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...
stars dark night
No man has ever appreciated the gospel until the law has first revealed him to himself. It is only against the inky blackness of the night sky that the stars begin to appear, and it is only against the dark background of sin and judgment that the gospel shines forth.
acceptance religion apathy
Apathy is the acceptance of the unacceptable.
lying church purpose
The church lies at the very center of the eternal purpose of God. It is not a divine afterthought.
christian water baptism
Baptism with water is the sign and seal of baptism with the Spirit, as much as it is of the forgiveness of sins. Water-baptism is the initiatory Christian rite, because Spirit-baptism is the initiatory Christian experience.
heart men firsts
No man preaches his sermon well to others if he does not first preach it to his own heart.
christian jesus believe
Why is it that some Christians cross land and sea, continents and cultures, as missionaries? What on earth impels them? It is not in order to commend a civilization, an institution or an ideology, but rather a person, Jesus Christ, whom they believe to be unique.
god-love christ holy
At the cross in holy love God through Christ paid the full penalty of our disobedience himself.
lying heart essence
Christianity is in its very essence a resurrection religion. The concept of resurrection lies at its heart. If you remove it, Christianity is destroyed.
mystical-experiences people firsts
...The first and great evidence of our walking by the Spirit or being filled with the Spirit is not some private mystical experience of our own, but our practical relationships of love with other people.
ambition inappropriate cherish
There is something inherently inappropriate about cherishing small ambitions for God.
prayer bending way
Prayer is not a convenient device for imposing our will upon God, or bending his will to ours, but the prescribed way of subordinating our will to his.
grace function offers
Faith's only function is to receive what grace offers.
christian focus doe
No theology is genuinely Christian which does not arise from and focus on the cross.
jesus kings church
Scripture is the royal scepter by which King Jesus rules his church