One thing that occurred to me (probably way too simplistic, but . Diabolically crafted as a mere language construct to fool humanity Many majority opinions get proven wrong (slavery, women), but in a transition time I think appeals to grace and reason, as you do elsewhere in your comment, are more compelling than ad hominem arguments. Greetings in the Christ name! First, the very people that were put into places of public trust and responsibility over me, people in the church, in government and the police, told me to keep quiet. I walked into the waiting room where he was just before surgery and spoke with him. Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. I want to be more like Jesus, I want to react as He would. Bless you, and thanks! I have read everyone of your books and genuinely appreciated the transparency of struggle that your journey of faith has provided. 54:17) Which is it Phil? Thank you. And your work has helped me through it. The festival is an emergent "church" event, which since its inception has included on the speaker list names like Brian McLaren, Phyllis Tickle, Jim Wallis, Richard Rohr, and Tony Jones.This year, Christianity Today editor and popular evangelical author Philip Yancey will join . I have searched and searched and searched and have found very little that even addresses the question, and even less that at all helps. I have 2 questions. 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. U taught me that. The field is extremely interesting because the equations are correct, confirming and expounding upon the geologists relative time scale. I make a simple mistake and you are all over me.. Well said. I want to thank you for your honest approach in your writings, and many of your books had helped me through thick and thin. I was told yes, I could. We are about to begin the study on Prayer: Does It Make Any Difference? What chapters in the book relate to the study sessions? What about those with mental illness? Religion News Service national writer Bob Smietana spoke to Yancey recently by Zoom. I couldnt find another way to contact you other than this comment section, but here I am, a decade-plus later, finally saying thank you for letting God use you so mightily in my life. 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. Yancey says that this misses the point of the storythe point is actually the fathers outrageous love for his son. We get to churches and Bible studies and find ourselves being judged for having no children. We are a nation that is still horribly divided along racial, economic, and criminal lines. I have had open and helpful conversations with the leadership of the school I attended and we are on most excellent terms, so I havent gone behind their backs. More, I dont use the name of that school because Im aware that some of what I write might hurt them. Mr. Philip, We have taller buildings but shorter tempers; wider freeways but narrower viewpoints; we spend more but have less; we buy more but enjoy it less; we have bigger houses and smaller families; more conveniences, yet less time; we have more degrees but less sense; more knowledge but less judgment; more experts, yet more problems; we have more gadgets but less satisfaction; more medicine, yet less wellness; we take more vitamins but see fewer results. Thank you for taking the time to tell your story. Jesus came for the sick, not the well, for the sinners, not the righteous. Many of the victims families comment, I have forgiven him in an expression of closure, or some other Christian-like behavior. He was raised up in nearby suburbs. Maybe after that? He then stormed out of the chapel, leaving me shocked and yes, deeply hurt. The Memos He didnt do anything for the Americas, Asia, Africa. Even so, AWI Brad Sass wrote me three weeks later that this is what he heard was the reason for my dismissal. Thank you for your books, your columns and your wisdom that comes from earnestly seeking Jesus in a fallen world. I grew up as an adoptee in a Mennonite Brethren Church. Grace is so important to Yancey, he told me, because he was late to discover it. Im thankful for the grace that l learnt from it, and the lesson that Jesus brought that l almost missed: Between the cross and the empty tomb.theres hope for each of us Clearly, as he quoted, we are in fact a momentary cosmic accident that would never arise again if the tree of life could be replanted. How you feel about established fact is not at issue. It is impossible to explain the connection I have to that book. As you know, Dr. Heater, there are many, many people out there who were damaged by the church or its institutions. I have a problem which puts me in your first chapter. I have seen the worst of church and political hypocrisy and the way so many of us hate those who are different. I felt so inspired by what I have learned from Him (before I even entered the church doors and received influence from imperfect people), I began to journal. I havent gone back to the book yet, but am hoping that I dont pass out again while reading it. The Bible Jesus Read is highlighted today on eBookDaily.com: http://ebookdaily.com/bargain-kindle-books/2016-11-18/B0035XOQPO. So many of the themes you touch on match the things Im praying about or reading about in the Word. Please come to our Homegroup!!! The work too hard and too much for me lifting 100 lbs of Soap and I weighed maybe 80 lbs, I ended recking my stomach and have a 14 inch scar down my stomach today from lifting too heavy a load, they never said sorry. The couple met when Philip was attending college in South Carolina after finishing high school. I have read most, if not all, of your books. It offers a glimpse of what millions of people may be going through right now, in the midst of this pandemic. The hope that God puts in me its that I can repeat to others, in my culture, the enormous blessing you have been to me today. As you note, I have learned from and been nourished by many Catholic writers. Whereas I had worked in the correctional institutions for nearly 20 years and was the Senior Chaplain for Alberta Corrections, Paul had worked in Corrections for only four years. Her mussle was tickened-stiff and blocked the joint, so she could not move the way normal people move. Im trying to follow the bible and have had some pretty amazing things happen since then but now I feel like Im in the great darkness of testing the soul, and it has been a few years of this and Im really hurting. When I read my bible or Christian books I want to visualise the stories. I went through trying to give my life to Christ as a child, in an atheist family, but the pastor of the local church kissed me on the lips and would sneak up behind me and dig his knee in the back of my knee to get me to fall into his body and I was searching for God and walking around out in nature playing church and preaching at the rocks and didnt have any safety in my life, but could look up at the stars or at an infant or my own hand or my own woMans Search for Meaning and was convinced that there had to be one. Its a sad state that the church is in today. Thank you for writing it has helped me immensely!! He writes, "I know of no more real or honest book than the Bible, which hides . I think you are a money-loving hypocrite. Theodicy, argument from design, violence, suffering of the innocent, oddities of creationtheyre all set out in vivid detail. One time Paul also deliberately scheduled his own services to interfere with my own, after a mutually agreeable schedule had already been agreed upon in writing [25] [26]. You just try to keep living. And then, in late December, Yancey traveled to Newtown, Connecticut, the scene of a mass killing earlier that month at Sandy Hook Elementary School. I packed up my things and was excited about the years of study ahead ,as I stood on the Train platform in Saint John waiting for the train to take me to Toronto and the Church Army,./now called Threshold Ministries. John Lewis of Georgia is a significant voice who has affected me. Despite the turmoil created by my reporting of Gord Dominey, life at the Fort Saskatchewan Correctional Centre went on. Its an important question, and Im glad you mention it. Does It Matter? Yes, labels is confusing because I know a Evangelical Christian author who also does not believe in literal hell and Book of Revelation should be in the Holy Bible, those are strong Progressive things. Around this time I warned the Edmonton Alberta Diocese and the priest at St. Stephens Church in Edmonton not to let Christopher Lance Neal work with youth in the poor part of the city, as he had a history of sexually abusing them. Everything was spelled out in black and white. Thank you for your books (Prayer does it make a difference, and Reaching for the invisible God). Thank you. Hillery, or as I call her, Hitlery, has proven over the years to be very anti- Christian . While listening to this I thought back to the time when I had reported to AWI Brad Sass that I had seen Imam Ramazan bringing a DVD player into the Institution without permission. Philip. Yancey doesnt attempt to tell us the theological reasons for his brothers downfall, concentrating more on his own short comings and eventual repentance and forgiveness. Thank you for the information about Richard no doubt about it, I will keep praying for him. These past two years have been one bad thing after another, all unanswered prayer. Moreover, the team reported that the prisoners valued me very much, saying that I was always present and available to them on the ranges. I can hardly find the words to express how much your books have positively affected me. I spoke to all four wardens at the Institution about it, as well as CSC Commissioner Don Head. The Bible Jesus Read - Philip Yancey in the Philosophy, Religion & Spirituality category for sale in South Africa (ID:581055590) Buy The Bible Jesus Read - Philip Yancey for R190.00 Sell on bidorbuy Daily Deals Stores Promotions Man, were those prophets angry! A jet was standing by to airlift him to Denver if needed. Philip. How on earth did you do that? O prazer que J gozou em sua velhice um simples antegozo do que est para vir. It is difficult to describe or put my finger on exactly why this book holds a special place in my heart. I dealt with some emotional pain in Disappointment with God, but nothing like the kind of pain you experience. . In August in the same year, he completed his goal of climbing all 54 of Colorados 14,000-foot (4,300 m)-plus peaks, the final three after his accident. I am a huge fan and have read nearly I hope you dont feel the same way, for example, about the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, which is mainline Christian and insists on keeping the name. A religious way of doing life, is strategically employing falsehood, WHY do human beings so easily surrender their precious freedom? You bring joy to my soul. Im reading The Jesus I Never Knew and trying to find some comfort in the fact that Jesus seemed to lean towards the oppressed, but Im finding that a bit hard because it doesnt seem to be like any of the oppressed in the bible had suffered hundreds of years of abuse as a people *solely* because of the colour of their skin. Almost fifty years, in fact. Yes, writers need prayer, as we work in isolation and its a paranoia-producing occupation. This comment stuns me, and warms my heart, Janine. When he came into my office soon afterwards to push me around some more, I walked up to this six-foot something big man and said, Paul, you are a bully and a liar. With $50,000 designated for a home in my mothers will, I purchased a very small home in PEI for $49,000. I enjoy reading someone who is not publishing a book a month, and who is a thinker. Meanwhile, Im simply grateful for the privilege of making a living by exploring what I would do anyway. To be honest (or TBH, Dad as my girls now say to me). Ill make sure to get a front-row seat when you speak here, and to throw in some hurras and Amens , You make me want to return to Switzerland right away! Coming from that background, I know how difficult it can be to sort out what to retain and what to jettison. I was listening to the April 13th devotional from your Grace Notes. He builds on a wide Christian base, and Im sure he knows that. All that to say, Philip, that your style of communicating really speaks to me. Does God have a right to twist our beliefs to something untrue? Philip Yancey Family. Ghian We have had this discussion about Christianity when you came to Dubai a few years back! I could not ever have voted for Donald Trump. I think if you heard Judaism explained by a Reform rabbi, you would have a very different understanding of Judaism. And I have the strong sense that there are more chapters to come! Rather than simply shrug my shoulders, however, I decided to study the topic in depth and that is when I came across your experiences and writings. In the parable of the Good Samaritan, the person who helps a wounded traveler on the road to Jericho is not an influential priest but a hated foreigner. At the time I was worshiping at a conservative Baptist church, convinced that drinking and swearing were terrible sins, and watching fearfully for the signs of the coming rapture and the real-world Nicolae Carpathia. Your books with Dr. Paul Brand have changed my life. I am reading Disappointment with God for the second time, the first time was when I bought the book some thirty years ago. I also just read about your harrowing car accident, and can now pray more specifically for your spinal condition. I first read Whats so amazing about grace? in 2008 and immediately bought 10 copies as Christmas presents for my bible group. My concern is this: Jesus said, I am the way, the truth, the life. Do we live in a world with no religion and only the fit survive? Theres the evidence that demands a verdict. Most of them said, Forgiveness is disappearance of sin. Black authors: Cornel West is one contemporary who has strong views yet engages well with people he disagrees with. Wishing that I might be able to see you in person one day by wandering around the world. Maybe I can explain the context of my gratitude. Paul is a large and imposing man. It was just thoughts like we all have attraction thoughts towards other people male or female from time to time. Theyre actually helpful. I am sorry to bother you, and you must have answeared this question a lot of times. Youre right about Judaism too: the scribes codified their Hebrew Bible (our Old Testament) into 613 commandsyet this was the very legalism Jesus railed against in Luke 11 and Matthew 23. Over the years I have continued in my studies and now serve as Senior Research Professor of Biblical Exegesis atCriswell College (Dallas, Tx). But, as for a factual statement this is extraordinarily unsatisfying. He talked about how I really felt about Him and my frustrated expectations. Answer: Thank you very much for your interesting question. I have followed your ministry over the years. I read the Jesus I Never Knew, and it gave me new appreciation for the sermon on the mount. I still have the NIV Student Bible my Mother gave me a few months after my Dad passed away from cancer when I was still in college. We were very inconsiderate of your time and consumed with our own agenda. Those Serbs who had so much hatred of my people had ethnic cleansing of Croats, Roma and Jews. Then Imam Ramazan, who was also in the meeting, added that I had gone into my own office one day, locked the door and refused to open it for them. We meet a few years ago at a CS Lewis conference. I believe the gospel has hands and feet and a pulse and your books always, always show me that. Too bad. I would like to know what name of the book you recommend me to read? All the best! I read you comments concerning your struggles with mental illness and the lack of resources available. It would make such an awesome gift for children and friends whose interactions with the church have left a bad taste in their mouth. Thank you. Free UK Delivery on Orders Over 20. Youll see for yourself that the Atheists lead the pack. Pain: The Gift Nobody Wants: Memoirs of the World's Leading Leprosy Surgeon. Enamored, the body of Christ is hypnotized, and hopelessly transfixed I moved to Florida when I was 18 and Prayer was the first book I bought, this time in English. Do not touch my things! He said this over and over again. I went on a special program that brought together juvenile delinquents and federal prisoners, arranged by Chuck Colsons Prison Fellowship. It changed the trajectory of my thinking. Despite being a Christian for many years and praying about this for a long time I still struggled. Youve written a lot about how your racist upbringing and how youve worked to overcome it. I expect many of these felt a twinge of guilt not being on the battle front, but they were just as useful at home in the USA building war materials. I am now beginning to feel guilty as I have been spending more time reading about prayer than actually praying. Your books have been so helpful to me. I love Korean people, but it hurts me because of the pressure to perform, and the perfectionism that can become a huge burden. I just wanted to say thank you for your wonderful book: Disappointment with God. It is a sad story and one that can be repeated, in many ways, by other families. SO.. Philip. Dear Philip, Thank you for writing What is so Amazing About Grace! As a 63-year-old Christian, I have been stirred by the topic of grace for the past 3 to 4 years. I didnt understand nor accepted ways of doing church here. Nothing yet and I am not trying to be like Abraham and Sarah. many thanks, Im impressed by your openness. Im humbled by your comments, and hope that Buechners writings do make their way to Singapore; just last week I spoke at a writers conference in his honor. This is so personal that Ill respond directly to your email Philip, Dear Philip, God bless you. As he came around an icy curve, his Ford Explorer began to fishtail; the tire slipped off the asphalt and the Explorer tumbled down a hillside. Thank you again for donating this book as this gift was a blessing to me, my family and the military community. There are many so many and you are among those who have helped me become me. I know the purpose of that days devotional was not for you to complain about having to interact with people on this subject. Thinking of being depressed, beyond hope I had lost faith. Does forgiveness means God reconciliation with us by forgetting our sin? Im impressed that you were reading me at 16, and even more impressed that were still companions on the journey. I understood this comment to be a threat. In January 2017, when I was in the V and C area, I saw the mother of an inmate in the visiting area. Hey have you checked out Evan McMullin for President? Im honored to be a fellow pilgrim with you. Your books on grace are life changing. I need a sign that cannot be explained away. Maybe someday Ill get to thank you in person properly this time! Just like you, I am deeply baffled by how many Filipino Christians have voted, even defended our current president. How would I know if the Bible addresses specific people (to Jesus disciples, as you stated in the Prayer: You may ask me for anything in my name and I will do it) or everyone in general (Jeremiah 29:11; I even insert my name I know the plans I have for you, Horeb)? Now I feel like Im gushing over this book the same way General Loewenhielm couldnt say enough about Babettes Feast. And I have a question. The word cake is actually mentioned in the law. This is the last story I need to reference and my book will then go to formatting. Im uneasy that it is eg beyond the understanding of the archetypal dear old lady in the pew. So many of our more progressive evangelical friends (i.e. I wrote the study guide for Carl Medearis book Speaking of Jesus and attended the Simply Jesus event a couple of years ago. Philip will be turning 72 years on November 4, 2021. Philip. Whats the status on your personal memoir? Fortunately, since the same guard had checked the envelope both before and after it left the Institution, he was able to confirm that there had been no unauthorized transfer of goods out of or into the prison. 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