John Stott Quotes
Top 77 wise famous quotes and sayings by John Stott
John Stott Famous Quotes & Sayings
Discover top inspirational quotes from John Stott on Wise Famous Quotes.
Christian giving is to be marked by self-sacrifice and self-forgetfuln ess, not by self-congratula tion.
We do not need to wait for the Holy Spirit to come: he came on the day of Pentecost. He has never left the church.
The gospel creates the church, which spreads the gospel, which creates more churches, which in turn spread the gospel further ad infinitum.
Every powerful movement has had its philosophy which has gripped the mind, fired the imagination and captured the devotion of its adherents.
Moved by the perfection of His holy love, God in Christ substituted Himself for us sinners. That is the heart of the cross of Christ.
Christians believe that true worship is the highest and noblest activity of which man, by the grace of God, is capable.
God has clothed His thoughts in words, and there is no way to know Him except by knowing the Scriptures.
Good works are indispensable to salvation - not as its ground or means, however, but as its consequence and evidence.
The question is not so much what the hand is doing (passing over some cash or a check) but what the heart is thinking while the hand is doing it.
Many (Christians) have zeal without knowledge, enthusiasm without enlightenment. In more modern jargon, they are keen but clueless.
We need to repent of the haughty way in which we sometimes stand in judgment upon Scripture and must learn to sit humbly under its judgment instead.
Prayer is the very way God Himself has chosen for us to express our conscious need of Him and our humble dependence on Him.
So close was Christ's connection with God that he equated a man's attitude to himself with the man's attitude to God.
The good news is the gospel of God, about Christ, according to Scripture, for the nations, unto the obedience of faith, and for the sake of the Name.
All worship is an intelligent and loving response to the revelation of God, because it is the adoration of His name.
Grace is God loving, God stooping, God coming to the rescue, God giving himself generously in and through Jesus Christ.
If Christ seldom makes offers without demands, He also seldom makes demands without offers. He offers His strength to enable us to meet His demands.
The chief reason why the Christian believes in the divine origin of the Bible is that Jesus Christ Himself taught it.
The cross is not just a badge to identify us ... it is also the compass which gives us our bearings in a disoriented world.
Faith is a reasoning trust, a trust which reckons thoughtfully and confidently upon the trustworthiness of God.
The Cross is the blazing fire at which the flame of our love is kindled, but we have to get near enough for its sparks to fall on us.
If we love our neighbor we shall without doubt tell him the good news of Jesus. But equally if we truly love our neighbor we shall not stop there.
Indignation and compassion form a powerful combination. They are indispensable to vision, and therefore to leadership.
We are sent into the world, like Jesus, to serve. For this is the natural expression of our love for our neighbors. We love. We go. We serve.
Do not be content with a static Christian life. Determine rather to grow in faith and love, in knowledge and holiness.
There is no Christianity without the cross. If the cross is not central to our religion, ours is not the religion of Jesus.
A Christian should resemble a fruit tree with real fruit, not a Christmas tree with decorations tied on
The chief reason people do not know God is not because He hides from them but because they hide from Him.
Here's how to determine God's will for your life: Go wherever your gifts will be exploited the most.
What we need is not more learning, not more eloquence, not more persuasion, not more organization, but more power from the Holy Spirit.
The purpose of prayer is emphatically not to bend God's will to ours, but rather to align our will to his.