In search of a faith that matters, Philip Yancey wrote this book which consists of ten places he travelled to, to seek out answers to this question of "What good is God?" in the variety of circumstance the people were in and also to minister to speak to them God's word.
Grace was one of the key word evident in many of the places Philip witnessed first hand - of forgiveness at the Virginia Tech Campus shoot out, the racist events that occurred in South Africa and the former prostitutes reaching out those bound in the trade.
Just like Jesus turning around Saul to Paul, God was also evident in changing lives and raising up His people like C.S. Lewis, the underground church in China and the watering church in Afghanistan where the harvest eventually bore fruit through a visiting musical team.
Philip also brought out the needs of the church in his visits as the church bears witness as the body of Christ in a lost world i.e. those seeking help due to addiction, Christians working in foreign countries and a man who started a church health center reaching out to the poor.
Notable phrases:
"We are mere adjectives serving the great Noun of truth. " C.S. Lewis
"I would like to embrace him so he may know my forgiveness is real." - a woman who lost his son and husband
"God chooses to make himself known primarily through ordinary people like us." - Philip Yancey
"God was already present in the prison. I just had to make him visible." - a sister who reaches out to inmates
The Bible verses below stand out to me as I read the book.
2 Corinthians 2:15,16 -
15 For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing,
16 to one a fragrance from death to death, to the other a fragrance from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things?
2 Corinthians 2:15-16
Read the book and travel with Philip Yancey.
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