Dec
02
2006
A brief word from YS: Yancey the attack of the ManFro
Posted by: stuartdelony in Adam LaRoche, Blogroll, Philip Yancey, Uncategorized, YS, YS Conferen ce, YS Conference, Yancey, Youth Specialties, grace, youth, youth ministry, youth work
Just got out of a session listening to Philip Yancey. It was amazing.
He told about a prison in Cape Town, South Africa. There were missionaries who had been working with the inmates for years.
Yancey talked to two men who were serving life sentences for murder. The men were over joyed by the love of Christ and commented that had the never come to prison, they never would have met their Lord. They lived their lives in prison, but had a cause to bring that love in Christ to other inmates.
God is amazing in how he works in all circumstances. The fact that he could use or depravity to bring us closer to his divinity. It’s amazing!
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stop by my house if you can..lol it’s lit up with lights..we have greenry and wreaths as well. Where is the YS conference located? Cricket Arena?
-Brian
Yeah, it’s funny that I complain about “bad stuff” in my life that I think I don’t deserve, but see later that it was part of God’s bigger plan overall. Despite knowing that, it’s still sometimes hard to trust Him through it, ya know?
I get to hear Philip Yancey this spring when he comes to my school for chapel. I am so excited–I love his thoughts of grace and the gospel. So powerful.
And that manfro is amazing.