Many (Christians) have zeal without knowledge, enthusiasm without enlightenment. In more modern jargon, they are keen but clueless. John Stott More Quotes by John Stott More Quotes From John Stott 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. John Stott god-love perfection heart 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. John Stott strong suicide jesus The overriding reason why we should take other people's cultures seriously is because God has taken ours seriously. John Stott taken culture people 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. John Stott cutting spiritual christian 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. John Stott scripture liberty prayer Indignation and compassion form a powerful combination. They are indispensable to vision, and therefore to leadership. John Stott vision powerful compassion 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. John Stott heart hands thinking God sacrifices himself for man and puts himself where only man deserves to be. John Stott sacrifice deserve men Leaders have power, but power is safe only in the hands of those who humble themselves to serve. John Stott leader humble hands 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. John Stott news doubt jesus Circumcision stands for a religion of human achievement, of what man can do by his own good works; Christ stands for a religion of divine achievement, of what God has done through the finished work of Christ. John Stott circumcision done men We can all be stimulated to greater generosity by the known generosity of others. John Stott stewardship generosity greater God intends... our care of Creation to reflect our love for the Creator. John Stott our-love creation care 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. John Stott arise heart people A gift is acceptable according to what the giver has, not according to what he has not. John Stott acceptable giver generosity We do not need to wait for the Holy Spirit to come: he came on the day of Pentecost. He has never left the church. John Stott church waiting needs Every powerful movement has had its philosophy which has gripped the mind, fired the imagination and captured the devotion of its adherents. John Stott powerful imagination philosophy Christians believe that true worship is the highest and noblest activity of which man, by the grace of God, is capable. John Stott christian men believe 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. John Stott intelligent names impossible The nations are not gathered in automatically. If God has promised to bless "all the families of the earth," he has promised to do so "through Abraham's seed" (Genesis 12:3, 22:18). Now we are Abraham's seed by faith, and the earth's families will be blessed only if we go to them with the gospel. That is God's plain purpose. John Stott purpose blessed christian
