Philip Yancey Quotes About Christianity

Quotes about: Christianity

• No one ever converted to Christianity because they lost the argument.

  Philip Yancey

  Christian, Religious, Choices

• It took time for the church to come to terms with the ignominy of the cross. Church fathers forbade its depiction in art until the reign of the Roman emperor Constantine.... Now, though, the symbol is everywhere: artists beat gold into the shape of the Roman execution device, baseball players cross themselves before batting, and cancy confectioners even make chocolate crosses for the faithful to eat during Holy Week. Strange as it may seem, Christianity has become a religion of the cross--the gallows, the electric chair, the gas chamber, in modern terms.

  Philip Yancey

  Baseball, Art, Father

• I have found that lived out, the hardest place to be a Christian is to be in a nice prosperous country with a lot of entertainment options because there's so many distractions.

  Philip Yancey

  Christian, Country, Nice

  "Interview: Philip Yancey on U.S. Christianity, Faith That Matters". Interview with Lillian Kwon, www.christianpost.com. October 02, 2010.

• I never see God. I seldom run into visual clues that remind me of God unless I am looking. The act of looking, the pursuit itself, makes possible the encounter. For this reason, Christianity has always insisted that trust and obedience come first, and knowledge follows.

  Philip Yancey

  Running, Encounters, Firsts

  Philip Yancey (2009). “Reaching for the Invisible God Study Guide”, p.37, Zondervan

• Christianity is not a purely intellectual, internal faith. It can only be lived in community.

  Philip Yancey

  Community, Intellectual, Christianity

  Philip Yancey, Eugene H. Paterson (2001). “Church: Why Bother?: My Personal Pilgrimage”, p.23, Zondervan

• facebook
• twitter
• googleplus
• email
• linkedin

• facebook
• twitter
• googleplus
• email
• linkedin