Finding God in Unexpected Places

Dec 12, 2007 - comments: 1

Today’s guest has had to look beyond church walls in order to find God. Growing up in a church that he writes “vaccinated him against spiritual truth;” he has written often and eloquently of his journey toward the God of the Bible. Philip Yancey is editor-at-large for Christianity Today and a best-selling author.

His book, Finding God in Unexpected Places, is a series of essays that challenge his readers to look through the cracks in their lives to see the hand and heart of God drawing us closer to Him. When Philip is with us, we can rest assured we will be challenged to rethink what it means to be a follower of Christ.

Philip’s writings challenge us to simply see the world and the traces of God’s presence through his journalist eyes. It may be in a Chicago health club, at a meeting of Amnesty International, on a weekend retreat with a group of Youth for Christ volunteers, or at Ground Zero in New York City, but Philip always manages to opens our eyes to see God in these, the most unexpected of places.

To many it seems that today more than ever before, we are surrounded by more danger than safety and more division than unity in our world. With the flip of a television switch or the turn of a page, we see examples of fear and destruction. Amidst it all, however there is hope and a future assured by our Creator.

topic(s): Faith, Bible, Citizenship, War

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1 On Apr 23rd, 2007, at 10:40pm, Anne Sherman wrote:

Thankyou to Philip Yancy, for trying to reach those of us who have also been part of the 20% on college campuses, who were not drawn to God in a large revival or following, but found God through the struggle and grace, in the simple and beautiful things of life, and lastly, in our gratitude for life, giving thanks and praise to God.
Your faith sharing has been really helpful to me.

God Bless you!

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