![]() ![]() One report was sent to me by an ‘ordinary’ Christian lady called Mona and in it Mona wrote ‘This writer gives a long, involved portion of his book reasoning in favour of homosexuality based on his strong friendship with this “Christian” who left his wife to resume a homosexual lifestyle which he could not resist. ![]() In relation to his book ‘What’s So Amazing About Grace’ I have on file some comments made about it by two Christians. One of the areas where his ‘faithfulness to God’ has been challenged has been in how he views homosexuality and lesbianism and its compatibility with the professed Christianity of those who pursue such life-styles. ![]() His writings have attracted criticism and controversy from ‘conservative’ Christians despite a claim by Yancey in an article published on 21 September 2002 by Alf McCreary that ‘My calling is not to be successful but to be faithful to God’. In March 2002 he was the Banquet Speaker at the Christian Booksellers Convention held in Doncaster.Īs a freelance ‘Christian’ writer he serves as ‘Editor at Large’ for the pseudo-evangelical publication ‘Christianity Today’. He is without doubt one of the best selling ‘Christian’ authors of this age and some of his best known works include ‘What’s So amazing About Grace’, ‘Where Is God When It Hurts’ and ‘Soul Survivor’. When you go into any modern ‘Christian’ bookstore it will be virtually impossible not to be confronted at some point by books written by Philip Yancey. ![]()
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