John R.W. Stott Quotes
Top 36 wise famous quotes and sayings by John R.W. Stott
John R.W. Stott Famous Quotes & Sayings
Discover top inspirational quotes from John R.W. Stott on Wise Famous Quotes.
Perhaps the transformation of the disciples of Jesus is the greatest evidence of all for the resurrection.
Jesus Christ, we believe, is the fulfilment of every truly human aspiration. To find him is to find ourselves.
For whenever we turn away from Christ, we 'are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting him to public disgrace' (Heb. 6:6).
Before we can begin to see the cross as something done for us, we have to see it as something done by us.
Every time we allow our mind to harbour a grudge, nurse a grievance, entertain an impure fantasy, or wallow in self-pity, we are sowing to the flesh.
As we face the cross, then, we can say to ourselves both, "I did it, my sins sent him there," and "He did it, his love took him there.
To love the glory of God more than our own glory is also to seek approval from God rather than other people.
God hides himself from intellectual dilettantes, but reveals himself in Christ to those who humbly seek him.
Nothing is more important for mature Christian discipleship than a fresh, clear, true vision of the authentic Jesus.
Our love grows soft if it is not strengthened by truth, and our truth grows hard if it is not softened by love.
What God said to Abraham was not 'Obey this law and I will bless you', but 'I will bless you; believe my promise'.
Envy! Envy is the reverse side of a coin called vanity. Nobody is ever envious of others who is not first proud of himself.
But when the teaching of the Bible is plain, then continuing to maintain an open mind is a sign not of maturity, but of immaturity.
Who delivered up Jesus to die? Not Judas, for money; not Pilate, for fear; not the Jews, for envy; - but the Father, for love!'181
[E]very heresy is due to an overemphasis upon some truth, without allowing other truths to qualify and balance it.
There is no value in the reading of Scripture for its own sake, but only if it effectively introduces us to Jesus Christ.
Every Christian should be both conservative and radical; conservative in preserving the faith and radical in applying it.
The overriding reason why we should take other people's cultures seriously is because God has taken ours seriously.
The radical biblical perspective is to see death not as the termination of life but as the gateway to life.