“What we seek for ourselves, and what we teach to others, must be governed by the Scripture alone. Only when the Word of God dwells in us richly shall we be able to evaluate the experiences that we and others… — John R.W. Stott Copy Share Image
“The gift of singleness is more a vocation than an empowerment, although to be sure God is faithful in supporting those He calls.” — John R.W. Stott Copy Share Image
“The New Testament uses five main Greek words for sin, which together portray its various aspects, both passive and active. The commonest is hamartia,… — John R.W. Stott Copy Share Image
“So then, according to Jesus, the ‘evils’ which we think, say and do are not due primarily to our environment, nor are they bad… — John R.W. Stott Copy Share Image
“What God said to Abraham was not 'Obey this law and I will bless you', but 'I will bless you; believe my promise'.” — John R.W. Stott Copy Share Image
“Thomas Cranmer in his ‘Homily of Salvation’ explained that three things had to go together in our justification: on God’s part ‘his great mercy… — John R.W. Stott Copy Share Image
“We “receive the Spirit,” he insisted, not because of any good works of obedience that we may have done, but “by hearing with faith,”… — John R.W. Stott Copy Share Image
“Nowadays the really great mind is thought to be both broad and open – broad enough to absorb every fresh idea which is presented… — John R.W. Stott Copy Share Image
“The power to save lies in the one who is gazed upon, not the one who does the looking.” — John R.W. Stott Copy Share Image
“There is much shallowness and levity among us. Prophets and psalmists would probably say of us that ‘there is no fear of God before… — John R.W. Stott Copy Share Image
“To say that somebody ‘is not responsible for his actions’ is to demean him or her as a human being. It is part of… — John R.W. Stott Copy Share Image
“It is that the promise of the “gift” or “baptism” of the Spirit is to as many as the Lord our God calls. The… — John R.W. Stott Copy Share Image
“We state and commend the faith only in so far as we go out and put ourselves inside the doubts of the doubters, the… — John R.W. Stott Copy Share Image
“Perhaps it is a deep-seated reluctance to face up to the gravity of sin which has led to its omission from the vocabulary of… — John R.W. Stott Copy Share Image
“To love the glory of God more than our own glory is also to seek approval from God rather than other people.” — John R.W. Stott Copy Share Image
“Jesus never concealed the fact that his religion included a demand as well as an offer. Indeed, the demand was as total as the… — John R.W. Stott Copy Share Image
