
A native of Atlanta, Georgia, Philip Yancey earned graduate degrees in Communications and English from Wheaton College Graduate School and the University of Chicago. He joined the staff of Campus Life Magazine in 1971, and worked there as Editor and then Publisher. He looks on those years with gratitude, because teenagers are demanding readers, and writing for them taught him a lasting principle: The reader is in control! In 1978 Philip Yancey became a full-time writer, initially working as a journalist for such varied publications as Reader’s Digest, Publisher’s Weekly, National Wildlife, Christian Century and The Reformed Journal. For several years he contributed a monthly column to Christianity Today magazine, where he also served as Editor at Large. In 2021 Philip released two new books: A Companion in Crisis and his long-awaited memoir, Where the Light Fell. Other favorites included in his more than twenty-five titles are: Where Is God When It Hurts, The Student Bible, and Disappointment with God. Philip's books have won thirteen Gold Medallion Awards from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association, have sold more than seventeen million copies, and have been published in over 50 languages. Christian bookstore managers selected The Jesus I Never Knew as the 1996 Book of the Year, and in 1998 What’s So Amazing About Grace? won the same award. His other recent books are Fearfully and Wonderfully: The Marvel of Bearing God’s Image; Vanishing Grace: Bringing Good News to a Deeply Divided World; The Question that Never Goes Away; What Good Is God?; Prayer: Does It Make Any Difference?; Soul Survivor; and Reaching for the Invisible God. In 2009 a daily reader was published, compiled from excerpts of his work: Grace Notes. The Yanceys lived in downtown Chicago for many years before moving to a very different environment in Colorado. Together they enjoy mountain climbing, skiing, hiking, and all the other delights of the Rocky Mountains. Visit Philip online: https://www.philipyancey.com https://www.facebook.com/PhilipYancey Catch his monthly blog: https://bit.ly/PhilipYanceyBlog
Books

The Jesus I Never Knew Study Guide
2010

What's So Amazing About Grace? Participant's Guide
2008

Reaching for the Invisible God
What Can We Expect to Find?
2000

I Was Just Wondering
1989

More Than Words
2002

What's So Amazing About Grace?
1997

When Life Hurts
1999

The Jesus I Never Knew Participant's Guide
2008

The Jesus I Never Knew
1995

Vanishing Grace
What Ever Happened to the Good News?
2014

Jesus I Never Knew/Disappointment with God
2008

A Companion in Crisis
2021

Church
Why Bother?: My Personal Pilgrimage
1997

Finding God in Unexpected Places
1997

Soul Survivor
How My Faith Survived the Church
2001

Rumors of Another World
What on Earth Are We Missing?
2003

Undone
A Modern Rendering of John Donne's Devotions
2023

What Good Is God?
In Search of a Faith That Matters
2010

Prayer Participant's Guide
Six Sessions on Our Relationship with God (Groupware Small Group Edition) by Philip Yancey
2013

Jesus
2010

The Gift of Pain
Why We Hurt and What We Can Do About It
2020

Vanishing Grace
Bringing Good News to a Deeply Divided World
2018

The Scandal of Forgiveness
Grace Put to the Test
2021

Where the Light Fell
2021

Disappointment with God
Three Questions No One Asks Aloud
1988

Praying With the KGB
A Startling Report from a Shattered Empire
1992

The Jesus I Never Knew Leader's Guide
1998

Meet the Bible
A Panorama of God's Word in 366 Daily Readings and Reflections
1999

The Bible Jesus Read
1999

The Best Spiritual Writing 2012 (2012)
2011

Where Is God When It Hurts?
1977

Grace Notes
April 1-30: Daily Readings with a Fellow Pilgrim
2010

What's So Amazing About Grace? Study Guide
1998

What's So Amazing About Grace?
1997

What's So Amazing About Grace/Where is God When It Hurts
2008

When We Hurt
Prayer, Preparation & Hope for Life's Pain
2006

Reaching for the Invisible God Study Guide
2001

In the Likeness of God
2010

Christians and Politics Uneasy Partners
2012

Vanishing Grace
2014

Open Windows
1982

Prayer
Does It Make Any Difference?
2006

The Question That Never Goes Away
2013

Grace Notes
Daily Readings with a Fellow Pilgrim
2009