Who is Philip Yancey?
For Yancey, reading offered a window to a different world. So, he devoured books that opened his mind, challenged his upbringing, and went against what he had been taught. A sense of betrayal engulfed him.
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Now More Than Ever
Posted on Sat, Sep 30 2023 in Blog, Writing | 37 CommentsI wrote What’s So Amazing About Grace? more than twenty-five years ago, at the close of the twentieth century. I feared that some parts of the church were… read on
Who’s Going to Church?
Posted on Sat, Aug 26 2023 in Blog | 50 CommentsDr. Ryan Burge has a dual career, teaching Political Science at a university and serving as a pastor in an American Baptist church. A self-confessed data nerd, he… read on
Lunch with Bono and U2
Posted on Fri, Jul 28 2023 in Blog | 60 CommentsI’m staring at a computer screen in my Colorado office one fine fall day in 2001 when the phone rings. “Hello, my name is Jack Heaslip,” says a… read on
The Long View
Posted on Mon, Jun 26 2023 in Blog | 35 CommentsSince last month I have been thinking about old age. On May 4, my mother celebrated her 99th birthday. She awoke, said “99 — I made it!” and… read on
A Cry of Grief
Posted on Mon, May 29 2023 in Blog | 76 CommentsEarlier this month I spent a week in north Georgia with the Johnsons, who for 15 years have provided loving care for my aging mother in their home…. read on
Sharpening the Faith Angle
Posted on Fri, Apr 28 2023 in Blog | 17 CommentsAsk a New York- or D.C.-based journalist what they know about evangelical Christians and you may well get an answer like, “They’re the ones who voted for Donald… read on
The Rise and Fall and Rise of Jimmy Carter
Posted on Mon, Mar 27 2023 in Blog, Politics | 57 CommentsFormer president Jimmy Carter is back in the news, this time because of his decision to forgo further medical treatment and live out his final days at home,… read on
Dislabeled
Posted on Mon, Feb 20 2023 in Blog | 249 CommentsMy memoir, Where the Light Fell, tells the saga of my older brother, in whose shadow I grew up. Marshall was blessed with an off-the-charts IQ and preternatural… read on
Faith, Deconstructed or Reconstructed
Posted on Mon, Jan 23 2023 in Blog | 77 CommentsThis blog is different from any of my others. It reproduces an exchange of emails I had with Bart Campolo about my memoir, Where the Light Fell. Bart,… read on
The Sword of Christmas
Posted on Mon, Dec 19 2022 in Blog | 18 Comments“Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword,” Jesus told his disciples, twelve… read on
About Philip Yancey
For Yancey, reading offered a window to a different world. So, he devoured books that opened his mind, challenged his upbringing, and went against what he had been taught. A sense of betrayal engulfed him.