If God speaks to us about himself and his own glorious greatness, we respond by humbling ourselves before him in worship... If… — John Stott Copy Share Image
The Christian life is not just our own private affair. If we have been born again into God's family, not only has… — 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
If we truly worship God, acknowledging and adoring his infinite worth, we find ourselves impelled to make him known to others, in… — John Stott Copy Share Image
There is no Christianity without the cross. If the cross is not central to our religion, ours is not the religion of… — John Stott Copy Share Image
No man preaches his sermon well to others if he does not first preach it to his own heart. — 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
The nations are not gathered in automatically. If God has promised to bless "all the families of the earth," he has promised… — John Stott Copy Share Image
If Christ seldom makes offers without demands, He also seldom makes demands without offers. He offers His strength to enable us to… — John Stott Copy Share Image
If the first mark of a true and living church is love, the second is suffering. The one is naturally consequent on… — John Stott Copy Share Image
Christianity is in its very essence a resurrection religion. The concept of resurrection lies at its heart. If you remove it, Christianity… — John Stott Copy Share Image
Ambitions for self may be quite modest. . . . Ambitions for God, however, if they are to be worthy, can never… — 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
If we love our neighbor we shall without doubt tell him the good news of Jesus. But equally if we truly love… — 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 Image
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 Image
[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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
The reason I am a Christian is not that it is nice, but that it is true. — John Stott Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
There is something inherently inappropriate about cherishing small ambitions for God. — John Stott Copy Share Image