In his most powerful book since What's So Amazing About Grace? and The Jesus I Never Knew, Philip Yancey explores the intimate place where God and humans meet in Prayer. Polls reveal that 90 percent of people pray. Yet prayer, which should be the most nourishing and uplifting time of the believer's [...]
Finding Meaning in the Midst of Suffering In his classic book Where Is God When It Hurts, Philip Yancey gave us permission to doubt, reasons not to abandon faith, and practical ways to reach out to hurting people. And now, thirty years after writing his first book, Yancey revisits our cry of 'Why, G[...]
This companion book to "Fearfully and Wonderfully Made", skillfully co-authored by award-winning writer Philip Yancey unfolds spiritual truths through a physician's knowledge of the blood, the head, the spirit, and pain.[...]
This Bible's proven, common-sense approach to studying the Scriptures appeals to high school students and college readers. Its thoughtful, carefully researched features will help overcome common obstacles to reading and understanding the Bible. Written and edited by award-winning authors Philip Yanc[...]
Multi-award winning spirituality writer Philip Yancey is loved throughout the world for his honest, insightful and inspirational writing. PRAYER: DOES IT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE? carries all the hallmarks of classic Yancey, a journalist by training. His quest to unravel the mysteries of prayer reads as[...]
Disillusioned by the distortions and hypocrisies of the church in which he grew up, Philip Yancey set out in search of a life enhanced by faith instead of diminished by religion. Having struggled to forge personal convictions about God amid the ironies of life and the incongruities of religion, he l[...]
Speaker, journalist and bestselling author, Philip Yancey has travelled the world tackling the most challenging questions: Can God truly bring solace to the terrorised people of Mumbai, or the students who witnessed the murder of their classmates? Will the deep scars of racism ever heal in post-apar[...]
In recent years, the US fake news program The Daily Show with Jon Stewart has become a surprisingly important source of information, conversation, and commentary about public affairs. Perhaps more surprisingly, so-called 'fake news' is now a truly global phenomenon, with various forms of news parody[...]
Philip Yancey has a gift for articulating the knotty issues of faith. In Disappointment with God, he poses three questions that Christians wonder but seldom ask aloud: Is God unfair? Is he silent? Is he hidden? This insightful and deeply personal book points to the odd disparity between our concept [...]
'Why does the church stir up such negative feelings?' This is a question that Philip Yancey has been asking all his life - for himself, as a pilgrim; for others, as a journalist. The question is more relevant now than ever: in the UK Christianity continues to decline, even as it is increasingly thou[...]
?I have lost my daughter, but I bear no grudge In 1987, an IRA bomb buried Gordon Wilson and his twenty-year-old daughter beneath five feet of rubble. Gordon alone survived. And forgave. He said of the bombers, ?I have lost my daughter, but I bear no grudge ? I shall pray, tonight and every night, t[...]
YOUR PAIN IS REAL WHEN WILL IT GO AWAY? Winner of the Gold Medallion Award and an inspirational bestseller for over twenty-five years, Where Is God When It Hurts? has been revised and updated by the author to explore the many important issues that have arisen during that time. Sensitive and caring, [...]
"Jostein Gripsrud er på sett og vis en nøkkelfigur i faghistorien: Han begynte med å tøye ut nordistikkens rammer, og fortsatte med å bygge opp et nytt fagstudium. " Willy Dahl Jostein Gripsrud (fødd 1952) er professor i medievitskap ved Institutt for informasjons- og medievitskap, Universit[...]
Forfatteren reiser problemstillingen med et forhold mellom to parter der den ene verken kan sees, høres eller tas på. Han ser på hva vi kan forvente av vårt forhold til Gud og hvordan vi kan vite hvem han er og hva han vil.[...]
Forfatteren har undersøkt nærmere hvem Jesus er, slik han blir beskrevet i evangeliene. Den Jesus han kom på sporet av var svært forskjellig fra den Jesus han lærte om på søndagsskolen. Fra krybben i Betlehem til korset utenfor Jerusalem lar Yancey oss møte en sammensatt person som både pr[...]
Nåde er et hovedord i kristen tro. Å vise Guds nåde er kirkens særlige kall. Bare nåden kan bryte den onde sirkelen og gi håp og forandring til en forvridd verden. Men hvis nåde er Guds måte å elske det som ikke er elskverdig, hvordan arter den seg i praksis? Er nåde det første mennesker [...]
Forfatteren tar opp spørsmål om bønn. Fungerer bønnen slik vi mener den burde? Hva kan vi egentlig forvente når vi ber?[...]
"Jeg holder Philip Yancey for å være den beste kristne forfatter i vår tid." Billy Graham Av en eller annen grunn har forfatteren for vane å havne midt i dramatiske omstendigheter på sine mange reiser rundt omkring i verden. På hvert sted møter han mennesker og situasjoner som krever at han [...]
Forfatteren Philip Yancey undersøger nåden på et tilgængeligt niveau. Blandt andet genfortæller han Babettes gæstebud. Hvis nåde er Guds kærlighed til dem, der ikke fortjener den, spørger han, hvordan ser den så ud i praksis i en verden, som kender meget mere til råhed og utilgivelighed e[...]
Den prisbelönte journalisten och författaren Philip Yancey sonderar i denna bok det som är själva hjärtslagen i människans relation till Gud - bön. Bön är också den mest grundläggande, utmanande, förbryllande och samtidigt djupt belönande aspekten av kristet liv.
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