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...
church turns spread
The gospel creates the church, which spreads the gospel, which creates more churches, which in turn spread the gospel further ad infinitum.
use enough should
Never use a gallon of words to express a spoonful of thought. Our unadorned word should be enough.
our-love care creation
God intends... our care of Creation to reflect our love for the Creator.
heart thinking hands
The question is not so much what the hand is doing (passing over some cash or a check) but what the heart is thinking while the hand is doing it.
jesus attitude men
So close was Christ's connection with God that he equated a man's attitude to himself with the man's attitude to God.
christian biblical community
Biblical righteousness is more than a private and personal affair; it includes social righteousness as well....Thus Christians are committed to hunger for righteousness in the whole human community as something pleasing to a righteous God.
taken people reason-why
The overriding reason why we should take other people's cultures seriously is because God has taken ours seriously.
christian self world
Theology is a serious quest for the true knowledge of God, undertaken in response to His self-revelation, illumined by Christian tradition, manifesting a rational inner coherence, issuing in ethical conduct, resonating with the contemporary world and concerned for the greater glory of God.
home self-worth reality
To encounter Christ is to touch reality and experience transcendence. He gives us a sense of self-worth or personal significance, because He assures us of God's love for us. He sets us free from guilt because He died for us and from paralyzing fear because He reigns. He gives meaning to marriage and home, work and leisure, personhood and citizenship.
doctrine arise
Good conduct arises out of good doctrine.
liberty scripture worship
God must speak to us before we have any liberty to speak to him. He must disclose to us who he is before we can offer him what we are in acceptable worship. The worship of God is always a response to the Word of God. Scripture wonderfully directs and enriches our worship.
vanity envy coins
Envy is the reverse side of a coin called vanity - Nobody is ever envious of others who is not first proud of himself.
christian spiritual cutting
Knowledge is indispensable to Christian life and service. If we do not use the mind that God has given us, we condemn ourselves to spiritual superficiality and cut ourselves off from many of the riches of God’s grace.
humble hands leader
Leaders have power, but power is safe only in the hands of those who humble themselves to serve.