Philip Yancey Quotes About Heaven

Quotes about: Heaven

• The people of God are not merely to mark time, waiting for God to step in and set right all that is wrong. Rather, they are to model the new heaven and new earth, and by so doing awaken longings for what God will someday bring to pass.

  Philip Yancey

  God, Christian, Religious

  Philip Yancey (2009). “Disappointment with God: Three Questions No One Asks Aloud”, p.237, Harper Collins

• Human beings do not readily admit desperation. When they do, the kingdom of heaven draws near

  Philip Yancey

  Heaven, Kingdoms, Desperation

  Philip Yancey (1995). “The Jesus I Never Knew”, p.117, Harper Collins

• The Christian knows to serve the weak not because they deserve it but because God extended his love to us when we deserved the opposite. Christ came down from heaven, and whenever his disciples entertained dreams of prestige and power he reminded them that the greatest is the one who serves. The ladder of power reaches up, the ladder of grace reaches down.

  Philip Yancey

  Christian, Dream, Opposites

  Philip Yancey (2008). “What's So Amazing About Grace?”, p.180, Zondervan

• Grace does not depend on what we have done for God but rather what God has done for us. Ask people what they must do to get to heaven and most reply, "Be good." Jesus' stories contradict that answer. All we must do is cry, "Help!"

  Philip Yancey

  Jesus, People, Heaven

  Philip Yancey (1997). “What's So Amazing about Grace?”, p.55, Harper Collins

• Some of us seem so anxious about avoiding hell that we forget to celebrate our journey toward heaven.

  Philip Yancey

  Journey, Heaven, Forget

  Philip Yancey (1997). “What's So Amazing about Grace?”, p.14, Harper Collins

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