I came out of Hinduism and have been in Christian ministry for over forty years in South Africa. Sorry! Your country needs a huge dose of Grace, I think. Thanks for committing to writing for the body of Christ. However the last few months have been some of my most desperate. On January 24th, 2017, I was sitting in my office doing paperwork when I heard someone calling, Father Richard, are you in here?. I saw your comment and just wanted to say a few words of encouragement. I love your spirit, and feel such compassion for you and all that you have borne. $ 4.19 - $ 15.57. She told me in front of the class, You have remarkable resilience to be where you are today. Im glad to make this connection, and thank you for the encouragement Philip. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Copyright 2023 Philip Yancey. their trespassers, and it helps the victimized let go of their anger, anguish, etc. . Instead of being open to study and discourse, members were tacitly expected to fall in line with the slogans and dismissive one-liners of mainstream evangelicalism. I am working with some guys to plan a Mens Retreat for the last weekend of September. I believe they are still in print in Portuguese, although you are fluent in English. Thankfully all is well and nothing much happened other than cause a lot of concern on the plane and having to spend the night at an ER in Charlotte. From there I received encouragement and God strengthened me at every step. You, Milt Richards, Tim Stafford and Ron Hutchcraft were leading the sessions. The tax collector, meanwhile, was unwilling even to look up to heaven. Here is the link to the podcast https://biologos.org/podcast-episodes/thomas-jay-oord-uncontrolling-love Im Korean. I feel called to speak to those living in the borderlands of faith., To contact Philip, When I failed to be accepted by a graduate school I had applied to, she said, God knew it would make you proud, so you didnt get in. Later, when I left the rural church I had served for a dozen years in west Texas to go to a suburban church in Ohio, she accused me of abandoning those good people for a big city church; again, because I was proud. And your daughter! During the debriefing at the end of the evaluation, which included Bridges manager Brian, no issues or major concerns were brought up. I crossed the border into Canada and headed for Saint John New Brunswick where there was a YWAM base where I knew people. Thank you in advance. At Gwen and Mikes encouragement, I filed a complaint with the Human Rights Commission in PEI. I am a 60 year old physician who became a christian while an undergraduate at Michigan State University many years ago. Religion: Protestant. We prayed together, and he asked if he could come and talk with me on an ongoing basis. Philip. I am looking forward to reading more of your books in the future. Buy The Bible Jesus Read Participant's Guide by Philip Yancey, 9780310241850 from Ryefield Books. Philip. I was 22 years old and told to bend over one of the leaders knee infront of the staff so he could spank me for my reactions to my still SSA feelings and when I refused he forced me to bend over his knee and he spanked me. When I saw the picture of Spring Season , lovely flowers spread all through the ground, I do found Hope in our country. And your work has helped me through it. Frank, I dont know you apart from your comment on here. The question can basically be summed up as, How can a reflective Christian remain sane while holding an orthodox view of Hell?. ONE: What is the difference between the Participants Guide and the Study Guide. I read Whats So Amazing About Grace and agreed with your message so much that I have both recommended it and used several references from it in my amateur writer article The Simplicity of Grace prepared for my Serra Club Newsletter to be submitted for October. I like to finish reading the book at least in that same week. Its one of my favorite times of the year: Christianaudio.com does their $7.49 sale. I see no sign of a moral failure and feel this feisty woman has been given very unfair bad press by the church. You make a good point about my pedantic language, and Ill need to watch that. As you know, no book can cover everything, and I am sorry you had different expectations when you got this book. I too met my future wife when washing dishes in the college kitchen. And I just want to let you know how right you are, You have no idea how hard it is for me to read without distraction. Is he still at the same place he was when you originally wrote the book? Barely have words to explain it. Together we composed a letter to Bridges of Canada, asking for clarification regarding my dismissal. Toxic Work Environment AB Sithole, Pretoria: South Africa. Clearly, the highest loyalty we should have is not to our own country or our own religion or our hometown or even to ourselves. Mr. Yancey, In the last chapter, you mention Revelation 5 which prompted me to listen again to Chris Tomlins glorious song Is He Worthy?. Philip Yancey: The word evangelical means, simply, good news. My ultimate goal is to absorb every context in the bible and the book of Prayer. Phyllis. Why? Id heard about it, so I decided to check it out. I was becoming uncomfortable around them and the things they said. May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may be rich in hope in the power of the Holy Spirit (Romans 15:13). Here is a poem from my book: One Secret, 101 Life Changing Poems , WE need to rename an ancient subterfuge passed down the ages Before I learned about you, I sometimes wondered if there was anyone that asked the questions I asked, or saw the issues that I saw. Hanukkah I, too, was raised in a rather strict, confusing (Lutheran) church, seemingly focused more on law than on grace, even though the Word was preached by kind pastors. How to get the integrated and tempered balance once again seems to be the question of the hour, and your book again has been most helpful for us in nutting this out. Jesus talks about not being able to serve God and Money, yet our culture has glorified the comforts we enjoy thru money- to the point where when everything doesnt go our way we decide to fix it. In honor of this Halloween near miss, Ill close with an astronomer and a couple astronauts: There is perhaps no better a demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. Carl Sagan, regarding the view of Earth from space in Time. Now, with a mandate from half of the voting public, Donald Trump takes the office of president backed with a Republican majority in the House and Senate. 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. The details of his life are so much less important than him knowing he belongs at the foot of the cross, with everyone Jesus died for. Secondly, your refusal to excuse the shortcomings of the church, while still showing grace and love for her, redirects me when I feel so fed up with the church. After further reports of abuse from the other chaplains at the EYOC, I went to the director and other senior staff of Threshold Ministries, as well as to my bishop and to the archdeacon of the Anglican Diocese in Edmonton. I cant recommend it highly enough. Its who God is. When I arrived there I was not welcome ,she had not told them I simply had had some thoughts , she tared and feathered me . Is he both able and willing? and would like to buy it for my Italian-speaking husband. Philip is a resident of Colorado, USA, we shall upload pictures of his house as soon as we have them. Sometime after my dismissal, a large box arrived by regular mail at my apartment in Morinville. It affirms mine. This is not helping the Evangelical cause. You say that Jesus came full of grace and truth, and that, Weve done pretty well with the truth part. God still sits on the throne and is active and in control during the joys and the heartbreaks (as we may see it). In January of 2017, an inmate gave me a very large envelope to take to V and C for mailing. Apart from me you can do nothing, Jesus told his disciples, a plain fact that we conspire to deny. Ive been thinking about how that affects my relationship with God. U taught me that. What a waste of life. That might stir up some interesting discussion! A long journey followed that.. 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. Philip, Ive appreciated your books for many years now. Never my friend, never stop doing what God gave you as gift, never stop fascinating people with your wise words. The most important thing Ive learned is that God is on the side of the suffering person, Yancey told me. I just think the gospel is a lot bigger than I used to. or even to St Albans in Herts! Denounce it so people know its cunning use of the sacred prefix But Phillip I have a question, I read a book rumors of another world and I thought it was written by you. I will pay but I dont have credit card. The only thing I was offered each time was a one-way ticket back to Alberta, even though welfare had already been denied me there. Of course God will protect you. But what is the truth. With hundreds of different denominations within the Christian faith, how do we really know I have no doubt that IF she wins, the public will know it was rigged, and the fallout will be an uprising that the US hasnt seen since the Civil War. While I stood in line to pay the bill, I observed a gentleman in a very worn and dirty signature suit. You can access it for free, here: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/title-page?lang=eng, Hi Philip We were very inconsiderate of your time and consumed with our own agenda. Philip. Being able to verbalize a description of my experience is a bit of a relief, frankly. email Joannie: pyasst@aol.com. However, details regarding his other body measurements are currently not publicly available. Since then, Paul hated evangelical Protestants. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". The first book I read was Soul Survivor, (which I have probably read 10 times now). Then hung himself for nine days. I understand. He currently has more than 17 million books in print, published in over 50 languages worldwide. I dont want to disappoint you, but I dont throw away 10 pages for every 1 page I keep. Bruce Smith the Church Army regional Director ,later to be the National Director came up to me on the platform and said we have found out about your (gay past just thoughts in Hawaii) you are no longer accepted in the Church Army ,and he walked away leaving me with my suit cases , shattered and no place to go. I often am discouraged with my life. Puzzled why mens faith lies impotent in a paper tiger called Christianity, The Trojan Horse now masquerades as the Church, in a great edifice This is an ultimate proof of evolution. Although I did not find that the book helped me at all, I have to applaud you on your writing style. I bought this book. Im sorry you waited so long to mail that letter! It has churned up much in my soul because I have a similar past experience with the church. I have to admit. Where is God When It Hurts had such a profound influence upon my life because I had not realized until then that pain and trouble were not the enemy. Before the visit, Chaplain Paul tried to scare me about it, urging me once again to resign. No radiologist was on duty, so the images had to be sent via internet to Australia; when the results came back, Yancey was told he had splintered his C3 vertebrae, although the break had not severed the spinal cord. I must admit, it took several health issues to break me, and in my brokenness, I found meaning, and I found Jesus. Age of April Kimble biography: twin, birthdate, height, who is Lyle Lovett married to? In 1998. I explained that my GP, Dr. Pugh, was delighted to hear about my job at the Edmonton Institution, that I loved my work and could still do an excellent job. I ve had a few challenges came to know Christ, personally as an adult, husband in prison, later he died of alcoholism, mental illness in my family, yet steadfast in my own life to earn a doctorate and am now associate professor emeritus at a large regional university. Theyre compassionate and truthful and not glib. I hadnt crossed the campus before I was told how each woman was being required to come forward and kneel in front of a female faculty member. I will not mention what religion I was raised, nor the denomination of my friends church because it is not about the religion it truly is about our relationship with Him! I picked up your Prayer: Does it make any difference? book and found solace in these timely words: As adults, we like to pay our own way, live in our own houses, make our own decisions, relay on no outside help. Evolution is correct and functional but nobody knows its purpose or why. I write this for two reasons, I guess. Since leaving the local Church, we did some work focusing on solidifying our Chinese roots. When one of the young boys came forward, this priest, who had a son in the EPS, was directed to work somewhere else. 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. Your books on grace are life changing. I have an extremely sensitive spirit and have a hard time dealing with when God is angry in the Bible. And I wanted to write a book that explains why I believe those things. The Training Session God is sovereign and knows what we need, the things that I have in my life are the things that I need. It has been a pretty satisfactory life. No lasting effects, other than a sore neck now and then after sleeping. His Word is very contrary to almost all aspects of my life. Its almost completely for your benefit if you choose to do that and essentially of no practical use to me. It has shifted the question What is the most graceful action/reaction from somewhere in the cluttered dusty back of my mind to the forefront. I finished it with a renewed sense of Gods grace in my life, and that multiplied after reading Where the Light Fell. In Baptist-like circles, everyone wants to focus on end times garbage, or how they were blessed for donating to Jerusalems military. There are some things about Catholic culture and doctrine that seem strange to me (celibacy of priests, Assumption and Perpetual Virginity of Mary, papal infallibility, etc. And, thank goodness, the South has changed quite a bit too. This is what God himself apparently says since mathematics is the magic behind physics and the Word himself (Jesus, the second person of the Trinity) is the spirit of mathematics. Yet so often the church seems more interested in cleaning up society, you know, returning America to its pristine 1950s. Philip has an estimated net worth of $2 million dollars as of 2021. 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 . Moving forward, I will continue to read, pray, work hard, avoid sin, love everyone, and leave the rest to Him. Dont worry about how long it took you to read my bookit took me much longer to write it! And I have the strong sense that there are more chapters to come! And I am a vegetarian (actually, the only animal products I eat are the eggs that are produced by my own hens)because of the abominable treatment of factory farmed animals in this country, and because I would never kill an animal for food (never mind sport). Now for my problem, I have a huge hole in my soul and being. Theres a good chance I adapted it from something I heard from someone else! Nobody was saying a word and looked hopeless. And yes, Im also so curious how evangelicals can say Donald Trump is Gods choice for us, even when he says he does not need to ask for forgiveness. If one used the Lords name in vain they were doomed for eternity. As a 53 year old male who is happily married and extremely satisfied in every aspect of my life, the struggle remains in following Gods primary command to love God with all your heart and soul. 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