It is no exaggeration to say that without Scripture a Christian life is impossible. — John Stott Copy Share Image
The Bible isn’t about people trying to discover God, but about God reaching out to find us. — John Stott Copy Share Image
We need to repent of the haughty way in which we sometimes stand in judgment upon Scripture and must learn to sit… — John Stott Copy Share Image
The chief reason why the Christian believes in the divine origin of the Bible is that Jesus Christ Himself taught it. — John Stott Copy Share Image
The good news is the gospel of God, about Christ, according to Scripture, for the nations, unto the obedience of faith, and… — John Stott Copy Share Image
He chief reason why the Christian believes in the divine origin of the Bible is that Jesus Christ Himself taught it. — John Stott Copy Share Image
God has clothed His thoughts in words, and there is no way to know Him except by knowing the Scriptures. — John Stott Copy Share Image
The modern world detests authority but worships relevance. Our Christian conviction is that the Bible has both authority and relevance, and that… — John Stott Copy Share Image
God must speak to us before we have any liberty to speak to him. He must disclose to us who he is… — John Stott Copy Share Image
The hallmark of an authentic evangelicalism is not the uncritical repetition of old traditions but the willingness to submit every tradition, however… — John Stott Copy Share Image
“110. When I enter the pulpit with the Bible in my hands and in my heart, my blood begins to flow and… — John Stott Copy Share Image
A man who loves his wife will love her letters and her photographs because they speak to him of her. So if… — John Stott Copy Share Image
I have sometimes called this 'double listening'. Listening to the voice of God in Scripture, and listening to the voices of the… — John Stott Copy Share Image
“On the contrary, Scripture invariably treats us as morally responsible agents. It lays upon us the necessity of choice between ‘life and… — John Stott Copy Share Image
I believe that to preach or to expound the scripture is to open up the inspired text with such faithfulness and sensitivity… — John Stott Copy Share Image
Universalism, fashionable as it is today, is incompatible with the teaching of Christ and His apostles, and is a deadly enemy of… — John Stott Copy Share Image
We need to repent of the haughty way in which we sometimes stand in judgment upon Scripture and must learn to sit… — John Stott Copy Share Image
Don't neglect your critical faculties. Remember that God is a rational God, who has made us in His own image. God invites… — John Stott Copy Share Image
... what I believe to be one of the major tragedies in the Church today. Namely, that evangelicals are biblical, but not… — John Stott Copy Share Image
For the essence of sin is man substituting himself for God [Gen. 3:1-7], while the essence of salvation is God substituting himself… — John Stott Copy Share Image
Prayer is not a convenient device for imposing our will upon God, or bending his will to ours, but the prescribed way of subordinating… — John Stott Copy Share
Mission arises from the heart of God Himself and is communicated from His heart to ours. Mission is the global outreach of the global… — John Stott Copy Share
[Christian rebellion] arises from the doctrine of mankind made in the image of God, and therefore protests against all forms of dehumanization. It sets… — John Stott Copy Share
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… — John Stott Copy Share
So there is such a thing as perfect hatred, just as there is such a thing as righteous anger. But it is a hatred… — John Stott Copy Share
“Unless some people are commissioned for the task, there will be no gospel preachers; unless the gospel is preached, sinners will not hear Christ’s… — John Stott Copy Share
“many former sins have become crimes’, so that responsibility for dealing with them has passed from church to state, from priest to policeman (p.50),… — John Stott Copy Share
When we look at the cross we see the justice, love, wisdom and power of God. It is not easy to decide which is… — John Stott Copy Share
If God speaks to us about himself and his own glorious greatness, we respond by humbling ourselves before him in worship... If He speaks… — John Stott Copy Share
There is something inherently inappropriate about cherishing small ambitions for God. — John Stott Copy Share
Every powerful movement has had its philosophy which has gripped the mind, fired the imagination and captured the devotion of its adherents. — John Stott Copy Share
“A guilty conscience is a great blessing, but only if it drives us to come home.” — John Stott Copy Share
The concept of substitution lies at the heart of both sin and salvation. For the essence of sin is man substituting himself for God,… — John Stott Copy Share
![“For the essence of sin is man substituting himself for God [Gen. 3:1-7], while the essence of salvation is God substituting himself for man [2 Cor. 5:21]. Man asserts himself against God and puts himself where only God deserves to be; God sacrifices himself for man and puts himself where only man…” quote by John Stott](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/d25/john-stott-1926_assertion_for-the-essence-of-sin-is-man-substituti_715800.jpg)
