Hope you continue to writing books many years to come. many thanks. We would like post your article Holy Sex, How it Ravishes Our Souls as a resource on our website. If not, are you thinking of having it translated? And I now have an entirely new perspective on Him, what he promises me, and what its like to know Him. Lew knew about forgiving God. Philip. The reason evangelical Christians are supporting Trump is because they follow Christianity not Christ. But as I was adding a list of favorite places to that site today I ended up here and remembered that you had gone before me. I wanted to do the thing that I loved the most, so I applied. Sometimes we learn most by staying with a group that may not be our first preference. Troodon. I remember that very well because the government had canceled an agreement to use a theater and our hosts scrambled to come up with an alternate venue! Thank you. I stuggled back to Edmonton and stayed with friends. Recently a friend of mine deconstructed his faith, and then decided to leave entirely. I arrived in Canada and was told by the Immigration Officer in Quebec that I was not welcome in Quebec, I left my documents in the taxi from the airport and went to the Montreal Police to report them lost and was told if I could not write the report in French they would not help me, goodbye. I had to agree with him. Matt told me to come to his office, where he asked me about the nails. Michael, Blessings to you always. If you cant come, then please pray for us. And actually, Im not very expressive facially myself, so Im glad that when I speak, not everyone in the audience responds like me. I dont know. Men cling to spiritual pride like affluence; such a common infection Forming close relationships with those under my care was always important to me as a chaplain. Tubalcain was about the 6th generation from Adam, so you could roughly add another 500 years to make the age of Adam 5000 years ago. I have read everyone of your books and genuinely appreciated the transparency of struggle that your journey of faith has provided. Ive had some discussion about youth and childrens books. There are so many more things I want to tell you. Its my hope that God will use the article widely in different media to reach as many Christians as possible. Her mussle was tickened-stiff and blocked the joint, so she could not move the way normal people move. Thank you so much for your time. Therefore, its best to use Encyclopedia.com citations as a starting point before checking the style against your school or publications requirements and the most-recent information available at these sites: http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html. ~ supplying me with answers that actually make sense. Im grateful for how your memoir allowed me to reflect on my own journey and recognize His embrace and mercy weaved throughout. It has been a great help to me to bringing to realisation my thoughts around what my attitude to many of the issues confronting Christians today should be; the answer is to be graceful of course. It has taught me so much about how to look at other people and to think of things outside of me and my control. I was stunned, to put it mildly, and deeply shaken. For me, communicating with God doesnt seem to happen when I am actually praying. It is when I am pondering things while in the shower, or walking in the woods, or driving in the countryside. Therefore, there was no Creation , Eden, Adam and Eve, Fall of Man, Noahs Ark, or Tower of Babel. In about 6 hours, an asteroid will pass Earth, in astronomical terms, by a hairsbreadth. Thanks! Born November 4, 1949, in Atlanta, GA; son of Marshall Watts and Mildred (a teacher) Yancey; married Janet Norwood (a social work director), June 2, 1970. Lewis Smedes has the answer to my question? I just wanted to say that your book, Reaching for the Invisible God, has brought me much-needed hope during an unprecedented and unexpected period of doubt in my life. Dear Mr. Yancey, I have read almost all of your books. Seems a shame that weve spent a few millenia building houses of worship for the gods Shiva, Allah, Buddha and most recently, Xenu. When?. Smith told me to sell my condo and move 5,000 KM to Prince Edward Island. We felt so understood when we read your books on the realities of suffering. I wanted to thank you for speaking at our church, Southeast Christian in Parker, a few weeks ago. And Im very gratified to hear from you. Many more conservative believers have long maintained that such things were not possible. Hinds Feet on High Places ~ Hannah Hurnard No one has influenced me more, he says. And Im learning to play the scales (regular prayer times, Bible readings in the morning), and really PLAY them, for the first time in my life. She didnt do that. II, on Daf 53b footnote 25, there is extensive discussion about this statement of the Zohar and its Halachic ramifications. Are either or both of these books based on the Jewish & Hebrew roots of Christianity? I like to think of Mark 14:50/51, and that after the disciples fled a young man of dubious sexuality was still there defending Jesus. Bless you in your honest journey. When our Lord actually extended forgiveness to another person, he did it with these words: Your sins are forgiven as in the case of the cripple let down through a roof. Blessings! says? It was none of his business, and I had permission from V and C. Nevertheless, I went to AWI Brad Sass and asked him about it. If anyone will manage to get a fire going under my butt to get me writing more just reading your writings would do it! According to Brad, Paul later changed his mind because he had difficulty finding another job and needed the money. Nonetheless, if youre ever travelling in the vicinity of Vicksburg, Mississippi, my husband and I would love to treat you to a very lively but respectful conversation over dinner. Thats all I needed to know. Thank you for so honestly sharing your story, and for all your years of probing issues of faith deeply and causing us, your readers, to think. Im so excited I cant wait to tell the friend I aforementioned about this, since shes a big fan of yours and the one who introduced me to your books. You honor and humble me to hear that I helped you back on the path that I found with such struggle myself. Yancey, Philip D. 1949- (Philip David Yancey), Contemporary Authors, New Revision Series. AB Sithole, Pretoria: South Africa. Hi Phillip. It enriches my walk with the Lord and it is an invaluable resource! I wonder if God is still really there. I could understand why he would ask me to distribute his memos, since this is a lengthy process. What is forgiveness? I thought no favor can get from our own efforts to attain salvation, but I frequently search about The A "sometimes reluctant Christian" who has spent his entire adult life recovering from the "toxic" fundamentalist church of his childhood, Yancey walked away from religion in college. Smith was not happy at this decision.he did not want me in church Army , he hated YWAM. I have chosen to not be bitter, but to endeavour to be a reflection of his grace wherever I might be. (When they hit the teenage years, that is a different story, of course!) Yancey was born in 1949 and grew up in the outskirts of Atlanta, the younger of two boys. In their book, they recorded an eyewitness account of a miraculous resurrection of a woman died in an auto accident. Thank-you very much. I love the fact that you included many of your own thoughts but included so many references to others. Soul Survivor is my personal favorite because I got to write about my heroes. I cant explain the camaraderie I felt with your words. I just wanted to thank you for faithfully asking questions, writing, speaking, and following Christ in a way that has encouraged and inspired me. I have heard of you, as both of my parents view you as one of their favorite authors. You give others permission to question, to probe, to reevaluate what they believe, what they have been taught, and to look at their faith with honesty. I wont add to the formula answers. It changed my life literally, it opened my eyes to the log in mine and taught me Gods view on all things great and beautiful. Yancey is a famous writer who has written 25 books and this one should make him even more renowned. He chuckled and said Youve just been saved. I knew at that point I had much work to do. My wife and I often use your books as gifts when we talk to people in need of encouragement or a different bigger picture offered than the one we find in tacky church messages or half-hearted encouragement by fellow Christians. You seem to have managed it though and I am both grateful and amazed. I often find myself wondering why the Bible isnt like that. Ive read the book and sat on my thoughts for a few days. Other writers you discussChesterton, Dostoevsky, TolstoyI was somewhat familiar with already, but your book encouraged me to give them additional consideration. I'm convinced that fifteen minutes a day in prayerful use of this book will build up believers nicely on the path of faith. So much for the foundation of the Bible. As I searched for other texts to read on the subject (Christology) I found books only written in a bit of a heady fashion. Education: Christ's College, Cambridge U, Winter, Jeanette 1939- I finally got permission to bring in bins with lids for the garbage, to cut down on the flies buzzing around. It oftens brings me to tears when I read it because I see my own history in that woman, thats what is so amazing about Jesus, his Grace. I am a middle-aged South African with a severe brain disability, but also a science degree (physics and computer programming). I had all but given up on Christianity when I first encountered your books. I also plan on emailing you further with a few highlights. is the first book I have read of yours and it surely wont be the last, thanks again. Then I found a very healthy grace-filled church in Chicago. I just returned from Korea in November, and I know the Korean church struggles with legalism such as you describe. God asks us to be obedient, and disobedience is our human trademark. Philip. Its isolated, and there is no resupply. And further, if this is the case, how could anyone bend a knee to whichever deity is responsible for this plan? Perhaps I will continue to struggle with guilt for a very long time. Actually, I have been trying to find a part of a story I read a long while ago, written by you, in which you describe the character, meaning the Lord, emphatically pleading with (all I can recall is) a man in a hut. The goal of parenthood is not to produce clones who replicate their parents, rather to produce mature adults who make their own choices. Finally you end the book with a statement that I had to reflect on, I have no problem believing God is good. Paul told me that his hatred for Barry was so strong that he had to take sick days because of it. I grew up in the South as well and resonate with many of the things your share around race and healing from church contexts. He remarked to Berkley: "You cannot imagine, unless you've been in a background like that, how narrow it is." I love all your books but have been most impacted by The Jesus I Never Knew (which I have used to teach a class of young people in my church) , Whats So Amazing About Grace? You are quoted as having said, I tend to go back to the Bible as a model, because I dont know a more honest book, I believe there is one more honest book in the world than the Bible, and that is The Book of Mormon Another Testament of Jesus Christ. Two years later, the results of that decision in daily life still cause us emotional pain. Im still trying to work this out and would love to have your thoughts on this complicated topic. I think I understand your point of view, and thank you for it. That's why Yancey's account still sends chills down my spine. Some folks in Northern Africa still do! Just like you, I am deeply baffled by how many Filipino Christians have voted, even defended our current president. My reporting had alienated me from Threshold Ministries and the church that had ordained and licensed me, and the police called me a liar. Since then, Ive been through a confusing, but very revealing, journey which will be too long to write about in this already long comment. Prayer: Does It Make Any Difference?, Zondervan (Grand Rapids, MI), 2006. I became the western representative of COPE, while Monty was its eastern representative. People ask me who my favorite authors are and I always reply C. S. Lewis and Philip Yancey. I mailed the letter to Brian Harder and Misty McLaughlin by registered mail that evening. Thank you for your consideration. It was here that I met Capt Mark Dickson of the Church Army and we became friends . However, in Chapter 12, page 159 you write The secret to keeping company with God will likely not be found in a new set of tapes, another book, a different preacher, a weekend seminar. I agree. What about those with mental illness? Brother and sister in Christ, But, as for a factual statement this is extraordinarily unsatisfying. It all makes a lot more sense now. Now youre getting me excited. Snowy and Oliver were both shocked to hear about my dismissal, and Oliver said that it would be totally out of character for me for me to blow up at an inmate. Havent we all? Philip, Amen to that! I wrote the study guide for Carl Medearis book Speaking of Jesus and attended the Simply Jesus event a couple of years ago. In one of them, you write about your relationship with Mel Wright. You are warm and encouraging with words, and Im truly grateful for you. You were the first Christian writer who made room for a thinker like me. Philip. We trusted God for everything, was faithful and active in Church, praying and tithing. I am writing a book about addiction and recovery and would like to quote some passages in this book. I was offered a Correctional Services Canada in Charlottetown Prince Edward Island as a Community Chaplain and a volunteer chaplain at the local prison. We were not qualified to deal with the kind of emotional and mental pain that you describe. Your books have been so valuable to our family; especially my husband who has read some over again. Spilsby claimed that it was my couch, but it was the old urine- and sweat-soaked couch from behind the gym. My prayer for him is that he may have a Damascene encounter and emulate the dramatic change that took place in Pauls life. This was an unacceptable comment to make in a prison setting because it could raise tensions between Jewish and non-Jewish inmates. Thank you for waking me up to the greatest gift the Church has to offer the world. I am so blessed for having read your book In His Image I was in Nursing School when I read it and it was such a blessing. I went to a priest I knew In PEI , it was there I met some american christians who came up to me in a coffee shop where I was using the free internet. Thank you so much in advance for your patience and sorry for making it so long but I feel its so important for me. Philip D. Yancey's books are "fast becoming classics of the evangelical literature," according to Publishers Weekly contributor Miriam Berkley, in an interview with Yancey. However, I cannot find an Italian version. Of course. Phil later has to correct himself with, No, Im sorry. That all-important border would be invisible, that noisy argument silenced. He told me I was on my own. I do think the Israelite story, which later became the Jewish story, may be an example worth considering; its no accident that so many spirituals and so many civil rights sermons hark back to those days of oppression and liberation. I am so broken, I am so alone, and I can feel my heart giving up. This incident confirmed what Paul, Pastor Oliver Johnson and a number of prisoners had told me about Graham Spilsbys violent nature. their trespassers, and it helps the victimized let go of their anger, anguish, etc. His return to faith was not the product of typical Christian evangelism. I was also stunned that Paul cared about flies as brothers and sisters, while expressing hatred for evangelical Protestants, Jews and homosexuals. They Speak With Other Tongues ~ John Sherrill Thanks for all your write-ups. God bless you. I made an appointment with the Edmonton Legal Centre. I asked Debbie if there were any concerns with CSC chaplaincy, and she told me no. It is Jesus and a relationship with him that matters, not me .I have cared for gay people dying of Aides and welcomed them to use my shower and fed them meals and washed their cloths in my home , I was and I am a very kind man. Its funny how Dr. Thank you for your time and for your sermon! 54:17) Which is it Phil? So Tubalcain lived 1000 years into the Bronze Age which was 2000+1500+1000=4500 years ago. Puzzled why mens faith lies impotent in a paper tiger called Christianity, The Trojan Horse now masquerades as the Church, in a great edifice I have a question that has always burned in the forefront of my mind and was wondering if you could point me to any resources. My baby son died in my hands years ago. I am saddened by the atomic bombings in Japan during World War II. A penny for your thoughts: In thinking about prayer, it seems out of balance. BARTH, KARL You seem so much wiser than I am. Capt. DONALD TRUMP IS GODS CHOICE FOR PRESIDENT! I went out into the chapel and there stood CSC Commissioner Don Head. I am in the early stages of a memoir-like writing project which will engage the topic of faith in the midst of trial. With $50,000 designated for a home in my mothers will, I purchased a very small home in PEI for $49,000. Hi Philip, I have been looking everywhere to see if there may be a small group study guide that you or someone else may have written as a companion to the book In the Likeness of God that you co-wrote with Dr. Paul Brand. I sure had my eyes opened reading your book Whats so amazing about Grace. Philip. My question is, more, what good is he? Similarly, she would not allow the Jewish inmates from different units to mix on Friday evenings for prayers and Torah readings. Nothing in life is more important than encountering and accepting the love of God. Ramazan also joined Paul in making fun of the Prairie Regions chaplain, a woman licensed by the Church of the Nazarene, and he joined Paul in his hatred for Bridges of Canada, calling Bridges Manager Brian Harder a cowboy. Again.thank you again for your response! Your books have always been challenging my traditional beliefs in Christianity, and I thank God they do. I enjoyed your comments on Donald Trump. Can you suggest anything to help me feel Im worthy of the sacrifice madeI am simultaneously eager and scared to meet Jesus again. Two misfits came together. This is such a difficult topic, but I believe our group will be blessed immeasurably by your book and the additional questions! Our church (House of Prayer, Blairsville, GA) plans to study Whats So Amazing About Grace in January. I would have mild panic attacks in the parking lot before Bible Study. I have learned a lot. Many of the victims families comment, I have forgiven him in an expression of closure, or some other Christian-like behavior. Apart from me you can do nothing, Jesus told his disciples, a plain fact that we conspire to deny. Im Korean. Hmm. Your country needs a huge dose of Grace, I think. God chooses not to intervene, but has a plan you can trust, He says that the only thing we can count on is faith in Immanuel, or you are with me. In light of tragedy, this is difficult to accept. I heard you questioning the movement of evangelicals towards Trump, and I totally agree with you! I apologize for putting you to this much trouble. You are a treasure and gift to the Church, whose impact and legacy stretches to all 7 Continentsnot just the one your Mother wished you went to serve. (With Tim Stafford) Student Bible: New International Version, Zondervan (Grand Rapids, MI), 2002. So I am looking you up to ask for your feedback. I didnt know their stories. So Ill leave that stuff up to God. All the proceeds from this and the Medearis study guide help fund our work. Its true, of course, that a huge percentage of Christians worldwide practice that gift. I feel disappointed with my own life because I motivated to accomplish in my own life. You have been a truly profound influence on my Christian journey and I already think of you as a friend. Hi Philip, I had many toxic church experiences, and now I look back even on those with gratitude, for them spurred me to a kind of gritty, honest pursuit of God, one that, as I later discovered, the Bible honors. This is the child for me. THANK YOU FOR TAKING TIME TO LOOK AT THIS, Im sorry youve had to go to all this trouble, but I dont think this is my story, at least its not in Whats So Amazing About Grace. A farmer found me in a coma, slumped over the steering wheel. Deeply explore and do not write what only a part of the source says. It doesnt end. The prison held my job for three months while I and others tried to secure my work permit, but to no avail. . In the process he interviewed diverse people enriched by their personal faith, such as President Jimmy Carter, Habitat for Humanity founder Millard Fuller, and Dame Cicely Saunders, founder of the modern hospice movement. My Church is experiencing a major challenge shaking us to the roots. So, thank you for bridging, in an inspiring way, the gap weve created between Christ and real life. Thank you for letting us know that when lives seemed so complicated, we have our simplest mode in coming to God through trust and prayer. Just a quick note about me as a earnest christian for many years, I have basically given up on organized religion en masse , precisely because of the amount of un-grace( as you put it) I have encountered. I still Go to it from time to time. Finally, I decided theres no way to reconcile the linear, time-bound perspective of a human being with the eternal, timeless perspective of God, for whom our causation questions make little sense. We each grew up in a conservative church. Here are my thoughts to my 74 year old Christian father, the most wonderful man I know. I have really enjoyed the perspectives you offer. We attended various churches of that background for nearly twenty years of that and eventually left in 2002. I am returning to Jesus ministry at points of confusion. I went on a special program that brought together juvenile delinquents and federal prisoners, arranged by Chuck Colsons Prison Fellowship. (Contributor) Destiny and Deliverance (companion volume to film The Prince of Egypt), Thomas Nelson (Nashville, TN), 1998. Otherwise, Ive mostly read the novels by Richard Wright, Toni Morrison, Ralph Allison and the liketheyve certainly shaped my sensibility, if not my faith. For a long time, you have been one of my favorite authors, helping me to keep pursuing the faith when church hurt made me want to disappear. Most online reference entries and articles do not have page numbers. that helps people that were hurt by the church find Christ outside of the church. Dear Philip, As a journalist, he has interviewed two U. S. presidents and other notable people such as Bono, Billy Graham, and the authors Annie Dillard, John Updike, and Henri Nouwen. I was finally able to obtain social assistance after my GP in Charlottetown, Dr. Meek, put me on long- term disability for major depression. And maybe even blushing a little too. I just wanted to say thank you.Thank you for being honest in your books, such as, Disappointment With God and The Jesus I Never Knew. The honesty in your words have given me much revelation about God and why certain things happen the way they do. Now you too can be a grace-dispenser! We Americans have as hard a time understanding your president as most of the world has trying to understand our president-elect. They had noticed my Franciscan Habit . I agree with much of what you say about the role of artists and the disappearing nature of most art. I had been on the Board of COPE along with Monty Lewis and Frank Constintino the founders of Bridges, both men sided with Church Army/Threshold ministries and refused to give me a job while they were living. Your sheer honesty makes you human, therefore makes it feel okay for me to be also. Philip. It was clear there could never be discussion on the topic, so, with a heavy heart, we left the church. Enough turning the blind eye to church officials, government employees and police officers that have made it a lifestyle to break of the laws of this country. Please look him up and consider supporting his candidacy! Today's Christian Woman, September, 2003, Corrie Cutrer, review of Rumors of Another World, p. 98; January, 2007, Lisa Ann Cockrel, review of Prayer, p. 10. Id like to explore perspectives on faith with one or both of the Obamas, though theyd be tough to get to. I recently decided to write out my personal faith story over the Christmas holiday, covering my faith journey throughout my life and the crisis surrounding evolution that by the grace of God I did come to find peace and resolve in. Here it is: Over the past several months, I have read four books dealing with similar topics: yours (Soul Survivor), Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible, Mouw (The Smell of Sawdust), and Carpenter, History of Fundamentalism in the 30s and 40s. Isnt it more important that he embrace Jesus first? Once I found one, the pastor remarked that he saw me teaching and created a new Sunday School class to teach, which I did for more than a year. It was speculation, and rather creative speculation. As we were chatting, he told me that he had not been asked to write any report on the envelope incident either. I wonder what Bannon now is doing and if there is any way to contact him. Chaplain Paul and Bridges Manager Brian Harder knew all this, but this did not stop their verbal attacks against each other and against me. You have had an influence on me, and my great-grandchildren will be the beneficiaries of some of that influence, and may never know your name or read anything you wrote. I met a pastor who also was a former law enforcement officer and who was leading a newly merged church. If I had only known it and Capt. Just like the Hague revoked the tax exempt status of the Church of Scientology this week, Id revoke them all. I am reading VANISHING GRACE now and wanted to comment on Chapter 7, SCRIBBLES IN SAND. But it began to reach me in incredible ways. Philip. - Church Growth Magazine, https://biologos.org/podcast-episodes/thomas-jay-oord-uncontrolling-love, Was the Virgin Mary a Virgin? I finally got several opportunities to preach, and this simply confirmed the call my Pastor and I had heard. You affirm and encourage me. I was accepted into the Church Army right away because of my years with Youth With A Mission, and good references . Standing up to Paul had further ramifications. Capt. Scary is good. It just seems like the bad far outweighs any good that can come of this short life. "In this book, we see why [Yancey] is so effective" as a mediator or bridge between conservative and liberal Christians, John Congram stated in the Presbyterian Record. I went to the sessions twice and left. On the 6th I was one of your several drivers and took you to the venue the school where you spoke and dropped you back. When I teach fire safety (to adults, and after a warning), I show a video from the 2003 Station Nightclub Fire, very, very similar to last nights fire in Bucharest. This has left me torn between church and the wife I adore. But then, I find myself in a different kind of legalism- I think Im a better Christian, but no Im a wretched sinner. Can you expand some more on your thoughts concerning election/predestination and how you look at it at this point? As a result, much of the food was thrown away, and because of lockdowns there was no feast. Is it possible it is taken from Where is God when it Hurts? Your books have been my refuge! Paul even told me what clothes to wear on the job. What it has done however is to help me understand my host culture and community much better, the specific inheritances of what it means to be White that is never openly discussed, and those Westernised like myself absorb without awareness. So I found a copy on ebay and didnt think any more of it. I discussed it with an experienced educator here in Baltimore, Rabbi Moshe Oppen, and he said that the source is actually in two places in the Zohar: in Parshas Acharei Mos (67a), and in Parshas Emor (102a).