Bestselling Christian Author Philip Yancey Confesses to 8-Year Extramarital Affair

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Janet Yancey: ‘Please Pray for Us’

Janet Yancey also shared a statement with Christianity Today.

“I am speaking from a place of trauma and devastation that only people who have lived through betrayal can understand,” she said. “Yet I made a sacred and binding marriage vow 55½ years ago, and I will not break that promise.”

“I accept and understand that God, through Jesus, has paid for and forgiven the sins of the world, including Philip’s,” she said, before concluding with a request for prayer: “God grant me the grace to forgive also, despite my unfathomable trauma. Please pray for us.”

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Jesse T. Jackson
Jesse is the Senior Content Editor for ChurchLeaders and Site Manager for ChristianNewsNow. An undeserving husband to a beautiful wife, and a father to 4 beautiful children. He is currently a church elder in training, a growth group leader, and is a member of University Baptist Church in Beavercreek, Ohio. Follow him on twitter here (https://twitter.com/jessetjackson). Accredited member of the Evangelical Press Association.

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