Philip Yancey
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Journalist and spiritual seeker Philip Yancey has always struggled with the most basic questions of the Christian faith. The question he tackles in What Good Is God? concerns the practical value of belief in God. His search for the answer to this question took him to some amazing settings around the world: Mumbai, India when the firing started during the terrorist attacks; at the motel where Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated; on the Virginia...
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Life with God doesn't always work like we thought. High expectations slam against the reality of personal weaknesses and unwelcome surprises. And the God who we've been told longs for our company may seem remote, emotionally unavailable. Is God playing games? What can we count on him for? This relationship with a God we can't see, hear, or touch--how does it really work? The Reaching for the Invisible God Study Guide gives you a path in your personal...
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¿ES DIOS INJUSTO? ¿ESTÁ CALLADO? ¿SE ESCONDE DE NOSOTROS? Las respuestas a estas tres preguntas que muchas veces se hacen los cristianos, aunque no se atrevan a decirlas en voz alta, aparecen en este libro. Las preguntas hechas por la gente que sufre y se angustia, son respondidas con claridad y certeza bíblica. Desilusión con Dios ha dejado una huella muy profunda en la vida de muchas personas.
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"Why does the church stir up such negative feelings?" Philip Yancey has been asking this all his life as a journalist. His perennial question is more relevant now than ever: research shows that favorable opinions of Christianity have plummeted drastically-and opinions of Evangelicals have taken even deeper dives. Yet while opinions about Christianity are dropping, interest in spirituality is rising. Why the disconnect? Why are so many asking, "What's...
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Based on Philip Yancey's Gold Medallion Book of the Year on the life of Christ, The Jesus I Never Knew is a six-session small group Bible study (DVD/digital video sold separately) in which Yancey uses film portraits of Jesus and contrasts them with the Jesus of the Bible. The Jesus I Never Knew gives you fresh, uncluttered perspectives on history's central figure-his radical claims, his challenging teachings, and his effect on others... including...
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Award-winning author Philip Yancey takes you for a soul-searching look at two of Christianity's most important topics WHAT'S SO AMAZING ABOUT GRACE? In this critically acclaimed, bestselling book, Philip Yancey explores the church's great distinctive-grace-at street level. If grace is God's love for the undeserving, and if Christians are its sole dispensers, then how are we doing at lavishing grace on a world that knows far more of cruelty and unforgiveness...
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La vida con Dios no siempre es como nosotros pensamos. Las altas expectativas se vienen abajo ante la realidad de las flaquezas personales y las sorpresas inoportunas.¿Está Dios entretenido? ¿Podemos contar con él? ¿Cómo podemos saberlo? ¿Cómo podemos conocer a Dios?Al encuentro del Dios invisible nos da una comprensión profunda y satisfactoria que afirma y dignifica aquellas preguntas que muchas veces tememos hacer. El galardonado escritor...
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El perdón ofrece una alternativa a un ciclo interminable de resentimiento y venganza, pero ¿comprendes realmente el perdón? En El escándalo del perdón el autor superventas Philip Yancey responderá: Qué es el perdón, por qué es tan difícil perdonar, por qué es escandaloso el perdón, y qué tiene que ver Dios con el perdón.
Todos vivimos y amamos de forma imperfecta. Por eso, sólo el perdón nos hará libres. Yancey nos enseña a perdonar...
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En 1987, una bomba del Ejército Republicano Irlandés enterró a Gordon Wilson y a su hija de veintiún años bajo metro y medio de escombros. Sólo Gordon sobrevivió. Y perdonó. De los que pusieron la bomba, dijo: "He perdido a mi hija, pero no les guardo rencor...Esta noche, y todas las noches voy a orar para que Dios los perdone." Sus palabras captaron la atención de los medios de información, y en el dolor de un hombre, el mundo pudo captar...
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What is prayer? How does it work? And more importantly, does it work? Every faith has some form of prayer. Yet often we find ourselves doubting its purpose and even its effectiveness. Allow this journal to help you reflect and record your deepest questions and longings on this perplexing topic. Specifically tied to Philip Yancey's Prayer, this journal includes Scriptures, quotes, excerpts from the book, and questions to use for reflection.
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En su libro más impactante desde que escribiera Gracia Divina vs. Condenación Humana y El Jesús que nunca conocí, Philip Yancey examina el núcleo vital -el aspecto más fundamental, controvertido, desconcertante y profundamente enriquecedor- de nuestra relación con Dios: la oración.¿Qué es la oración? ¿Cómo opera? Y el punto más importante: ¿Sirve para algo? En teoría, la oración es el hecho humano esencial, el punto de contacto más...
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Si usted cree que el Antiguo Testamento es un simple libro misterioso, no es así; es la Biblia que Jesús leyó, usó y amó. El Antiguo Testamento es la biografía de Dios, el relato apasionado de su encuentro con la gente. Es también el preámbulo de la historia de Jesús, que encarnó a Dios para vivir entre nosotros. Phillip Yancey desafía al creyente de hoy a valorar al Antiguo Testamento tanto como al Nuevo brindándole una visión novedosa...
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Su pregunta es más relevante ahora que nunca: en un periodo de veinte años comenzando desde mitad de los noventa, la investigación muestra que las opiniones favorables hacia el cristianismo se han desplomado de manera drástica; y las opiniones de los evangélicos han caído incluso más profundamente. Yancey examina lo que pudo haber contribuido a la hostilidad hacia los evangélicos. Ofrece esclarecedoras formas de cómo la fe puede expresarse...
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The story of the Bible starts with the simple statement, "In the beginning, God created . . ." From that first sentence of Genesis, the story of salvation unfolds in strange and wonderful mingling of the commonplace and the miraculous, the human and the transcendent. But if you were born after the baby boom, chances are the Bible seems more like an item of passing interest than a book of depth and meaning for the twenty-first century. If you're not...
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Voted Book of the Year Philip Yancey's bestselling book The Jesus I Never Knew peeled away popular stereotypes to present a brilliant and fascinating portrait of Christ. Now individuals and groups can join Yancey in this probing look at Jesus Christ-his teachings, his miracles, his death and resurrection, and ultimately, who he was and why he came. This study guide helps readers press beyond the traditional picture to uncover a Jesus who is brilliant,...
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As the world entered the long night of 2020, Philip Yancey turned to John Donne's Devotions, a nearly 400-year-old manuscript, for guidance. In it, he found a trustworthy companion for living through a global pandemic-or any other crisis. As Yancey says, "Nothing had prepared me for Donne's raw account of confrontations with God."
By faithfully and poetically rendering Donne's 17th century prose into 21st century vernacular, Yancey opens up this...
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A world without pain? Can such a place exist? It not only can-it does. But it's no utopia. It's a colony for leprosy patients: a world where people literally feel no pain, and reap horrifying consequences. His work with leprosy patients in India and the United States convinced Dr. Paul Brand that pain truly is one of God's great gifts to us. In this inspiring story of his fifty-year career as a healer, Dr. Brand probes the mystery of pain and reveals...