Important Quotes by John Stott

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

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

[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

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

A deaf church is a dead church: that is an unalterable principle.

— John Stott

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

The reason I am a Christian is not that it is nice, but that it is true.

— John Stott

“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

“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

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

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

There is something inherently inappropriate about cherishing small ambitions for God.

— John Stott