Very profound reading. I put Yancey up there with Donald Miller (actually, he surpasses him because Miller, while deep, struggles to have a point sometimes). And Yancey is one of the few Christian thinkers I've read that understands what sin does in the life of a believer. Many would foolishly have us believe that our sin indicates to us that we have fallen again or that we have somehow forfeited our salvation or otherwise have proven we never had it in the first place. Instead, Yancey pronounce...

Religion has taken serious hits in recent decades, many self-inflicted--the abuse scandals of religious leaders, the calls for violence by extremists, the failures of institutions to follow their own values.Why does religion persist? One reason is that spiritual longings persist. When we see the beauty of a flower, the magnificence of a mountain, the love of a child, or the raw truth in a novel—we silently, perhaps unknowingly, wonder if there is something more. More than our mundane routine. Mo...

Philip Yancey always writes wonderful books.

Rumors is a good attempt to tie the world we live in with the unseen eternal world. Yancey points out glimpses of the other world we are given in life through nature and others. Second half of the book was so much better then the first half of the book. Not sure why this was. I enjoy Yancey and his explorations so any of his books are worth the read. He does have better books but give it a shot. It did make me strive more to enjoy this world instead of longing for the next.

This is the first Yancy book I have read in a while. The book is very thought provoking and would be a good one to read in a book club/group. He writes about the seen and unseen worlds and how they bear witness to one another. He cites many interesting stories, books and quotes from others to make his points.

Again a well written book by Yancey - filled with interesting stories and quotes - the subject is very broad - about a deeper awareness of the rumors, hints, windows in this world that points to Another World, the invisible and supernatural world.

Each one of Philip Yancey's books that I have read have made a personal impact upon me. It is as if the author knows how to get into my head and challenge me from the inside out. I had never even heard of this book before finding it on the store shelf, but I am glad I made the jump to purchase it. In this book Yancey challenges himself to face his own doubts and preconceptions about faith to answer the question of why he believes. The book is fascinating because, unlike a lot of "Christian self-...

I am starting to love Philp Yancey. This is the second book that I have read by him and both books have made huge impact on me. I can't remember in which book it was, but I used to be pro-choice but after reading how God personally selects each living person to come into creation out of all the permutations God gave THAT one person to be born into time I became pro-life. It was a powerful message and it struck me right to the core as a christian.Most Christian books makes people feel like as

This was a good book explaining about what is out there after death. IF you are a Yancey fan, this is really not one of his best writings, but it still leaves a sense of tranquility of the life that comes after death.

Classic Yance,Not quite what's so amazing but still super readable and interesting. Written for those on the 'borderlands of belief', talking about how certain areas of life bring us to question the reductionist premise that the concrete material world (whatever that means) is all there is. This list includes, beauty, nature, sex, love, etc. Also deals with what it's like to live in some sense in both a material and spiritual reality at once. If you think you're in these so-called 'borderlands'

DNF 145. I'm usually against rating books I haven't finished, but I'm willing to make an exception here because I think the author demonstrated an unacceptable level of dishonesty. I feel so disrespected as the reader that I don't feel I owe it to the author to keep reading before declaring it no good.I feel I should start by saying I’m not sure who the intended audience is for this book. Based on the title and description it seems as if it’s written for people who are kinda religious but not re...

Parts are worth reading, but not his best work. Yancy explores a world with two dimensions, the visible and invisible. How does the visible world point toward the existence of the invisible world? Experiencing beauty, human sexuality, grace, etc. Also, recognizing evil for what it is, an opposition to, and proof of good.Stories• Jean Vanier, founder of L’Arche Daybreak community• Oscar Wilde’s novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, page 153. Gray swaps roles with his own portrait, the painting showin...

You should at the end of this book, longing not just for Rumors of another world, but wanting for His kingdom to come Quickly.

Skip everything else if you want and read the chapter about sex.

I loved this book. I struggled most of my life with a view of God as a terrible ogre waiting to strike me down for my least offense. And as offenses go, I really did't really have a good understanding of what constituted an offense. My upbringing would have me looking down on wearing jewelry, going to movies, watching TV, dancing, smoking, drinking while I learned the incongruity of doing things like bring home items from work for use at home, cutting people off in traffic and ignoring the needy...

The book has some good moments as it points out how Christianity should really be about loving your neighbor and how doing things for "the invisible world" actually makes a difference in this world as well.Where the book falls short, however, is that all the examples don't really show why another world is needed for explaining all these positive actions, dreams and hopes. It's as if Yancey had told himself, "OK, let's write a skeptical book -- but not too skeptical." There are clear boundaries t...

Like the rest of Yancey's books I've read I loved this. Easy to read and left me with a list of people I now want to find out more about as well as ideas that I need to apply to my life. A thoughtful, practical look at what it looks like to live life now without losing sight of 'another world'.'Saints stand out because they refuse to breath the air, accept the lie without protest. They seek to live according to the words of the invisible world even while living in the visible.''In the life of fa...

In the tradition of C.S. Lewis, this author depicts the spiritual world and the physical world as separate, but parallel places or dimensions. The author suggests the majority of people fail to see the spiritual world because of other physical things they elevate above it. The author tells of an experiment in which an entomologist entices male butterflies with a painted cardboard replica of the female. The replica is larger and more enticing than the females of the species, so the excited males

“Rumors of another world: What on Earth are we missing?” This book is written by Philip Yancey where in he shows us the perspectives of both worlds: the unseen world and the visible world. This book has 244 pages of Yancey’s theologies about life. He uses the stories of other people and his worldly experiences to profoundly make us realize things which we are not seeing. He also uses the Bible to show us the Bible’s perspective of things. But what really is in Philip Yancey’s book, “Rumors of an...

We have all heard the rumors, of Mother Theresa, Martin Luther King Jr, Nelson Mandela - we all know there is a better world, that Jesus promised to bring. Sometimes still, this world seems so far away, and it is this that Philip Yancey is trying to make sense of in this book. It is a melancholy journey into the world of faith and doubt, into a dark world with glimpses of hope. We are traveling through, we have the kingdom inside us, we just don't see it all the time in the world. Through storie...