In his introduction, “A Note from the Author,” Philip Yancey explains that he wrote Rumors for those who live in the borderlands of belief, between belief and unbelief in God, the supernatural, and an invisible other world.
Yancey explores ordinary elements of the visible world—the beauty and force of nature, the complexities and order found in all living things, animal instincts, acts of wrongdoing and the pursuant sense of guilt which all cultures exhibit, and many examples of supernatural love. All bear witness to another, perfect, unseen world.
One of the best chapters explains how human sexuality points us to God. Yancey examines the sacramental meaning of marriage and how believers can “hallow” and celebrate their sexuality.
In the final section, “Two Worlds,” we learn how our beliefs about the invisible world affect our earthly behaviors in dealing with such universal experiences as money, hardships, death, and moral failures. Equally profound are the ways in which what we do in this world affects what happens in other unseen world.