Lord Jesus, I pray that this day I may take up my cross and follow you. John Stott More Quotes by John Stott More Quotes From John Stott ... 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 John Stott biblical bridges believe Nothing is more important for mature Christian discipleship than a fresh, clear, true vision of the authentic Jesus. John Stott vision christian jesus ...The first and great evidence of our walking by the Spirit or being filled with the Spirit is not some private mystical experience of our own, but our practical relationships of love with other people. John Stott mystical-experiences people firsts All of us have inflated views of ourselves, especially in self-righteousn ess, until we have visited a place called Calvary. It is there, at the foot of the cross, that we shrink to our true size. John Stott self views feet 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. John Stott church heaven believe The major mark of justified believers is joy, especially joy in God himself. We should be the most positive people in the world. For the new community of Jesus Christ is characterized not by a self-centered triumphalism but by a God-centered worship. John Stott self people jesus In the real world of pain, how could one worship a God who was immune to it? John Stott pain real world The chief reason people do not know God is not because He hides from them but because they hide from Him. John Stott atheism reason people Never use a gallon of words to express a spoonful of thought. Our unadorned word should be enough. John Stott use enough should Don't neglect your critical faculties. Remember that God is a rational God, who has made us in His own image. God invites and expects us to explore His double revelation, in nature and Scripture, with the minds He has given us, and to go on in the development of a Christian mind to apply His marvellous revealed truth to every aspect of the modern and post-modern world. John Stott development christian mind I have sometimes called this 'double listening'. Listening to the voice of God in Scripture, and listening to the voices of the modern world, with all their cries of anger, pain and despair. John Stott pain voice listening God has clothed His thoughts in words, and there is no way to know Him except by knowing the Scriptures. John Stott scripture knowing way Prayer is the very way God Himself has chosen for us to express our conscious need of Him and our humble dependence on Him. John Stott prayer humble needs All worship is an intelligent and loving response to the revelation of God, because it is the adoration of His name. John Stott intelligent worship names We have the means of evangelizing our country, but they are slumbering in the pews of our churches. John Stott mean country religion Our Christian life began not with our decision to follow Christ but with God's call to us to do so. John Stott following-jesus decision christian If the first mark of a true and living church is love, the second is John Stott church suffering firsts The Christian life is not just our own private affair. If we have been born again into God's family, not only has he become our Father but every other Christian believer in the world, whatever his nation or denomination, has become our brother or sister in Christ. But it is no good supposing that membership of the universal Church of Christ is enough; we must belong to some local branch of it. Every Christian's place is in a local church. sharing in its worship, its fellowship, and its witness. John Stott brother christian father Many (Christians) have zeal without knowledge, enthusiasm without enlightenment. In more modern jargon, they are keen but clueless. John Stott clueless enlightenment christian 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. John Stott friday christian god
