“He taught consistently, as we have seen, that the Spirit is given to believers; so how could he have asked his questions unless something made him suspicious of their Christian life and therefore of their profession of faith?” — 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
