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Now More Than Ever

Philip Yancey — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 03:14:35 +0000

I 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 growing so shrill and divisive that bystanders no longer heard the gospel as good news. In fact, I submitted the book to my publisher with the proposed ... Read more

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Lunch with Bono and U2

Philip Yancey — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 07:09:37 +0000

I’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 voice with a foreign accent. “The boys in the band call me Father Jack, and I’m their chaplain.” He proceeds to tell me his role in helping ... Read more

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Thanksgiving Derailed

Philip Yancey — Thu, 25 Nov 2021 08:49:47 +0000

The year was 1982, one of my first trips overseas. I got a sore neck, turning this way and that to take in the sights of the five-ring circus that is India. A brightly painted elephant walking unaccompanied down the street among the roaming cows. A snake charmer with his wily mongoose and basketful of ... Read more

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