John Stott
John Stott
John Robert Walmsley Stott CBEwas an English Christian leader and Anglican cleric who was noted as a leader of the worldwide Evangelical movement. He was one of the principal authors of the Lausanne Covenant in 1974. In 2005, Time magazine ranked Stott among the 100 most influential people in the world...
country mean religion
We have the means of evangelizing our country, but they are slumbering in the pews of our churches.
christian blessed purpose
The nations are not gathered in automatically. If God has promised to bless "all the families of the earth," he has promised to do so "through Abraham's seed" (Genesis 12:3, 22:18). Now we are Abraham's seed by faith, and the earth's families will be blessed only if we go to them with the gospel. That is God's plain purpose.
judging comfort savior
It is a great comfort to know that our judge will be none other than our savior.
names news sake
The good news is the gospel of God, about Christ, according to Scripture, for the nations, unto the obedience of faith, and for the sake of the Name.
christian rights views
[Christian rebellion] arises from the doctrine of mankind made in the image of God, and therefore protests against all forms of dehumanization. It sets itself against the social injustices which insult God the Creator, seeks to protect human beings from oppression and longs to liberate them… it protests against every authoritarian regime, whether of the left or of the right, which discriminates against minorities, denies people their civil rights, forbids the free expression of opinions or imprisons people for their views alone.
holiness might sin
God condemned sin in Christ, so that holiness might appear in us.
pride essence firsts
Pride is more than the first of the seven deadly sins; it is itself the essence of all sin.
men circumcision done
Circumcision stands for a religion of human achievement, of what man can do by his own good works; Christ stands for a religion of divine achievement, of what God has done through the finished work of Christ.
heart perfection god-love
Moved by the perfection of His holy love, God in Christ substituted Himself for us sinners. That is the heart of the cross of Christ.
knowing scripture way
God has clothed His thoughts in words, and there is no way to know Him except by knowing the Scriptures.
money light enemy
We should travel light and live simply. Our enemy is not possessions but excess.
church body spirit
As a body without breath is a corpse, so the church without the Spirit is dead.
christian believe men
Christians believe that true worship is the highest and noblest activity of which man, by the grace of God, is capable.
church principles deaf
A deaf church is a dead church: that is an unalterable principle.