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...
christian focus community
The Christian community is a community of the cross, for it has been brought into being by the cross, and the focus of its worship is the Lamb once slain, now glorified.
christian sacrifice self
Christian giving is to be marked by self-sacrifice and self-forgetfuln ess, not by self-congratula tion.
christian humility pride
At every step of our Christian development and in every sphere of our Christian discipleship, pride is the greatest enemy and humility our greatest friend.
self views feet
All of us have inflated views of ourselves, especially in self-righteousn ess, until we have visited a place called Calvary. It is there, at the foot of the cross, that we shrink to our true size.
saving savior rely
Saving faith is resting faith, the trust which relies entirely on the Savior.
doe god-love christ
God does not love us because Christ died for us; Christ died for us because God loved us.
pride hazards chiefs
The chief occupational hazard of leadership is pride.
cousin simplicity contentment
Simplicity is the first cousin of contentment.
prayer our-love goes-on
It is impossible to pray for someone without loving him, and impossible to go on praying for him without discovering that our love for him grows and matures.
jesus self people
The major mark of justified believers is joy, especially joy in God himself. We should be the most positive people in the world. For the new community of Jesus Christ is characterized not by a self-centered triumphalism but by a God-centered worship.
prayer humble way
Prayer is the very way God Himself has chosen for us to express our conscious need of Him and our humble dependence on Him.
easter sunday resurrection
We live and die; Christ died and lived!
bible christian needs
We need to repent of the haughty way in which we sometimes stand in judgment upon Scripture and must learn to sit humbly under its judgment instead.
christian clueless enlightenment
Many (Christians) have zeal without knowledge, enthusiasm without enlightenment. In more modern jargon, they are keen but clueless.