Doubt Quote by John R.W. Stott

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“The power to save lies in the one who is gazed upon, not the one who does the looking.”

— John R.W. Stott

“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

“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

“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

“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