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Philip Yancey

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 Prayer. His other books include Rumors of Another World (2003), 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.

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'O, Evangelicos!'
We need not abandon our name—just live up to it.

Philip Yancey | posted 11/18/2009 10:31AM

Intensive Care Week
Thoughts while sitting beside my brother as his brain and body failed.

Philip Yancey | posted 9/14/2009 10:26AM

A Whole Good World Outside
Opening our blinds to the prevailing wonder of creation.

Philip Yancey | posted 7/06/2009 10:39AM

Surveying the Wondrous Cross
Understanding the Atonement is about more than grasping a theory.

Philip Yancey | posted 5/27/2009 10:35AM

A Dream That Won't Die
The meaning of the election; the work yet to be done.

Philip Yancey | posted 3/02/2009 10:47AM

A Surefire Investment
How to pray in the midst of financial catastrophe.

Philip Yancey | posted 2/03/2009 10:22AM

Philip Yancey: Escaping the Bullets
A speaking tour in India led to a few close calls.

Philip Yancey | posted 12/08/2008 01:57PM

Denominational Diagnostics
What I look for to find a healthy church.

Philip Yancey | posted 11/19/2008 08:52AM

On the Grand Canyon Bus
The Christian life is about the journey as well as the destination.

Philip Yancey | posted 9/25/2008 10:07AM

Found in Space
How C. S. Lewis has shaped my faith and writing.

Philip Yancey | posted 7/22/2008 08:41AM

Church in State
In post-Communist Germany, Christian political involvement is surging.

Philip Yancey | posted 3/10/2008 08:44AM

Ongoing Incarnation
Would Christmas have come even if we had not sinned?

Philip Yancey | posted 1/10/2008 08:52AM

Traveling with Wesley
A recent trip to England brought home rich insights on wealth.

Philip Yancey | posted 11/20/2007 09:00AM

God's Writing Life
Our Creator has chosen a medium that is the most challenging of all.

Philip Yancey | posted 9/13/2007 08:29AM

It's Not About the Crusades
The clash with Islam is over new global realities.

Philip Yancey | posted 7/19/2007 09:00AM

Not What It Seems
A bird's-eye view of contemporary evangelicalism.

Philip Yancey | posted 2/28/2007 08:51AM

A Tale of Five Herods
If you had five minutes with the President, what would you say?

Philip Yancey | posted 12/28/2006 09:10AM

Middle East Morass
Learning to regard people in light of what they suffer.

Philip Yancey | posted 11/20/2006 09:31AM

Grappling with God
Prayer sometimes feels like a hug and a stranglehold at the same time.

Philip Yancey | posted 10/20/2006 08:39AM

Postcard from Africa
Where hope and despair live side by side.

Philip Yancey | posted 9/01/2006 12:00AM

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Talk, Research, Marry
What Elizabeth Gilbert discovered about marriage before she ate her words in Committed.

Review by Cindy Crosby | posted 2/09/2010 09:49AM

Casting Too Wide a Net
Ministries protest proposed finance reform.

Ken Walker | posted 2/09/2010 09:50AM

Readers Write
Your responses to the December 2009 issue of Christianity Today.

posted 2/09/2010 09:52AM

Why Pope John Paul II Whipped Himself
New book reopens questions on self-denial and "what is lacking in Christ's afflictions."

Collin Hansen | posted 2/08/2010 09:11AM

Quotation Marks
Recent remarks Jim Dobson's new organization, Montana's assisted suicide, and other topics.

Compiled by Ted Olsen | posted 2/08/2010 09:12AM

More important than winning the argument against relativism is winning the relativist for Christ.

Mark L. Y. Chan | posted 1/21/2010 04:23PM

My Top 5 Books on Sports
Picks from Andrew Parker, professor of sport and Christian outreach at the University of Gloucestershire

Andrew Parker | posted 2/05/2010 10:01AM

Go Figure
Recent statistics on converts' zeal, faith-based funding, preaching social issues, and other topics.

Compiled by Ted Olsen | posted 2/05/2010 10:00AM

FRC, AFA Say Gay Sex Should Be a Crime
The debate over antisodomy laws moves from Uganda back to the U.S. Also: Groups debate immigration reform, abstinence education, and Scott Roeder.

Tobin Grant | posted 2/05/2010 11:31AM

Are We Transformed Yet?
Why the spiritually mature don't talk about how God has made them spiritually mature.

Mark Galli | posted 2/04/2010 09:27AM

Faith Equals Action
To White House Fellow Adam Taylor, the math is simple.

Mark Moring and Tim Stafford | posted 2/04/2010 09:29AM

Strong on Zeal, Thin in Knowledge
Lessons from Haiti's arrest of American Christians trying to take children out of the country.

Jedd Medefind | posted 2/03/2010 09:56AM

Poll: Does your church tend to attract a certain age group?

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