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John Stott Quotes: The modern world detests authority but worships relevance. Our Christian conviction is that the Bible has both authority and relevance, and that the secret of both is Jesus Christ
         

The modern world detests authority but worships relevance. Our Christian conviction is that the Bible has both authority and relevance, and that the secret of both is Jesus Christ


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We must allow the Word of God to confront us, to disturb our security, to undermine our complacency and to overthrow our patterns of thought and behavior.

We must allow the Word of God to confront us, to disturb our security, to undermine our complacency and to overthrow our patterns of thought and behavior.



The purpose of prayer is emphatically not to bend God's will to ours, but rather to align our will to his.

The purpose of prayer is emphatically not to bend God's will to ours, but rather to align our will to his.



We must be global Christians with a global vision because our God is a global God.

We must be global Christians with a global vision because our God is a global God.



What we need is not more learning, not more eloquence, not more persuasion, not more organization, but more power from the Holy Spirit.

What we need is not more learning, not more eloquence, not more persuasion, not more organization, but more power from the Holy Spirit.



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We are sent into the world, like Jesus, to serve. For this is the natural expression of our love for our neighbors. We love. We go. We serve.



The Christian's chief occupational hazards are depression and discouragement.

The Christian's chief occupational hazards are depression and discouragement.



Sin and the child of God are incompatible. They may occasionally meet; they cannot live together in harmony

Sin and the child of God are incompatible. They may occasionally meet; they cannot live together in harmony



Christians who neglect the Bible simply do not mature.

Christians who neglect the Bible simply do not mature.





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