Strict Fundamentalism & Grace with Philip Yancey

The Jennie Allen Podcast

Jennie Allen

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 6.6K Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Philip Yancey's story about growing up in a strict fundamentalist home and the painful experiences he endured in his childhood reveal an even greater story of God's unrelenting grace and mercy on each of our lives. You won't want to miss this episode about being hurt by the church, and rebuilding your faith when it seems hopeless. Find Philip's memoir Where the Light Fell here: https://www.amazon.com/Where-Light-Fell-Philip-Yancey/dp/0593238508

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0:00.0	This is Jenny Allen and you are listening to The Made For This podcast.
0:19.8	It is an honor to get to introduce many of you to, I'm sure most of you know who he is,
0:24.5	but as a fellow author, I have always respected this man's work.
0:28.2	He has given his life to discipleship through writing and so he has brought to life Jesus
0:34.4	and fear and so many different topics that we can't discuss them all today.
0:38.8	He's sold over 17 million books.
0:42.6	That is just incredible and 50 languages worldwide.
0:45.2	Philip Yancy, thank you so much for being here today.
0:48.1	I've been looking forward to this, Jenny.
0:50.1	Well, I can't wait to just hear a little, just dork out just with me for a minute as an
0:55.5	author.
0:56.5	I can't wait to hear how you chose to go into that.
0:59.1	How did you know that you had that gift?
1:01.3	Well, I didn't really.
1:03.4	I just needed a job.
1:04.8	I wanted to play second base for the New York Yankees, but I wasn't very good.
1:10.0	So that didn't work out and I was in graduate school at Wheaton College and a lot of Christian
1:16.6	organizations were located in Wheaton back then.
1:19.8	Many of them have moved to Colorado where I live now, but I finally got a job at a magazine
1:25.1	called Campus Life.
1:27.1	And I had always been on the school newspaper, yearbook, that kind of thing, but never thought
1:32.0	I'm going to be a writer when I grow up.
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