John Stott Quotes
The essence of apostasy is changing sides from that of the crucified to that of the crucifier.
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.
Christians believe that true worship is the highest and noblest activity of which man, by the grace of God, is capable.
Christian giving is to be marked by self-sacrifice and self-forgetfuln ess, not by self-congratula tion.
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.
His authority on earth allows us to dare to go to all the nations. His authority in heaven gives us our only hope of success. And His presence with us leaves us with no other choice.
The cross is not just a badge to identify us...it is also the compass which gives us our bearings in a disoriented world.
Pride is more than the first of the seven deadly sins; it is itself the essence of all sin.
Faith is a reasoning trust, a trust which reckons thoughtfully and confidently upon the trustworthiness of God.
The Bible isn’t about people trying to discover God, but about God reaching out to find us.
The chief reason why the Christian believes in the divine origin of the Bible is that Jesus Christ Himself taught it.
Never use a gallon of words to express a spoonful of thought. Our unadorned word should be enough.
At the cross in holy love God through Christ paid the full penalty of our disobedience himself.
Do not be content with a static Christian life. Determine rather to grow in faith and love, in knowledge and holiness.
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.
The church lies at the very center of the eternal purpose of God. It is not a divine afterthought.
There is no Christianity without the cross. If the cross is not central to our religion, ours is not the religion of Jesus.
The law requires works of human achievement; the gospel requires faith in Christ's achievement. The law makes demands and bids us obey; the gospel brings promises and bids us believe.
God has clothed His thoughts in words, and there is no way to know Him except by knowing the Scriptures.
Leaders have power, but power is safe only in the hands of those who humble themselves to serve.
Moved by the perfection of His holy love, God in Christ substituted Himself for us sinners. That is the heart of the cross of Christ.
I believe that to preach or to expound the scripture is to open up the inspired text with such faithfulness and sensitivity that God’s voice is heard and His people obey Him
Perhaps the transformation of the disciples of Jesus is the greatest evidence of all for the resurrection.
Good works are indispensable to salvation - not as its ground or means, however, but as its consequence and evidence.
If we love our neighbor we shall without doubt tell him the good news of Jesus. But equally if we truly love our neighbor we shall not stop there.
Every powerful movement has had its philosophy which has gripped the mind, fired the imagination and captured the devotion of its adherents.
The good news is the gospel of God, about Christ, according to Scripture, for the nations, unto the obedience of faith, and for the sake of the Name.
Envy is the reverse side of a coin called vanity - Nobody is ever envious of others who is not first proud of himself.
Mission arises from the heart of God Himself and is communicated from His heart to ours. Mission is the global outreach of the global people of a global God.
If Christ seldom makes offers without demands, He also seldom makes demands without offers. He offers His strength to enable us to meet His demands.
The meaning of atonement is not to be found in our penitence evoked by the sight of Calvary, but rather in what God did when in Christ on the cross He took our place and bore our sin.
