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An inspirational classic for more than thirty years, Where Is God
When It Hurts? honestly explores pain--from physical wounds to
emotional and spiritual pain--and sheds new light on God's presence
in our suffering. "How can a loving God allow this to happen? God
is either all-loving or all-powerful, but he can't be both." You've
heard that question, and perhaps you've even asked it yourself.
When a loved one dies, we receive a terminal diagnosis, or natural
disasters strike, people often wonder whether God is the cause of
suffering and why he doesn't immediately take away the pain or fix
the situation. As a result, we become angry at the once-beloved God
who betrayed us. In this Gold Medallion Award-winning book,
bestselling author Philip Yancey uses examples from the Bible and
from his own experiences to show us how we can learn to
accept--without blame, anger, or fear--that which we don't
understand. Along the way, he answers questions such as: Why is
there such a thing as pain? Is pain a message from God? How should
we respond to suffering? How can we learn to cope with pain? With
over one million copies already sold, Where Is God When It Hurts?
speaks to everyone who thinks that suffering doesn't make sense.
With compassion and clarity, Yancey brings us one step closer to
finding an answer when our pain, or the pain of those we love, is
real and we are left wondering, where is God when it hurts? Praise
for Where Is God When It Hurts?: "One of the most helpful
treatments of the problem of evil that I've ever read. If I were
looking around for something to give to individuals who are going
through travail or difficulty, this is the book I'd recommend."
--Dr. Vernon Grounds, former Chancellor of Denver Seminary
OVER TWO MILLION COPIES SOLD! It's the most powerful force in the
universe, our only hope for love and forgiveness, and a foretaste
of eternal life: amazing, radical, life-changing grace. Millions of
lives have been changed by award-winning author Philip Yancey's
startling exploration of grace at street level. Grace is the one
thing the world can't duplicate, the healing force we need, and the
key to transforming a broken world. In this revised and updated
edition of his personal and provocative book, Yancey offers true
portraits of grace's life-changing power. These stories, set in the
midst of life's stark realities, evoke such questions as: If grace
is God's love for the undeserving, how do I get it? How well are we
dispensing grace to a world that knows far more of strife and
unforgiveness than it does of mercy? Can grace make a difference in
the midst of such atrocities as the Nazi holocaust, and how can it
withstand the brutality of hate? Â With powerful stories,
rich theology, and practical suggestions, Yancey challenges us to
become living answers to a world that desperately needs to
know, What's So Amazing About Grace?
When celebrating Christmas does not come easily, David Bannon
offers a book of reflection, beauty, and hope. Christmas is
difficult for many of us. While some are expressing joy, others are
re-living painful memories and reminders of loss. This book is a
journey of beauty and meditation for those for whom ordinary Advent
devotionals could never help. David Bannon writes from profound
personal experience. His reflections provide a way to commune with
Scripture and with God. These are paired with beautiful paintings
created by wounded artists, including Gauguin, Tissot, Caravaggio,
Tanner, Delacroix, Van Gogh, and Durer. In their wounds, and from
our own, we may once again encounter "God with us." Based on the
latest research in history and grief, Wounded in Spirit also
returns to where Christian art began. From mourning in Roman
catacombs to works of the masters, Bannon leads us to join the
world's great artists on their pilgrimages of brokenness. This is a
book of hope.
The future of Christianity depends on how we master the art of
understanding and giving grace. At the end of the twentieth
century, Philip Yancey wrote his classic bestseller What's So
Amazing About Grace? as a testament to the power of God's grace and
as a rallying cry to the Christian church to see the acting out of
grace as its single most important contribution to the world. Now,
in this 6-session, video-based participant's guide (DVD/video
streaming sold separately), Yancey reexamines-with fresh material
and new stories-the scandalous power of grace so that groups and
individuals can reflect upon, share, and extend this amazing gift
of Christ in new and transformative ways. In this study, you'll
discover: The extent of God's love and what it means for us. Why
the church seems to have lost the gift of grace-giving and why the
world apart from the church can't offer it at all. What it would
look like for us to truly understand, receive, and give the gift
that God gives so generously to us. Yancey offers compelling and
true portraits of grace's life-changing power. He searches for its
presence in his own life and in the church. He asks how Christians
today can contend graciously with moral issues that threaten all
they hold dear. And he challenges each of us to become living
answers to a world that desperately wants to know, "what's so
amazing about grace?"
In 1998, What s So Amazing About Grace? was chosen as the Gold
Medallion Book of the Year. Stamped with Philip Yancey s
journalistic gift for inquiry and personal passion for truth, this
provocative best-seller has challenged and inspired more than half
a million readers worldwide with a vision of the life Experience
the Impact of Grace It s one thing to talk about grace; it s
another to taste its power. What s So Amazing About Grace?
ZondervanGroupware takes you and your study group for interactive,
gut-level encounters with radical, life-changing grace. Through
candid video interviews, Philip Yancey integrates true-life faces
and experiences with 10 POWERFUL SESSIONS that will rock your
preconceptions, get you thinking and talking, and help you discover
together why grace is more amazing than you ve ever dreamed. This
Participant s Guide will help you not only gain a better
understanding of what grace is and why it is so precious, but also
integrate it into your life. Engaging questions, provocative Bible
studies, and lively discussions are just part of the package. You
ll also be challenged to look for grace where it counts the most:
in your own character and personal life. If you re ready to
discover grace as more than just a fluffy concept, buckle your seat
belt. You re about to take a journey to the radical heart and soul
of Christianity. The next life grace changes could be yours."
What on earth are we missing? Philip Yancey believes we are missing
the supernatural hidden in everyday life. In Rumors of Another
World, Yancey investigates the natural world and discovers the
supernatural hiding in plain view. He grapples with why God made
the world and what our role truly is, and seeks to answer the
question, "How do I live in the natural world while expressing the
values of the supernatural?" Philip writes, "I have come to
understand faith as the highest form of integrated encounter. Faith
puts together, assembles, re-orders, accepting the entire world as
God's handiwork. We live among clues, like rescuers sifting through
pieces of stained glass shattered by a bomb, and only with a
blueprint or some memory of original design can we begin to connect
the shards, to assemble them into a pattern that makes sense of our
world. "Nature and supernature are not two separate worlds, but
different expressions of the same reality. To encounter the world
as a whole, we need a more supernatural awareness of the natural
world." Yancey invites readers to join him on a journey of
discovery. He challenges us to tune into "rumors of another world,"
and connect the seen with the unseen. He promises that the
grace-filled result will be a life of beauty, purpose, freedom, and
faith.
The ideal NRSV Bible for students of all ages The Student Bible's
proven, commonsense approach to studying the Scriptures appeals to
high school and college readers as well as adults of every age. Its
carefully researched features will help you overcome common
obstacles to reading and understanding the Bible. Edited by
award-winning authors Philip Yancey and Tim Stafford, this Bible
enables you to understand what you read, find the topics you're
looking for, and make real progress in your studies. Also included
is a study track that takes you on a fascinating and enriching
year-long tour of the Bible. Recommended for homeschool use.
Features: The text of the New Revised Standard Version (Protestant
canon) Highlights and insights explain difficult verses, point out
important facts, and encourage reflection Book introductions and
overviews summarize the content and point out important facts,
themes, and characters for each book of the Bible 3-track reading
plan lets you read at your own pace 100 people you should know
gives insight into the lives and faith of important biblical people
Glossary of nonbiblical people and places 9.3-point print size
Mysterious, intricate, pulsing with energy ... the human body is an endlessly fascinating repository of incredible secrets. In this new work, comprising two classics (Fearfully and Wonderfully Made and In His Image) edited together and updated, renowned surgeon Dr Paul Brand and award-winning writer Philip Yancey take us on a tour of wonder through the human body.
Illustrated with stories from Dr Brand's ground-breaking career as a hand surgeon who changed the lives of leprosy sufferers by transforming medical treatment protocols, this lively narrative paints an unforgettable portrait of the incredible unity of the human body in its trillions of parts.
As compassionate as he was brilliant, Dr Brand cared as much about his suffering patients as he was intensely curious about how the body works. And so just as his brilliant intuition - which led to medical breakthroughs earning him international awards and acclaim - makes human physiology come alive on the page, so does his deep love for people in their dignity as image-bearers make spirituality come alive on the page as well.
Although Brand and Yancey do not presume that readers share their Christian faith, they trace the metaphor of 'one body, many parts' from a medical perspective on human life as well as a mystical perspective on the unifying presence of the Body of Christ. Filled with riveting stories of Dr Brand's work among the marginalized and outcast, this journey of understanding offers astonishing insights and page-turning reading.
What on earth are you missing? In A Skeptic's Guide to Faith,
previously titled Rumors of Another World, Philip Yancey writes: "I
am where you are . . . an ordinary person trying to figure things
out. I love, I experience beauty and pain, my friends die, I weep,
I live. And as I live I try to figure out if there is a God, and
what difference would that make . . . This book comes out of my own
search and is written on behalf of those who live outside of
belief-that borderlands region between belief and unbelief." How
many times have you heard someone say, "I'm spiritual but not
religious?" Or perhaps you've had that thought yourself. For some
people, religious faith seems to come easily, but for others it
comes in a swirl of doubts and questions. In A Skeptic's Guide to
Faith, Philip Yancey confronts the questions head-on, from the
stance of a skeptic. He asks, "Is the visible world around us all
there is?" and then examines the apparent contradictions. If this
is God's world, why doesn't it look more like it? Finally, the book
considers how two worlds-the visible and invisible-might affect our
daily lives. Does faith really make a difference day to day? A
Skeptic's Guide to Faith reads like a conversation, inviting those
skeptical of religion and turned off by the church to consider the
possibility of an unseen world coexisting with our visible world.
According to Yancey, "A thin membrane of belief separates the
natural from the supernatural." What makes it so hard for some of
us to cross that membrane? Look inside to find out.
It was not that long ago that African Americans and other
minorities were excluded from many spheres of American public life.
We have seen remarkable progress in recent decades toward Martin
Luther King Jr.'s dream of beloved community. But this is not only
because of the activism and sacrifice of a certain generation of
civil rights leaders. It happened because God was on the move.
Historian and theologian Charles Marsh partners with veteran
activist John Perkins to chronicle God's vision for more equitable
and just world. They show how the civil rights movement was one
important episode in God's larger movement throughout human history
of pursuing justice and beloved community. Perkins reflects on his
long ministry and identifies key themes and lessons he has learned,
and Marsh highlights the legacy of Perkins's work in American
society. Together they show how abandoned places are being
restored, divisions are being reconciled, and what individuals and
communities are now doing to welcome peace and justice. The God
Movement continues yet today. Come, discover your part in the
beloved community. There is unfinished work still to do.
Pain is not something that most of us would count as a blessing;
however, renowned surgeon Dr. Paul Brand and award-winning writer
Philip Yancey shed fresh light on the purpose of our pain. Wouldn't
it be nice to never experience pain or never have to take drugs to
deal with pain? Many people think so, but they're missing one key
piece of information: Pain is the body's built-in warning system
that something is wrong and needs to be fixed. Follow
world-renowned physician and surgeon Dr. Paul Brand around the
world as he shares his humble beginnings as the son of medical
missionaries in India to his medical training in London during the
Blitz to his groundbreaking medical research with leprosy patients
in the United States and India. His work with leprosy patients is
what convinced him that pain truly is one of God's great gifts to
us. In these pages he shares what he's learned about pain, its
purpose in our lives, the impact it has on our daily lives and
overall health, and how we can better respond to it. Perfect for
those in the medical field or those looking for a firsthand look
into the mystery of pain, this book will give you a new perspective
on the gift that none of us want and none of us can do without.
You'll never look at pain the same way again. Spanish edition also
available. Note: The book includes some frank descriptions of
medical procedures, illnesses, and diseases.
'Not until college days do I discover the shocking secret of my
father's death.' With a journalist's background Philip Yancey is
widely admired for taking on the more difficult and confusing
aspects of faith. Now in Where the Light Fell he shares, for the
first time, the painful details of his own origins - taking us on
an evocative journey from the backwoods and Bible-belt pockets of
the South to the bustling streets of Philadelphia; from trailer
parks to church parking lots; from dark secrets and family oddballs
to fire-and-brimstone preachers and interminable church services.
Raised by their impoverished single mother, Philip and his brother
Marshall struggle to comprehend her speeches about their dead
father, an Old Testament Bible story, and sons sacrificed for a
divine cause. This coming-of-age story is a slice of life, both
intensely personal and broadly resonant, set against a turbulent
time in post-WWII American history shaped by the racism and
paranoia of fundamentalist Christianity and reshaped by the
mounting pressures of the Civil Rights movement and 60s-era forces
of social change. An unforgettable read, it is at once hugely
funny, deeply disturbing and achingly poignant. A testament to the
power of the human spirit, Where the Light Fell illuminates
Yancey's ability to bring comfort to those bruised by the church,
and hope to those who can't imagine ever finding a healthy faith.
Award-winning author Philip Yancey serves as guide and interpretive
leader of ten video study sessions. In a series of in-depth
interviews and explanations he covers five crucial segments of the
Old Testament: 1. Job: Seeing in the Dark 2. Deuteronomy: A Taste
of Bittersweet 3. Psalms: Spirituality in Every Key 4.
Ecclesiastes: The End of Wisdom 5. The Prophets: God Talks Back
Philip approaches each of these major segments from a different
point of view--from the paradoxes of Ecclesiastes to the poetry of
the Psalms--and adds additional interpretive material extending the
reach of his best-selling book. He teams again with the Emmy
Award-winning production team responsible for video production of
the "What's So Amazing About Grace?" Zondervan Groupware. Many
Christians tend to ignore the Old Testament or dismiss it as
impenetrable and obscure. Philip Yancey's combination of
scholarship and insight brings new light to old material and
stimulates new discussion, thought, and further study.
'How do I relate to a God who is invisible when I m never quite
sure he s there?'--Philip Yancey 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 quest for answers. Dovetailing
with Philip Yancey s book Reaching for the Invisible God, the
twelve sessions are your opportunity to journey toward insights
that affirm and dignify your most pressing questions--even the ones
you may have found it hard to ask. Get ready to experience the
challenges and rewards of relating to God as he is, not as you ve
thought he is. Yancey shifts your focus from questions to the One
who offers himself in answer: the God who invites you to reach for
him--and find. Includes: * Bible readings * Discussion questions *
Personal reflections and applications * Tips for group leaders *
Summary excerpts from Reaching for the Invisible God"
Containing new material written just for this book and adaptations from his classic, What’s So Amazing About Grace, bestselling author Philip Yancey presents a one of a kind look at forgiveness: what it is . . . why it is so difficult . . why we have to choose this unnatural, scandalous act . . . and why we must approach God again and again, yielding to Him the residue of what we thought we had committed to him long ago.
We do so because the Gospel makes clear the connection: God forgives our debts as we forgive our debtors. The reverse is also true: Only by living in the stream of God’s forgiveness will we find the strength to respond with forgiveness toward others. We may speak of forgiveness often, even believing that we are a forgiving person, but do we understand the true depth of it and what it demands of us? Does our life proclaim it as powerfully as our words? We should have no illusions about forgiveness, for it may be the most demanding act in human relationships, the hardest thing we ever do. But for anyone who lives and loves imperfectly--in other words, for all of us--forgiveness offers an alternative to an endless cycle of resentment and revenge. It alone can set us free. Christians can and must reveal the forgiveness the world is searching for. A cease fire between human being starts with forgiveness--the beginning and ending of grace.
We speak of grace often. But do we understand it? More important,
do we truly believe in it . . . and do our lives proclaim it as
powerfully as our words? In What's So Amazing About Grace?,
award-winning author Philip Yancey explores grace at street level.
If grace is God's love for the undeserving, he asks, then what does
it look like in action? And if Christians are its sole dispensers,
then how are we doing at lavishing grace on a cruel and pain-filled
world? In fourteen sessions, this study guide will help you to
interact deeply with Yancey's most personal and provocative book
yet. If you're willing to leave your comfort zone to embrace a more
vigorous, passionate Christianity--read on. And prepare to grapple
with grace and "un-grace" on a personal level. You'll consider how
you can contend graciously with today's tough moral issues. And
you'll discover how you can become Christ's answer to a world that
desperately wants to know, What's So Amazing About Grace?
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