John Stott Quotes

The gospel creates the church, which spreads the gospel, which creates more churches, which in turn spread the gospel further ad infinitum.

God sacrifices himself for man and puts himself where only man deserves to be.

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.

There is no biblical Christianity without the cross at its center.

Indignation and compassion form a powerful combination. They are indispensable to vision, and therefore to leadership.

The other gods were strong; but thou wast weak; they rode, but thou didst stumble to a throne; But to our wounds only God's wounds can speak, And not a god has wounds, but thou alone.

So close was Christ's connection with God that he equated a man's attitude to himself with the man's attitude to God.

If God speaks to us about himself and his own glorious greatness, we respond by humbling ourselves before him in worship... If He speaks to us about His commandments, we determine to obey them.

The Holy Spirit is not in a hurry. Character is the produce of a lifetime.