Bücher von Philip Yancey

O evangelho de Jesus Cristo sempre foi conhecido como a boa-nova. E é. No entanto, parece que nos últimos tempos as pessoas não têm percebido o cristão como o porta-voz dessa boa notícia.Em "O eclipse da graça", Philip Yancey explora as razões da crescente hostilidade e incompreensão da sociedade em relação à igreja. Pensando no papel fundamental dela para a expansão da Palavra, o autor apresenta alternativas e novas perspectivas de aproximação com aqueles que, na opinião dele, estão sedentos da graça de Deus.Yancey conta histórias especialmente esclarecedoras sobre como a fé revelada é capaz de desarmar críticos os mais cínicos e como a boa-nova transmitida pode revelar-se uma notícia mais que aguardada. Em outras palavras: como redescobrir o papel da igreja no mundo pós-moderno.

Voted Book of the Year Philip Yancey's bestselling book The Jesus I Never Knew peeled away popular stereotypes to present a brilliant and fascinating portrait of Christ. Now individuals and groups can join Yancey in this probing look at Jesus Christ-his teachings, his miracles, his death and resurrection, and ultimately, who he was and why he came. This study guide helps readers press beyond the traditional picture to uncover a Jesus who is brilliant, creative, challenging, fearless, compassionate, unpredictable, and ultimately satisfying. Each chapter begins with Yancey's reflections on rediscovering Jesus. Questions that stimulate journaling follow, with note-writing sections that assist the reader in* Seeing Jesus through Scripture* Looking at Jesus Within and Without* Being Seen by Jesus* Further Glimpses of Jesus* Gazing on Jesus This Week Also included are Yancey's suggestions for viewing Hollywood films on Jesus, with optional directions about film usage in studying The Jesus I Never Knew.

In this six-session small group Bible study, The Jesus I Never Knew, Phillip Yancey helps participants discover and experience Jesus by contrasting film portraits of Jesus, with the Jesus of the Bible.

Author Philip Yancey combines his talents with Brenda Quinn's to produce a study guide for his Gold Medallion Award-winning and bestselling book, What's So Amazing About Grace?

Philip Yancey probes the very heartbeat of our relationship with God: prayer. What is prayer? Does it change God's mind or ours or both? This book is an invitation to communicate with God the Father who invites us into an eternal partnership through prayer.Polls reveal that 90 percent of people pray. Yet prayer, which should be the most nourishing and uplifting time of the believer's day, can also be frustrating, confusing, and fraught with mystery.Writing as a fellow pilgrim, bestselling author Philip Yancey probes such questions as:Is God listening?Why should God care about me?If God knows everything, what's the point of prayer?Why do answers to prayer seem so inconsistent?Why does God sometimes seem close and sometimes seem far away?How can I make prayer more satisfying?In this powerful read, Yancey tackles the tough questions and, in the process, comes up with a fresh new approach to this timeless topic."e;I have learned to pray as a privilege, not a duty,"e; he says, and he invites you to join him on this all-important journey.

"e;How do I relate to a God who is invisible when I'm never quite sure he's there?"e;--Philip YanceyLife with God doesn't always work like we thought. High expectations slam against the reality of personal weaknesses and unwelcome surprises. And the God who we've been told longs for our company may seem remote, emotionally unavailable. Is God playing games? What can we count on him for? This relationship with a God we can't see, hear, or touch--how does it really work?The Reaching for the Invisible God Study Guide gives you a path in your personal quest for answers. Dovetailing with Philip Yancey's book Reaching for the Invisible God, the twelve sessions are your opportunity to journey toward insights that affirm and dignify your most pressing questions--even the ones you may have found it hard to ask. Get ready to experience the challenges and rewards of relating to God as he is, not as you've thought he is. Yancey shifts your focus from questions to the One who offers himself in answer: the God who invites you to reach for him--and find.Includes:* Bible readings * Discussion questions* Personal reflections and applications* Tips for group leaders* Summary excerpts from Reaching for the Invisible God

Why are there so many more professing Christians than churchgoing Christians? Is it because something is wrong with the church? Perhaps that's part of the picture. But Philip Yancey insists there is another part. In this candid, thought-provoking account, he reveals the reasons behind his own journey back from skepticism to wholehearted participation in the church, and weighs the church's human failings against its compelling excellencies as the body of Christ.

Philip Yancey has a gift for articulating the knotty issues of faith. In this 25th Anniversary edition of Disappointment with God, Yancey 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 of God and the realities of life. Why, if God is so hungry for relationship with us, does he seem so distant? Why, if he cares for us, do bad things happen? What can we expect from him after all? Yancey answers these questions with clarity, richness, and biblical assurance. He takes us beyond the things that make for disillusionment to a deeper faith, a certitude of God's love, and a thirst to reach not just for what God gives, but for who he is. Included in this anniversary edition is a study guide with questions about these perplexing questions of faith that the author confronts.

Philip Yancey has a way of confronting our most cherished but misguided notions about faith. In 'The Bible Jesus Read', he challenges the perception that the New Testament is all that matters and the Old Testament isn't worth taking the time to read and understand. Yancey admits that, like many Christians, he usually avoided the Old Testament. After all, why bother with writings that can be so baffling, boring, even offensive to the modern mind? But a surprising discovery awaited Yancey when he began to explore how the Old Testament related to his life today. Those seemingly irrelevant Hebrew Scriptures took on a startling immediacy, portraying a passionate relationship between God and people against the broad backdrop of human experience. Like nothing else, the Old Testament depicts the cries, the complaints, the deep, insistent questionings of the heart, the stuff of life we all must contend with. With his candid, signature style, Yancey interacts with the Old Testament from the perspective of his own deeply personal journey. From Moses, the amazing prince of Egypt, to the psalmists' turbulent emotions and the prophets' oddball rantings, Yancey paints a picture of Israel's God--and ours--that fills in the blanks of a solely New Testament vision of the Almighty. Probing some carefully selected Old Testament books--Job, Deuteronomy, Psalms, Ecclesiastes, and the Prophets--Yancey reveals how the Old Testament deals in astonishing depth and detail with the issues that trouble us most. The Old Testament in fact tackles what the New Testament often only skirts. But that shouldn't surprise us. It is, after all, the Bible Jesus read. 'The Bible Jesus Read' will give you abundant new insights into the heart of God the Father. And as you read with a fresh eye the prayers, poems, songs, and bedtime stories that Jesus so revered, you will gain a profound new understanding of Christ. 'The more we comprehend the Old Testament, ' Yancey writes, 'the more we comprehend Jesus.'

La vida con Dios no siempre es como nosotros pensamos. Las altas expectativas se vienen abajo ante la realidad de las flaquezas personales y las sorpresas inoportunas.¿Está Dios entretenido? ¿Podemos contar con él? ¿Cómo podemos saberlo? ¿Cómo podemos conocer a Dios?

The Old Testament is God's biography, the story of his passionate encounters with people and also a prequel to the story of Jesus. This Zondervan Groupware uses video and group discussion to explore the sometimes shocking and cryptic writings in an effort to know God better.

What on earth are we missing? Philip Yancey believes we are missing the supernatural hidden in everyday life.In Rumors of Another World, Yancey investigates the natural world and discovers the supernatural hiding in plain view. He grapples with why God made the world and what our role truly is, and seeks to answer the question, "e;How do I live in the natural world while expressing the values of the supernatural?"e;Philip writes, "e;I have come to understand faith as the highest form of integrated encounter. Faith puts together, assembles, re-orders, accepting the entire world as God's handiwork. We live among clues, like rescuers sifting through pieces of stained glass shattered by a bomb, and only with a blueprint or some memory of original design can we begin to connect the shards, to assemble them into a pattern that makes sense of our world."e;Nature and supernature are not two separate worlds, but different expressions of the same reality. To encounter the world as a whole, we need a more supernatural awareness of the natural world."e;Yancey invites readers to join him on a journey of discovery. He challenges us to tune into "e;rumors of another world,"e; and connect the seen with the unseen. He promises that the grace-filled result will be a life of beauty, purpose, freedom, and faith.

The participant's guide to the Gold Medallion Award-winning ZondervanGroupware for groups of all sizes. This book helps group members explore, understand, and appreciate Christianity's greatest gift to the world: grace.