Wounded people who have been broken by suffering and sickness ask for only one thing: a heart that loves and commits itself to them, a heart full of hope for them.

Philip Yancey (b. 1949), Christlicher Bestsellerautor und Journalist

Source: Where Is God When It Hurts?: Your Pain Is Real . . . When Will It End? (über goodreads, Wortlaut nicht gegengeprüft)

Topics: Service & Love of Neighbour, Love, Illness & Weakness

Occasions: Comfort, Encouragement

Philip Yancey

Philip Yancey (* 1949) ist ein US-amerikanischer christlicher Journalist und Buchautor, der lange als leitender Redakteur für das Magazin Christianity Today wirkte. Er wurde durch Bestseller über Leid, Zweifel und radikale Gnade bekannt, in denen er sich gegen religiösen Moralismus und fundamentalistische Engführungen wandte. Bibellesern bieten seine Schriften einen undogmatischen Zugang zu existentiellen Glaubenskrisen, wenngleich seine Positionen in konservativen Kreisen umstritten blieben und er sich 2026 nach einem eingestandenen Fehlverhalten aus dem öffentlichen Dienst zurückzog.

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