Philip Yancey | Christianity Today | A Magazine of Evangelical Conviction

Free Newsletters:

RSS Feeds |

Audio |

Twitter

Home > Opinion > Features > Philip Yancey

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.

Displaying 61 - 80 of 82 articles.

Page: 1 2 3 4 5

The Back Page | Philip Yancey:Would Jesus Worship Here?
Across the world, God moves in mysterious ways.

By Philip Yancey | posted 2/07/2000 12:00AM

Yancey: Doctor's Orders
Why should I care if my doctor is unhappy? I'm not his psychiatrist.

by Philip Yancey | posted 12/06/1999 12:00AM

Yancey: Getting to Know Me
In most ways important to God, I had failed miserably.

posted 10/25/1999 12:00AM

Yancey: The Encyclopedia of Theological Ignorance
In view of the mess we have made of crystal-clear commands, I tremble to think how we might act if some doctrines were less ambiguous.

posted 9/06/1999 12:00AM

Yancey: Writing the Trinity
Robert Farrar Capon rightly mocks Christians who conceive of the persons of the Trinity as players on the sidelines taking turns at substitution.

posted 7/12/1999 12:00AM

Phillip Yancey: Can Good Come Out of This Evil?
"You people in the sunshine may believe the faith, but we in the shadow must believe it."

Phillip Yancey | posted 6/14/1999 12:00AM

Yancey: The Last Deist
We need more than a just watchmaker who winds up the universe and lets it tick.

posted 4/05/1999 12:00AM

Yancey: Why I Can Feel Your Pain
The "politically correct" movement often positions itself as an enemy of Christianity. Ironically, the gospel contributed the underpinnings that make the movement possible.

posted 2/08/1999 12:00AM

Yancey: What The Prince of Egypt Won't Tell You
The Old Testament should come with a warning: Don't read Exodus without also reading Deuteronomy.

posted 12/07/1998 12:00AM

Philip Yancey: What's a Heaven For?
Lewis saw belief in heaven not as wishful thinking, but as thoughtful wishing.

posted 10/26/1998 12:00AM

Yancey: The Fox and the Writer
I felt a thrilling flashback to Eden, when the barrier of fear had not yet arisen between the species.

posted 9/07/1998 12:00AM

Phillip Yancey: Fear and Faith in the Middle East
As I remember my trip to Lebanon, I think how easy it is to write about the gospel from my serene perch in Colorado.

Philip Yancey | posted 7/13/1998 12:00AM

Yancey: And the Word Was ... Debatable
All those who take up the daunting task of Bible translation step into a force field of tension.

Philip Yancey | posted 5/18/1998 12:00AM

Yancey: A Cure for Spiritual Deafness
Relevance, we have surely mastered. What would happen if we sought a little irrelevance?

posted 4/06/1998 12:00AM

Yancey: Jesus' Unanswered Prayers
When Jesus prayed to the one who could save him from death, he did not get that salvation; he got instead the salvation of the world.

PHILIP YANCEY | posted 2/09/1998 12:00AM

The Jesus We Never Got
Elijah stands for what I want in a God: someone to offer an escape route around life's messiest problems.

Philip Yancey | posted 12/08/1997 12:00AM

Yancey: A Bad Week in Hell
"How could Satan possibly allow it?"

PHILIP YANCEY | posted 10/27/1997 12:00AM

Yancey: Chords That Bind
I experienced common grace, perhaps consciously for the first time, through music.

PHILIP YANCEY | posted 9/01/1997 12:00AM

Yancey: Jesus and the Big Bang
The Apollo missions, the greatest technological achievement of our species, gave the first real glimpse of our puny place in the universe.

by PHILIP YANCEY | posted 7/14/1997 12:00AM

Yancey: Jesus, the Reluctant Miracle Worker
Clearly, Jesus did not come to solve "the problem of pain" while on earth.

by Philip Yancey | posted 5/19/1997 12:00AM

Page: 1 2 3 4 5

sponsors

The Impossibility of Thanksgiving
Why gratefulness is more gift than duty.

Mark Galli | posted 11/25/2009 10:45AM

My Top 5 Movies on Thankfulness

Annie Young Frisbie, CT Movies critic and blogger at SuperFastReader.com | posted 11/25/2009 11:14AM

The Green Baptist
Jonathan Merritt seeks a renewed approach to American society.

Tim Stafford | posted 11/24/2009 11:31AM

What Does the Manhattan Declaration Really Mean?
Also: advocacy groups gear up for the Christmas shopping season with politics and compassion.

Tobin Grant | posted 11/24/2009 12:16PM

'A Voice for Sanity'
J. Lee Grady doesn't want your gold. The journalist wants a 'Holy Ghost housecleaning' of the charismatic movement.

Sarah Pulliam Bailey | posted 11/23/2009 01:11PM

Modern-Day Mordecai
When he's away from his day job, Charisma editor J. Lee Grady is probably working on a project to empower women and confront abuse.

Sarah Pulliam Bailey | posted 11/23/2009 01:06PM

The Next Redesign
Look for Christianity Today's new and improved presence online.

Ted Olsen | posted 11/23/2009 01:43PM

Trees Of Life
How Floresta integrates development discipleship, and creation care overseas.

Deann Alford in the Dominican Republic | posted 11/20/2009 10:56AM

A Grounded Faith
Mexican ministry branches out beyond tree planting to bring healing to souls in a barren land.

Jeremy Weber in Oaxaca, Mexico | posted 11/06/2009 01:56PM

Will Abortion Derail Health Care Reform?
The Senate moves closer to a vote on health care reform, groups argue over presidential appointments, and the Family Research Council issues a correction.

Tobin Grant | posted 11/20/2009 11:05AM

Cleaning Up After Others
A&E's The Cleaner is about tough love and redemption.

Todd Hertz | posted 11/19/2009 10:19AM

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

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

An Edwards-ian Thanksgiving
In November 1739, Jonathan Edwards preached not freedom from want, but freedom from demons.

Elesha Coffman | posted 11/26/2009 01:03PM

Poll: Will you do something for Thanksgiving with people from your church?

[Browse More Christianity Today]

Free Newsletters:

RSS Feeds |

Audio |

Twitter

Reader Reviews are below

Subscribe to Christianity Today and get 3 free trial issues. No credit card required.

Please allow 4-6 weeks for delivery. Offer valid in U.S. only.

If you decide you want to keep Christianity Today coming, honor your invoice for just $19.95 and receive nine more issues, a full year in all. If not, simply write "cancel" across the invoice and return it. The three trial issues are yours to keep, regardless.

Click here for international orders

2-for-1 Gifts!