Comments on: Through a Writer’s Eyes

By: Jim Williams

Jim Williams — Fri, 24 Sep 2021 03:07:02 +0000

I am reading Vanishing Grace, and haven’t finished it yet. (Digesting is slowly.) But one point I will take you to take for is neglecting the impact of CCM as artists. Perhaps the biggest influence, along with the Bible, on my growing faith has been Christian music.
You stirred me with the use of the word ‘flourishing’ to describe God’s desire for us. You never said it (here) but Christ was counter-culture. and calls us to be the same. He came to free us for what the world tells us we are and should value. He truly set the world on its head.
You are without a doubt my favorite Christian author, and I thank you for the difference you’ve made in my life.

By: Mark Johnson

Mark Johnson — Sun, 19 Sep 2021 19:47:01 +0000

Dear phillip thank you for the books you have written and the honesty therein, i havent read them all but what i have read has challenged me and inspired me, God bless

By: Corbin Bosiljevac

Corbin Bosiljevac — Tue, 24 Aug 2021 15:50:01 +0000

Thank you for the reminder to keep God’s loving energy at the forefront of our lives!

By: Kam Congleton

Kam Congleton — Mon, 23 Aug 2021 11:42:05 +0000

Yes, thank you for sharing this! …even as I have been praying for the Afghan refugees — those left behind and those who escape to here and other countries–and the immigrants pouring across the southern border– my prayers have been that they will not only survive and heal, but that they will lead us back to true faith, courage, and virtue
Kam, NC, USA

By: Elaine Mostaert

Elaine Mostaert — Mon, 23 Aug 2021 05:00:34 +0000

Dear Philip
My most grateful thanks for these words in “Prayer” which I return to again and again.

Though we feel ignorant in prayer. The Spirit does not.
Though we feel exhausted and confused. The Spirit does not.
Though we feel lacking in faith. The Spirit does not.

I often feel all those things. So again my thanks.
Greetings form Australia.

By: Gordon Ruddick

Gordon Ruddick — Sun, 22 Aug 2021 04:01:56 +0000

This is the first of these I have read, but I can say I have enjoyed your books for many years. I am a hospital chaplain and I have seen more than twenty thousand patients and family members. And I so agree with your focus on connection as primary. It is the most important and most effective means I have for any hope of effective ministry. Finding a way to connect, to speak their language, to view their world, opens almost any door. We end up speaking the same language, which leads often to great compassion. Thanks for your words.

By: Vikki H

Vikki H — Sat, 21 Aug 2021 14:31:19 +0000

The story of Jesus and who he is is what I look for in every book of the Bible. A former pastor encouraged me to read an entire Bible book through before a verse by verse examination in order to see he bigger picture, “what does this say about God”.

By: Mathew Thomas

Mathew Thomas — Fri, 20 Aug 2021 04:06:32 +0000

What Philip said is exactly true. God is working every moment for ultimate restoration of this fallen cosmos. We are instruments in his hands. Do we yield to Jesus’s gentle persuasion ‘ to take up his cross and follow’ Daily
Kahlil Gibran has said : Your daily life is your temple and your religion

By: Rodney Draper

Rodney Draper — Thu, 19 Aug 2021 20:57:29 +0000

As a South African now living in New Zealand ( where God is largely forgotten and or ignored) it is interesting how the word of God spreads and returns to source. Our church has missionaries serving in China, India and Kazakhstan after Samuel Marsden first brought the Word to the Maori in 1814 yet it seems the majority of Christians in NZ nowadays are immigrants.

By: Clyde B Austin III

Clyde B Austin III — Thu, 19 Aug 2021 20:16:30 +0000

Philip, you have inspired me so much for so many years. I wait for your books with bated breath. I came to Christ in the “church downstairs”. I often get frustrated that the church can’t be more like the friends of Bill W and Dr. Bob. I am currently working on Brian Stanley’s “Christianity in the 20th Century”. I see too many parallels in the Church’s complicity in Rwanda and Nazi Germany with today’s times.
You remind me to look at the big picture, God’s grace and God’s plan. Thank you for being such an inspiration,