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 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.
jesus transformation resurrection
Perhaps the transformation of the disciples of Jesus is the greatest evidence of all for the resurrection.
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 holiness and-love
Do not be content with a static Christian life. Determine rather to grow in faith and love, in knowledge and holiness.
jesus may praying
Lord Jesus, I pray that this day I may take up my cross and follow you.
acceptance religion apathy
Apathy is the acceptance of the unacceptable.
intelligent names impossible
Word and worship belong indissolubly to each other. All worship is an intelligent and loving response to the revelation of God, because it is the adoration of His name. Therefore, acceptable worship is impossible without preaching. For preaching is making known the name of the Lord, and worship is praising the name of the Lord made known.
christian father worry
A Christian's freedom from anxiety is not due to some guaranteed freedom from trouble, but to the folly of worry and especially to the confidence that God is our Father, that even permitted suffering is within the orbit of His care.
suicide strong jesus
There is evidence for the deity of Jesus -- good, strong, historical , cumulative evidence; evidence to which an honest person can subscribe without committing intellectual suicide.
christian jesus past
Faith, Hope & Love. Faith is directed towards God, love towards others (both within the Christian fellowship and beyond it) and hope towards the future, in particular, the glorious coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Similarly, faith rests of the past; love works in the present; hope looks to the future. Every Christian without exception is a believer, a lover and a hoper. Faith, hope and love are three sure evidences of regeneration by the Holy Spirit.
christian responsibility people
Christian people should surely have been in the vanguard of the movement for environmental responsibility, because of our doctrines of creation and stewardship. Did God make the world? Does he sustain it? Has he committed its resources to our care? His personal concern for his own creation should be sufficient to inspire us to be equally concerned.
money light enemy
We should travel light and live simply. Our enemy is not possessions but excess.
knowing scripture way
God has clothed His thoughts in words, and there is no way to know Him except by knowing the Scriptures.
christian believe men
Christians believe that true worship is the highest and noblest activity of which man, by the grace of God, is capable.