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Alpha and Omega

Philip Yancey — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 14:46:24 +0000

We published no blog last month due to the untimely death of Joannie Barth, who coordinated my social media for 13 years. We are still bereft. This month, a pastor reflects on encounters with both the beginning and the end of life on the same day. My newest grandchild emerged from the darkness of the ... Read more

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The Long View

Philip Yancey — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 11:25:46 +0000

Her own mother, my grandmother, was born in 1898 and lived 102 years. The year she turned 94, an election year, we had an extended conversation about politics. “Who was your favorite president?” I asked. She thought for a moment and declared, “Roosevelt.” “I can understand that,” I replied. “After all, he led us during ... Read more

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Faith, Deconstructed or Reconstructed

Philip Yancey — Mon, 23 Jan 2023 08:22:56 +0000

This 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, son of the Baptist speaker and writer Tony Campolo, grew up in the heart of the evangelical subculture. He worked as an urban missionary and co-founded Mission ... Read more

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A Time to Doubt

Philip Yancey — Sun, 12 Jan 2020 08:48:27 +0000

In December I was interviewed by Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times, who devotes an annual Christmas column to a conversation with a believing Christian. Kristof asked honest questions about such issues as miracles, failures of the church, and the reliability of the Bible. Within two days, 830 Times readers posted comments, and taken ... Read more

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Trusting the Bridge

Philip Yancey — Tue, 22 Oct 2019 04:45:28 +0000

[In Fearfully and Wonderfully, Dr. Paul Brand describes a time when his Christian faith was tested by doubt, especially regarding the issue of evolution.] In medical school I encountered professors who took for granted that the universe is based on randomness, with no place for an intelligent Designer. As I have grappled with these and ... Read more

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Why I Believe

Philip Yancey — Sat, 22 Jun 2019 11:01:53 +0000

Early in his pilgrimage, the literary monk Thomas Merton wrote, “Very soon we get to the point where we simply say, ‘I believe’ or ‘I refuse to believe.’” Faith runs hot and cold over time, offering up reasons both to believe and disbelieve. It did not surprise Jesus in the least that some would disbelieve ... Read more

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Fatherless

Philip Yancey — Sun, 18 Jun 2017 05:16:22 +0000

I never thought it strange, not having a father. I was barely a year old when my father died, so I didn’t miss him. How could I? I never knew him. In elementary school some kids didn’t know better than to ask, “How’d he die?” and when I told them polio, my status went up. ... Read more

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