Dear Philip Yancey , Living in Africa & Japan as well as the US and working with & reading about many different kinds of Christians as a pastor, missionary & bookaholic has helped me so much, and your book will help my younger friend broaden her horizons a bit more quickly. We havent done well with the truth part at allthe truth would shine a light on their darkness so they repent, not hand over a light for free and then have them misuse it. However! I realized that my image of God could not be true if these things were products of that God. "It was the first time that either one has heard the other's voice." His mother lives in the Atlanta area, and his brother lives in California. Im still working on it (being more graceful). I hope that somehow you are graced with a direct relationship with God, unmediated by those who may try to maneuver or manipulate. And history has shown that anger can lead to even further injustice (French and Russian revolutions) or to genuine progress (anti-colonialism movements, fall of the Berlin Wall, South Africa). So these are harsh days. I believe I heard you say it at a Simply Jesus conference a couple of years ago. Jacob lived about as long as John Claypools daughter, and I may have recommended at the time his fine little book, Tracks of a Fellow Struggler. Thanks for introducing me to Shusaku Endo. The NIV Student Bible simplifies the complexities of Scripture and helps students navigate and understand God's truth. I love all your books but have been most impacted by The Jesus I Never Knew (which I have used to teach a class of young people in my church) , Whats So Amazing About Grace? I would love to go back to school but dont know if that is the right route or what kind of schooling is necessary. Given the events of January 6, 2021, might that editorial have been a bit prophetic? We keep at it because of responses like yours. West bow Press. Im glad to make this connection, and thank you for the encouragement Philip. I just wanted to say thank you for your wonderful book: Disappointment with God. After my conversation with Brian, Paul proceeded to tell me that the wardens had no confidence in me, that the prison management had no confidence in me, that the chaplaincy staff had no confidence in me and that the evaluation team had no confidence in me. Brian Harder, the Bridges of Canada manager called to confront me about this, and got very upset and rude and to me. I am not against the info, but I am not accepting the numbers. Keep up the honest and transparent dialogue in the church. You are on the front lines; I sit in an office in isolation and write. Wisely, you dont reveal what side youre on, because your question applies to both sides in this regrettable campaign. Religion blends easily with the Truth and Christ is eclipsed, Youve been prophetic on this issue for years, Frank. A desire perhaps to improve his life and avoid his exhausting work. She is a nurse by profession, an agnostic and questions the existence of God. For a while I have been wanting to send you a message and yesterday, I stumbled across a video featuring a talk of yours in Hong Kong (True Happiness?), prompting me to send you a note! Thus you maintained a relationship with Mel White. Pious fools believe that ritual and tradition can achieve perfection, COMMUNISM has fallen, let Christianity be the next to fall apart Also in the last 1000 yrs of the Bronze Age people knew about iron but could not make much of it and made jewelry of it. Like yourself I have been exposed to toxic churches and if I am honest I was left badly wounded. Yancey says that this misses the point of the storythe point is actually the fathers outrageous love for his son. I am 62 years old, and I am saying enough is enough! + Disappointment With God I moved to Florida when I was 18 and Prayer was the first book I bought, this time in English. We are to love people to Christ and spread Good News, not resort to name-calling and ostracism. Im reading through Vanishing Grace for a second time right now, and I keep thinking, this is what I want!, sometimes with tears. You might not want people to see you wiping your eyes and reflecting on your own shortcomings and repentance. He threw me up against the wall, shouted at me to get out, and pushed me forcefully out of the door and back into the hallway. On page 121, Phil says, as I pondered the question [Where is God when it hurts?] Lately when he was given permit to go out from prison to serve in community, Dad went regularly to student fellowships to lead bible study and English course. Roman law did not allow the marriage of previous slaves and free-borns, so common-law marriage was rife. Your book, Whats so Amazing About Grace is my seventh book in my quest to immerse myself in the topic of grace. Thank you. And I need to keep reading them. The Christian part of us is called to respond with forgiveness if it is sought we must forgive because we were forgiven (because we also sin). Always has, always will. My father died about a month ago and one of the things he left me was a book your book, The Jesus I Never Knew, given to me almost 20 years ago. We both have speaking engagements this weekend. She was in the service of churches and pastors for most of her life and expected her sons to follow in her steps. But, lets care for the less fortunate, or how about veterans, teachers and firefighters before we build yet another church. Ill send you a private email with any editorial ideas. I told him it was Paul, and so he set up a meeting for us. I wrote of this briefly at the end of Disappointment with God. This is what the little girl recalled. 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. But to come onto someones website (who I suspect you dont know, obviously) and to misrepresent them and attempt to dictate their livelihood wouldnt come into my definition of loving your neighbour as yourself. Maybe it has always been this way, but I wonder it is possible to break through those dividing lines. TWO: There are several editions on Amazon with the pink cover , pasture and fence. This lead to years of backsliding away from my faith. I am now beginning to feel guilty as I have been spending more time reading about prayer than actually praying. It cannot be found anywhere in the Bible, the Apocrypha, the Dead Sea Scrolls, Josephus, the Pseudepigrapha, the Talmud, Mishna, or any other Jewish source. I attended a Bible college where the dean announced one morning in chapel that anyone who wore a black armband to protest the Vietnam war would be expelled immediately. We wrote more in a book called The Gift of Pain. The Bible Jesus Read looks at selected books from the Hebrew Bible (what Christians call the Old Testament), so it would probably be the closest. I am an engineer with the National Park Service. I went straight to the Wardens office and complained, and Warden Clovis came out with me and we went around to the door where I had been instructed to go through by V and C. There, the Warden was confronted by an angry Mr. French, who told him they were searching an inmate. 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. It is God reaching to him again! I could not keep thinking about yesterday shooting at Texas Church, a family of 8 killed, a pregnant Woman with 3 children killed. Im sure he knew something major was happening in the universe, but exactly what? But God does indeed promise this very thing: The LORD will protect you from all harm; he will protect your life. (Psa. Are the contents the same? On page 119 the words discussion of parenthood helped to define my purpose more clearly and keep me focused. You introduced me to the transcendent Babettes Feast, and your chapter on the new math of grace blows me away, more so every time I read it. She attended the Alpha Course voluntarily a good few years ago and was confirmed in the Church of England, but was put-off when she tried to get involved especially as secretary with the Church Parish Council. On p. 89, Phil says, Yet it does help us to see God not as a remote being, untouched by what we go through on Earth, but rather as One who is willing to experience it in person. I just dont understand. Gulp, Im uncomfortable being compared with Patrick Mahomes and really uncomfortable being idolized. I havent had anything published yet, but as someone recovering from bitterness, forgiveness, and legalism, your work has given me a reference point. Ive not yet seen it, though Ive heard good things about it. Its sane, reflective, and creative. Sometimes we learn most by staying with a group that may not be our first preference. How on earth did you do that? Of course were all sick, were all sinners, and your last paragraph expresses it well. Passing laws to enforce morality serves a necessary function, to dam up evil, but it never solves human problems., The first step in helping a suffering person is to acknowledge that the pain is valid and worthy of a sympathetic response., A philosophy may explain difficult things, but has no power to change them. I cry all the time lately. It would make an intriguing subject. Bless you, and the millions like you facing similar challenges during this crisis. Two of his books have won the ECPA's Christian Book of the Year Award: The Jesus I Never Knew in 1996, and What's So Amazing About Grace? But the rest of the Bible sometimes leaves me wondering what the truth really is; or perhaps what certain doctrinal beliefs have to say. Great to touch base with you. It was a good effort, though! Then late last year, I randomly picked up a copy of The Jesus I Never Knew since I knew the author! I am sorry to bother you, and you must have answeared this question a lot of times. Your book Disappointment with God is the reason I found God in my life. Heather. As a result, much of the food was thrown away, and because of lockdowns there was no feast. He is an editor at large for Christianity Today magazine. Just let it be. 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