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Philip Yancey is an award-winning Christian author, whose books include "Disappointment with God, Where is God When it Hurts?", "The Jesus I Never Knew", "What’s So Amazing About Grace?", and "Prayer: Does It Make Any Difference?"

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Jesus and Time: “I Have Overcome the World"

Cosmic Faith Each year, as the period of Lent approaches, I turn... read more

A Cry of Grief

Earlier this month I spent a week in north Georgia in the... read more

The Rise and Fall and Rise of Jimmy...

Former president Jimmy Carter is back in the news, this time because... read more

Music Amidst the Rubble

As Holy Week approaches each year, I turn to my favorite part... read more

Death Comes For “the Arch”

The son of a schoolteacher and a domestic servant, Desmond Tutu would... read more

What Makes a Church Toxic?

Toxins work their way into the church seemingly without effort. read more

Remembering Jesus’ Tears

March 11 marked not only the one-year anniversary of COVID-19 being declared... read more

The Surprising Gift of Solitude

For me, one scene captures the manifold tragedy of the COVID-19 pandemic.... read more

Praying All the Way to the Bank

As the statistics on illness and death due to COVID-19 keep rising,... read more

Living in Plague Times

How should be we respond to the plague we face now, the... read more

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