Philip Yancey Archives | Philip Yancey https://philipyancey.com/tag/philip-yancey/ Best-Selling Christian Author Sun, 21 Dec 2025 16:00:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://philipyancey.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/cropped-pyfavicon-32x32.png Philip Yancey Archives | Philip Yancey https://philipyancey.com/tag/philip-yancey/ 32 32 The Universe and My Aquarium https://philipyancey.com/universe-aquarium/ https://philipyancey.com/universe-aquarium/#comments Sun, 21 Dec 2025 14:16:00 +0000 https://philipyancey.com/?p=4680 Some forty years ago, when I lived in downtown Chicago, I wrote this reflection on my aquarium.  It became a kind of parable with special significance in the Christmas season.  A shorter version made its way into one of my books; here is the original. When I look out my downtown window I see a ... Read more

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]]> https://philipyancey.com/universe-aquarium/feed/ 31 Alpha and Omega https://philipyancey.com/alpha-and-omega/ https://philipyancey.com/alpha-and-omega/#comments Fri, 28 Nov 2025 14:46:24 +0000 https://philipyancey.com/?p=12291 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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]]> https://philipyancey.com/alpha-and-omega/feed/ 20 The Bible Revealed https://philipyancey.com/books/the-bible-revealed/ Mon, 29 Sep 2025 18:45:47 +0000 https://philipyancey.com/?post_type=books&p=12180 A 365-Day Guided Journey Through God’s Word *** To be released Nov 11, 2025; Pre-Order discounts available NOW *** Discover the Bible As Never BeforeThe Bible may seem big and intimidating. What’s the best way to read it, and where should you even start? The Bible Revealed guides you chronologically through the Bible’s grand story, ... Read more

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]]> Word Play https://philipyancey.com/word-play/ https://philipyancey.com/word-play/#comments Wed, 30 Jul 2025 07:54:50 +0000 https://philipyancey.com/?p=12006 Visitors to my Facebook page and website have proved that they love words. Here’s a test: Do you know what an eponym is? Homonyms are words with more than one meaning, such as rock, or fall. Synonyms mean nearly the same thing as another word, while antonyms mean the opposite. Acronyms combine the initial letters ... Read more

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]]> https://philipyancey.com/word-play/feed/ 14 Who Cares? https://philipyancey.com/who-cares/ https://philipyancey.com/who-cares/#comments Fri, 27 Jun 2025 05:33:52 +0000 https://philipyancey.com/?p=11935 I’ve been watching an argument play out on news channels and the Internet. Bono, the Irish singer who leads the rock band U2, has been appearing on talk shows and podcasts, urging Americans to restore some of the foreign aid projects that have been canceled. This stirred up memories of my visits to faith-based clinics and hospitals around the world...

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]]> https://philipyancey.com/who-cares/feed/ 37 Polishing Mirrors for Heaven https://philipyancey.com/polishing-mirrors-for-heaven/ https://philipyancey.com/polishing-mirrors-for-heaven/#comments Mon, 24 Feb 2025 11:46:56 +0000 https://philipyancey.com/?p=11740 I have visited Russia twice. The first time, in 1991, I found a nation in deep chaos. The Soviet Union was rapidly disintegrating, and that year’s news featured a failed coup against President Mikhail Gorbachev and the resulting power struggle led by Boris Yeltsin. Ultimately, Yeltsin would triumph over Russia’s diehard communists, after leading a ... Read more

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]]> https://philipyancey.com/polishing-mirrors-for-heaven/feed/ 32 Cosmic Faith https://philipyancey.com/cosmic-faith/ https://philipyancey.com/cosmic-faith/#comments Mon, 27 Jan 2025 07:22:08 +0000 https://philipyancey.com/?p=11700 Each year, as the period of Lent approaches, I turn to John’s poignant account of Jesus’ last supper with his disciples. The pace slows as the apostle devotes almost a quarter of his Gospel to this one intimate gathering of Jesus’ closest friends. The contrast in moods between Jesus and his disciples could hardly be ... Read more

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]]> https://philipyancey.com/cosmic-faith/feed/ 33 God’s Masterpiece https://philipyancey.com/gods-masterpiece/ https://philipyancey.com/gods-masterpiece/#comments Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:12:03 +0000 https://philipyancey.com/?p=11656 More than two centuries before the Reformation, a theological debate broke out pitting the premier theologian Thomas Aquinas against an upstart Franciscan priest from Britain, John Duns Scotus. The heart of the debate circled around the question, “Would the event we celebrate at Christmas have occurred if humanity had not disobeyed God?” Like most theologians, ... Read more

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]]> https://philipyancey.com/gods-masterpiece/feed/ 17 I Am Not Dead https://philipyancey.com/i-am-not-dead/ https://philipyancey.com/i-am-not-dead/#comments Mon, 11 Nov 2024 07:05:27 +0000 https://philipyancey.com/?p=11583 I first came across the “Heartbreaking News” of my death on a YouTube video. A suspiciously artificial-sounding voice reported that I had passed away on October 6 due to complications from stomach cancer. Hmm, that’s news to me, I thought, recalling the misquote attributed to Mark Twain: “The report of my death has been grossly ... Read more

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]]> https://philipyancey.com/i-am-not-dead/feed/ 53 What Would Shakespeare Think? https://philipyancey.com/what-would-shakespeare-think/ https://philipyancey.com/what-would-shakespeare-think/#comments Fri, 18 Oct 2024 09:46:43 +0000 https://philipyancey.com/?p=11531 In 2016, the 400th anniversary year of William Shakespeare’s death, I wrote a blog about Shakespeare and the election. Donald Trump, then a political newcomer, was running against Hillary Clinton, the first female nominee from a major political party. We all know how that turned out. Now, eight years later, I revisit the prescient bard, ... Read more

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