Philip Yancey Quotes About Running

Quotes about: Running

• C. S. Lewis observed that almost all crimes of Christian history have come about when religion is confused with politics. Politics, which always runs by the rules of ungrace, allures us to trade away grace for power, a temptation the church has often been unable to resist.

  Philip Yancey

  Christian, Running, Confused

  Philip Yancey (1997). “What's So Amazing about Grace?”, p.233, Harper Collins

• Eugene Peterson points out that "the root meaning in Hebrew of salvation is to be broad, to become spacious, to enlarge. It carries the sense of deliverance from an existence that has become compressed, confined and cramped." God wants to set free, to make it possible for us to live open and loving lives with God and our neighbors. "I run in the path of your commands, for you have set my heart free," wrote the psalmist.

  Philip Yancey

  Running, Heart, Loving Life

• 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

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