Posted on 01/09/2026 10:11:14 AM PST by nickcarraway
'I am filled with remorse and repentance, and I have nothing to stand on except God’s mercy and grace,' Philip Yancey noted
Christian author Philip Yancey, who has been married for more than five decades, confessed to engaging in a multi-year affair, telling Christianity Today in a statement that he had "disqualified" himself from ministry.
Yancey did not mince words or seek to defend the affair — he acknowledged the sinfulness of his behavior and the devastating consequences of his actions.
"To my great shame, I confess that for eight years I willfully engaged in a sinful affair with a married woman. My conduct defied everything that I believe about marriage. It was also totally inconsistent with my faith and my writings and caused deep pain for her husband and both of our families. I will not share further details out of respect for the other family," he noted in the statement, according to the outlet.
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Did he repent or was threatened with exposure after getting caught?
...now that he’s made his filthy lucre...
Is he rich?
It’s hard not to be cynical in these situations, but it is possible.
Eight years is a hell of a long time. That’s not some momentary lapse of judgment at a conference. He had to actively plan the affair and go to great lengths to conceal it. All the while he was “ministering” and writing books. There is a lot of sin accompanying the affair that goes on for that long.
On the first Feminian Sandstones we were promised the Fuller Life
(Which started by loving our neighbour and ended by loving his wife)
Till our women had no more children and the men lost reason and faith,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: “The Wages of Sin is Death.”
Rudyard Kipling
I am not sure what the big deal is.
Lamech was the first recorded polygamist (Genesis 4:19)
David may have had his dozens of wives and concubines (2 Sam 3:1-5 plus Michal and Bathsheba; 5:13, 15:16), but Solomon had his 700 wives, and 300 hundred concubines (1 Kings 11:3).
Mosaic Law included protections for women in polygamous households. For instance, Exodus 21:10 states that if a man takes another wife, he must not reduce the food, clothing, or marital rights of the first.
What a jerk.
But it sure was fun!
Was it with a man or a woman?
It’s a big deal because Christians include the New Testament, with Christ’s mandates both clarifying and superseding Mosaic Law.
Jesus clarified marriage to be monogamous union between one man, one woman, that only death can separate. Also clarified divorce is a serious sin with very few exceptions.
Satan uses the same trick over and over cause it works.
Given that he’s sold tens of millions of copies of his books, an educated guess would be, ‘Yes.’
Was he ever ordained to begin with?
Or did he anoint himself
Polygamy was recorded not endorsed.
Protections for second wives was mercy not an endorsement or prescription for polygamy.
And this dude was not marrying his side piece
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