback to Eden, when the barrier of fear had not yet arisen between the species.
Philip Yancey
posted 9/7/98
Fear and Faith in the Middle East
As I remember my trip to Lebanon, I think how easy it is to write about the gospel from my serene perch in Colorado.
Philip Yancey
posted 7/13/98
And the Word Was … Debatable
All those who take up the daunting task of Bible translation step into a force field of tension.
Philip Yancey
posted 5/18/98
A Cure for Spiritual Deafness
Relevance, we have surely mastered. What would happen if we sought a little irrelevance?
Philip Yancey
posted 4/6/98
Jesus' Unanswered Prayers
When Jesus prayed to the one who could save him from death, he did not get that salvation; he got instead the salvation of the world.
Philip Yancey
posted 2/9/98
The Jesus We Never Got
Elijah stands for what I want in a God: someone to offer an escape route around life's messiest problems.
Philip Yancey
posted 12/8/97
A Bad Week in Hell
"How could Satan possibly allow it?"
Philip Yancey
posted 10/27/97
Chords That Bind
I experienced common grace, perhaps consciously for the first time, through music.
Philip Yancey
posted 9/1/97
Jesus and the Big Bang
The Apollo missions, the greatest technological achievement of our species, gave the first real glimpse of our puny place in the universe.
Philip Yancey
posted 7/14/97
Jesus, The Reluctant Miracle Worker
Clearly, Jesus did not come to solve "the problem of pain" while on earth.
Philip Yancey
posted 5/19/97
Neat! Way Cool! Awesome!
Artists like to have their work admired. That is why we worship.
Philip Yancey
posted 4/7/97
My Gallery of Saints
Examples of Christians who dispense grace.
Philip Yancey
posted 1/3/97
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