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Philip Yancey
Author · 44 books

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 book cover

The Jesus I Never Knew Study Guide

2010

What's So Amazing About Grace? Participant's Guide book cover

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

2008

Reaching for the Invisible God book cover

Reaching for the Invisible God

What Can We Expect to Find?

2000

I Was Just Wondering book cover

I Was Just Wondering

1989

More Than Words book cover

More Than Words

2002

What's So Amazing About Grace? book cover

What's So Amazing About Grace?

1997

When Life Hurts book cover

When Life Hurts

1999

The Jesus I Never Knew Participant's Guide book cover

The Jesus I Never Knew Participant's Guide

2008

The Jesus I Never Knew book cover

The Jesus I Never Knew

1995

Vanishing Grace book cover

Vanishing Grace

What Ever Happened to the Good News?

2014

Jesus I Never Knew/Disappointment with God book cover

Jesus I Never Knew/Disappointment with God

2008

A Companion in Crisis book cover

A Companion in Crisis

2021

Church book cover

Church

Why Bother?: My Personal Pilgrimage

1997

Finding God in Unexpected Places book cover

Finding God in Unexpected Places

1997

Soul Survivor book cover

Soul Survivor

How My Faith Survived the Church

2001

Rumors of Another World book cover

Rumors of Another World

What on Earth Are We Missing?

2003

Undone book cover

Undone

A Modern Rendering of John Donne's Devotions

2023

What Good Is God? book cover

What Good Is God?

In Search of a Faith That Matters

2010

Prayer Participant's Guide book cover

Prayer Participant's Guide

Six Sessions on Our Relationship with God (Groupware Small Group Edition) by Philip Yancey

2013

Jesus book cover

Jesus

2010

The Gift of Pain book cover

The Gift of Pain

Why We Hurt and What We Can Do About It

2020

Vanishing Grace book cover

Vanishing Grace

Bringing Good News to a Deeply Divided World

2018

The Scandal of Forgiveness book cover

The Scandal of Forgiveness

Grace Put to the Test

2021

Where the Light Fell book cover

Where the Light Fell

2021

Disappointment with God book cover

Disappointment with God

Three Questions No One Asks Aloud

1988

Praying With the KGB book cover

Praying With the KGB

A Startling Report from a Shattered Empire

1992

The Jesus I Never Knew Leader's Guide book cover

The Jesus I Never Knew Leader's Guide

1998

Meet the Bible book cover

Meet the Bible

A Panorama of God's Word in 366 Daily Readings and Reflections

1999

The Bible Jesus Read book cover

The Bible Jesus Read

1999

The Best Spiritual Writing 2012 (2012) book cover

The Best Spiritual Writing 2012 (2012)

2011

Where Is God When It Hurts? book cover

Where Is God When It Hurts?

1977

Grace Notes book cover

Grace Notes

April 1-30: Daily Readings with a Fellow Pilgrim

2010

What's So Amazing About Grace? Study Guide book cover

What's So Amazing About Grace? Study Guide

1998

What's So Amazing About Grace? book cover

What's So Amazing About Grace?

1997

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

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

2008

When We Hurt book cover

When We Hurt

Prayer, Preparation & Hope for Life's Pain

2006

Reaching for the Invisible God Study Guide book cover

Reaching for the Invisible God Study Guide

2001

In the Likeness of God book cover

In the Likeness of God

2010

Christians and Politics Uneasy Partners book cover

Christians and Politics Uneasy Partners

2012

Vanishing Grace book cover

Vanishing Grace

2014

Open Windows book cover

Open Windows

1982

Prayer book cover

Prayer

Does It Make Any Difference?

2006

The Question That Never Goes Away book cover

The Question That Never Goes Away

2013

Grace Notes book cover

Grace Notes

Daily Readings with a Fellow Pilgrim

2009

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