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 hazards discouragement
The Christian's chief occupational hazards are depression and discouragement.
intelligent names worship
All worship is an intelligent and loving response to the revelation of God, because it is the adoration of His name.
jesus giving grace
Grace is God loving, God stooping, God coming to the rescue, God giving himself generously in and through Jesus Christ.
suffering church firsts
If the first mark of a true and living church is love, the second is suffering. The one is naturally consequent on the other. A willingness to suffer proves the genuineness of love.
friday lying heart
The concept of substitution lies at the heart of both sin and salvation. For the essence of sin is man substituting himself for God, while the essence of salvation is God substituting himself for man.
christian jesus vision
Nothing is more important for mature Christian discipleship than a fresh, clear, true vision of the authentic Jesus.
christian mature neglect
Christians who neglect the Bible simply do not mature.
determine gods-will
Here's how to determine God's will for your life: Go wherever your gifts will be exploited the most.
believe biblical bridges
... what I believe to be one of the major tragedies in the Church today. Namely, that evangelicals are biblical, but not contemporary, while liberals are contemporary but not biblical, and almost nobody is building bridges and relating the biblical text to the modern context
fall love-is flames
The Cross is the blazing fire at which the flame of our love is kindled, but we have to get near enough for its sparks to fall on us.
grace care rescue
Grace is love that cares and stoops and rescues.
believe heaven church
Do we claim to believe in God? He's a missionary God. You tell me you're committed to Christ. He's a missionary Christ. Are you filled with the Holy Spirit? He's a missionary Spirit. Do you belong to the church? It's a missionary society. And do you hope to go to heaven when you die? It's a heaven into which the fruits of world mission have been and will be gathered.
judgment christ
Instead of inflicting upon us the judgment we deserved, God in Christ endured it in our place.
people spirit submit
The Spirit of God leads the people of God to submit to the Word of God.