Brad gave me a big hug and told me to run my programs in spite of Pauls objections or criticisms. I am studying communications and hoping to either fight for justice with the written word or through community engagement (at least partly inspired by the heroes I met while reading Soul Survivor as well as your other books and your blog). I was recently bombarded with advertisements, all over social networks, for a book of yours The Question That Never Goes Away. YWAM L.A did not want me back the leadership there was very homophobic at the time according to John Dawson the present Chair of YWAM International . Hi Mr.Yancey! Part of me wanted to give up and yet I thought to myself, there is nowhere else to go! The other day I watched a video where you talked to young students about one of your books Rumors from another world (I do not know if the translation will be correct), and I want to read more of your books as soon as I can buy more. I wrote a whole book about it, Reaching for the Invisible God. You express depression very well. Learn more about Philip Yancey. And Phil is correct about one thing: even after completing his book, its still The Question That Never Goes Away. I was initially surprised and then saddened by the fact he says, I dont know. This is extraordinarily unhelpful. I shouldnt comment specifically as I, in another country, know few of the details, though Im aware of the turmoil in Brazil. I Was Just Wondering, Eerdmans (Grand Rapids, MI), 1990, revised edition, 1998. In the command re: how many times do I have to forgive someone, and He says 70 x 7 but that appears to me that the transgressor asked for forgiveness. Yancey knows whereof he writes. What's So Amazing about Grace?, Zondervan (Grand Rapids, MI), 1997. With that in mind, thank you for being part of our lives through your writing. I am still speechless in the face of evil. I looked for a psychiatrist and his diagnosis: anxiety. The Sympathy Cards I have just read your article about the death of reading on the Washington Post. 4 children! He strongly advised my parents to steer me into a writing career. Philip, Thank you for your insightful and honest Q & A session at the Writers on the Rock Conference! We have lost the ability to give shape to things, to recognize the events around us and in us, let alone interpret them. Prayer: Thank you Lord for Your sacrifice, your unconditional love and for Your hope. The Old Testaments virtual silence on lesbianism and the fact that Jesuss statements against divorce were about men divorcing women, not the other way around, are just a few of the examples that reinforce this fact. I think it was something like: Oh my God, are you there? And to give me some points (better with verses) that helps me and them to understand the importance of churchs in our Christian Life. When I saw the picture of Spring Season , lovely flowers spread all through the ground, I do found Hope in our country. Im so glad youre there with her. I made a profession of faith in 1971. O prazer que J gozou em sua velhice um simples antegozo do que est para vir. I wish I could offer editorial help, but Im so far behind on my own deadlines that I have no time for any other projects for the foreseeable future. I have read a couple of your books and it has catapulted me to beautiful planets beyond this life. She was afraid of him and was not sure what to do. Im already excited to think that I am able to send this message and you will be able to read and reply. While the political part of me seeks revenge, (Let the markets crash! I have read several of your books over the years, having just finished The Bible Jesus Read. The Bible Jesus Read is highlighted today on eBookDaily.com: http://ebookdaily.com/bargain-kindle-books/2016-11-18/B0035XOQPO. To keep from going to the Canadian Human Rights Commission after my dismissal from the Fort Saskatchewan Institution, Threshold Ministries offered me 5-year contract as Community Chaplain with CSC in Charlottetown, PEI. I gift them to anyone who has experienced the unfairness of suffering. It really does seem that to many, a person is evil and hateful if they believe that marriage should be reserved for a man & a woman. Usually I end up throwing away 100-150 pages from each book, however. of lectures from a Rabbi. college confidential boston college. Your books have been so valuable to our family; especially my husband who has read some over again. It changed my life literally, it opened my eyes to the log in mine and taught me Gods view on all things great and beautiful. Funny you should ask. In a world spinning out of control, people have little absolutes to hand on I made decisions to give up pessimism, gossip and take more positive actions in life without being anxious for tomorrow. Now I feel like Im gushing over this book the same way General Loewenhielm couldnt say enough about Babettes Feast. Regardless of your preferred candidate, the polling data had predicted a very different outcome than what we all saw happening before our eyes. . Without going into too much detail, I cannot help but think that GOD does not care for everyone, only a few: David HE loved. I had completely lost hope and faith and after reading the book I decided to live. I was feeling particularly ashamed today and navigating it in prayer. Since I am only a couple of years older than you (I think your brother was probably in my class at Wheaton, but in a clean-out phase, I no longer have my yearbooks to check! The amount of hate, sexism, racism, every -ism that this campaign has brought out in our country grieves me deeply. I told him all was okay, but he did not seem satisfied; he was fishing for something. Thank you for your book. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU. So, he devoured books that opened his mind, challenged his upbringing, and went against what he had been taught. It is a catalogue of stories that reveal the lives of three main characters: Yancey, his brother Marshall, and his mother. Yancey on contemplative prayer, quoting Meister Eckhart: "The quieter the mind," wrote Meister Eckhart, "the more powerful, the worthier, the deeper, the more telling and more perfect the prayer is." (For God's Sake, Christianity Today) Yancey: On Homosexuality. Your friend (from high school years and YFC, We would cheer in the church as they showed the films from Selma of the police dogs and the fire hoses. I was offered a Correctional Services Canada in Charlottetown Prince Edward Island as a Community Chaplain and a volunteer chaplain at the local prison. Nothing was made without the Word from the book of John. Can both work together hand in hand? Yancey gives humorous as well as pathetic accounts of his early life, including living as trailer trash and getting in trouble in schoolsmost often because of his renegade brilliance. These things are not true, and Paul had no right to say them. We prayed together, and he asked if he could come and talk with me on an ongoing basis. Pray for the losers and the winners. Keep quiet. Nevertheless, Monty, Frank and I had an ongoing close relationship, both personally and professionally. (God bless you in tagalog-Philippines). Yancey offers comfort for 'spiritual explorers' - Baptist News Global As a nurse, I too have a deep concern for the poor, ostracised and suffering in any society, and hope to touch people in my sphere of influence by practical demonstrations of the love and grace of Jesus. We visited each other in our homes in Canada and the United States, and in 1995, with the assistance CSC, the three of us organized a COPE conference in Edmonton for 300 people from across Canada. Philip, Philip:I went to see you at Walnut Hill Comm. Upon arrival at the Edmonton Institution I was met by a Mrs. Cunningham, but not the Assistant Warden of Intervention (AWI). U didnt give me answers. One thing that occurred to me (probably way too simplistic, but . It is truly life changing. thanks for sharing, I didnt read all of the responses above mine, so I hope Im not repeating someone before me. God bless! I do not know what the future holds and I do worry about the next generation. I have just ordered the last one The Question that Never Goes Away. When I first read Disappointment With God, I hid the cover of it when I was reading on the subway or in public, scared people would get the wrong idea about me. Thanks. I have just finished reading Where the Light Fell. ' I never said that, as you seem to think; indeed, my point was the same as yours, that I couldnt say such a thing. Ive been curious about Buechner too. I understand why the have influenced so much in your life. He told Berkley that many of his assignments were "drama in real life; articles, where people have been involved in tragedy, and as a Christian I was puzzled by this problem of pain. ), but then there are equally strange things in the Protestant tradition! Philip Yancey's "Where the Light Fell" is an indictment of the pseudo-spirituality that is the hallmark of much that passes for religion in America. Brand, and Hodder & Stoughton will publish them this coming fall under the title (I think) Fearfully and Wonderfully: The Marvel of Bearing Gods Image. Beforehand I apologize for any grammar error. I didnt write the script to Prince of Egypt. or request blog subscription, Stalins Great Terror, Katrina and Galvestons storms, Europes Black Death, Chinas incredibly deadly dynasty battles, the tornado outbreak in 2011, WWI, WWII & The Civil War, the Holocaust, throwing acid on Afghani schoolgirls, religious wars such as the Thirty Years War and the Crusades, Krakatoa, last months Hajj Pilrimage trampling, Idi Amins reign of terror, Oklahoma City, the Spanish Influenza epidemic, Bhopal and Union Carbides methyl isocyanate poisioning (I teach about this one in HazMat class), Haitis quake, Rwandas genocide, Sandy Hook, female genital mutilation, the Challenger Space Shuttle, or closet to me, 9/11. To examine and live in the presence of God, in countless ways that I never would have considered. If longer, write us a pyasst@aol.com. On Friday, February 10th, 2017, Brian Harder called me at my home and told me not to go to work that day, for security reasons. I met Philip Yancey when we both were 22, newly minted editors at Youth for Christ's Campus Life magazine. I read this book over 10 years ago and have re-read it several times, and now I am reading it again, and it keeps getting better, like you have barely scratched the surface kind of better. Speaking English is so much more easy than writing! Have you read any of N.T. I wish I could help. After seeing him so much in advertisements I started to ask myself, what question would that be? The first time I almost lost my faith, the second time I got it back, and this time Im just enjoying it as well as the scribbled notes in the margins from my previous 2 sojourns. I love Philip Yancey because of his emphasis on Jesus, and how much Jesus loves every human being. Reform Judaism is not about laws that Reform Jews see as primarily coming from humans, unlike Orthodox Jews. Lastly, these months we felt that God brought us so many people who are in needs autoimmune, cancer, and one of my office member of the Board who was also imprisoned similar case to my Dad. In fact, as Ive pointed out before, the biggest group of givers on Kiva is Atheists, second are Christians. I seldom write to people about these kind of issues, but I was drawn toward you in your writings and yet disturbed that one in your position to influence so many has an attitude toward the conservative wing of the church that I believe is distorted. He is already on enough ballots to win or to take votes away from T and C so that the House can choose another. There are so many great references to other famous writers, many of whom were Christians who have struggled in their faith. I have many friends now who face similar anguish. He's burned out on religion, burned out emotionally. I am truly learning how now to have conversations with Him on a daily basis now. Signed Stuck, Dear Stuck, I am hesitant to answer because the Internet has changed the rules and the game. Enough of this. I just finished reading The Bible Jesus Read and want to tell you that it was both challenging and encouraging. And I doubt that I am with Christians. That's probably one of the main reasons why I'm a writer today: because there are millions of people in a [closed] world like [the one in which I was raised]. You, Milt Richards, Tim Stafford and Ron Hutchcraft were leading the sessions. There are so many more things I want to tell you. For the record, this Singaporean pastor stole the money to fund his wifes ailing pop career and, of course, to provide himself a luxury lifestyle including a $20,000/month Los Angeles mansion. A native of Atlanta, Yancey met his wife, Janet Norwood at CIU, and went on to earn graduate degrees in Communications and English from Wheaton College Graduate School and the University of Chicago. Your references to catholics made me wonder what your perspectives are, on where catholics stand in the christian faith, and on whether differences can be reconciled? Once again Paul was running the show against my wishes. Philip. I recently read, I know that you view Jacobs time on earth, troubled as it was, as a gift. When I refused, I was dismissed without receiving any reasons in writing. Youre so very kind, Rod. I asked him to return it to my office, and also told Paul about it when he returned. Death swallowed up in victory is something only Jesus can do, and you point us to Him through it all. He claims to believe in grace and to have faith in a "Jesus." So what is grace? Philip, I am going through Whats So Amazing About Grace for the second or third time, and just finished the chapter about your friend, Mel. We would be interested in knowing if you would consider being a retreat speaker sometime in late fall of 2017 for a Saturday retreat and Sunday morning for our church service. I like that content, Thanks for sharing about Philip Yancey. Some reacted mercifully with peaceful speech while others were hateful with a condemner speech. He once said to me, There is something I do not understand, Richard. I marvel at the apparent freedom God has given us, to choose for or against Truth. I wish I could help, Mariana, but its impossible for me to send an e-book to another country. I am writing from the Oxford Union looking to send you an official invitation- please could I be given an appropriate email and phone number? Keep feeling differentyoure not alone. The difference in my life as I patiently built a relationship with God on the daily is like day and night. I always wanted to thank you and Calvin for sharing yourself with me, but I was too late with Calvin,and didnt want to be too late with you. Brand. Perhaps ask a Christian bookstore to order for you? Your book, I thoroughly enjoyed, but was nonetheless disturbed by it. Two of my volunteers were present in my office at the time of this conversation, and one of them overheard my comments [34]. I also just read about your harrowing car accident, and can now pray more specifically for your spinal condition. But, here is my question, Ive always struggled with relationships especially long term friendships. Angela, I see your confusion. And then go back to what I did so well, I met some of the characters you describe in my inner-city Chicago church, and some more in Deep South churches. Carl Sagan popularized the phrase, Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Yes Carl, yes. Like you I have been really impacted by the work of Dr Paul Brand, who I first read about back in the 80s as a teenager. Whats so Amazing About Grace is a book that has changed my life, so thank you for writing it. Would you please expand on this or tell me where I can find the direct or indirect Biblical answers to this? The firefighters didnt need a supreme being at their side. The Study Guide is more suitable for someone studying the book more intently, or leading a group study. What it did for me, I have been convinced it would do for others, especially non-believers. I recommend that you Google Wilma Derksens YouTube talk on forgiveness. The fact that you care, and that you hunger for relationshipthese are signs of health. Please pray for the Lord to be glorified throughout this process, for strength, grace and wisdom for all involved, for her salvation and that of her family and friends and for complete healing. I held her as she cried. Traditionally, the fact that she was drawing water at noon, the hottest time of the day, is seen as a sign that shes viewed as a bit of an outcast by the women of the community, though thats rather presumptive. Fast forward a couple years later to a Christian publishing conference I was attending in San Diego, where you were present to speak about writing. They thanked me for my courage and spoke about sexual abuse in their own lives. At the time of my suspension, he was on secondment to another institution. I was well aware of my sins from a very young age. As the Bible said, Therefore, I tell you her many sins have been forgivenfor she loved much. Im sure you thought the true church would react by going back to works. Its all about Gods grace reaching us by unsuspected ways sometimes. For others, it is in a time of quiet reflection and prayer. Your email address will not be published. I am not on facebook only email. I always find myself in the middle of realization and reflection. As a gay Christian, how should I read you concerning same sex relationships? The treatment was therapy sessions that I could not afford. In your place, I would simply be honest in the endnote, saying that you were unable to track down the original source. We help young men from addictive backgrounds with life controlling issues. That all-important border would be invisible, that noisy argument silenced. On April 1, 2022, the Wheaton College Alumni Association honored Philip Yancey M.A. As for C.S. In Christ, Delving into church history that led to the reformation has made me feel desperately sad at how christians through the ages have allowed politics, power play, and fear, divide what Christ united. And thats ok. Next up, The Jesus I Never Knew. So, I went back, the door opened for me, and I stepped in. Theres either evidence or there is not. I might not be the best Christian, but I know who I am. Disappointment with God: Three Questions Nobody Asks Aloud, Zondervan (Grand Rapids, MI), 1989. I havent read much of Spong, but Borg was helpful in researching The Jesus I Never Knew, and Brian McLaren is a friend and a favorite of mine. Please let me know if you would like copies for review. [4] When he was one year old, his father, stricken with polio, died after church members suggested he go off life support in faith that God would heal him. Since then Ive always been searching for more and more books of yours. The man who interpreted it and brought it to be published said of it, I told the brethren that the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion, and a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by any other book. Despite his renunciation of strict fundamentalism, Yancey remained religiously active and, after college, he began writing for the Christian magazine Campus Life. My pain, as I type is palpable. Jesus tells me to love others, to seek out the marginal, to not be a respecter of persons, and to seek His will because this is not our home and we have to make a difference while we can. Yet his Spiritual Smear wont stop real Believers from being Gods Word to a very sick nation! Hi Philip. And a person is currently working on a study guide for this new book. I visited him each day trying to listen and encourage him. And Hebrews 11 is full of people who didnt necessarily get an answer.. The reason was a stores propaganda where we could see a clear apology to Gender Ideology. Thank you for for being you. Im not sure where youre trying to get articles published, but if in Australia they could give you more helpful feedback. I would be curious to know what (if anything) you make of the Jordan Peterson phenomenon. Hello Philip. That inspired me to write a memoir, but my teaching duties put it on the back burner. Thank you for the reminder. I wanted to check in on your blog today just to thank you for helping me through an incredibly distressing time in my life. He grew up a "New Testament, Blood-bought, Born-again, Premillenial, Dispensational, fundamental" Protestant just like me. But, I lack arguments, and mainly ideas on how to suggest this.