We must allow the Word of God to confront us, to disturb our security, to undermine our complacency and to overthrow our patterns of thought and behavior.
John R.W. StottStichwörter: patterns disturbing word-of-god
[Christian rebellion] arises from the doctrine of mankind made in the image of God, and therefore protests against all forms of dehumanization. It sets itself against the social injustices which insult God the Creator, seeks to protect human beings from oppression and longs to liberate them… it protests against every authoritarian regime, whether of the left or of the right, which discriminates against minorities, denies people their civil rights, forbids the free expression of opinions or imprisons people for their views alone.
John R.W. StottOur love grows soft if it is not strengthened by truth, and our truth grows hard if it is not softened by love.
John R.W. StottStichwörter: truth love god grace
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. StottThe astonishing paradox of Christ's teaching and of Christian experience is this: if we lose ourselves in following Christ, we actually find ourselves. True self-denial is self-discovery. To live for ourselves is insanity and suicide; to live for God and for man is wisdom and life indeed. We do not begin to find ourselves until we have become willing to lose ourselves in the service of Christ and of our fellows.
John R.W. Stott110. When I enter the pulpit with the Bible in my hands and in my heart, my blood begins to flow and my eyes to sparkle for the sheer glory of having God’s Word to expound.
John R.W. StottWe must be global Christians with a global vision because our God is a global God.
John R.W. StottStichwörter: missions
[E]very heresy is due to an overemphasis upon some truth, without allowing other truths to qualify and balance it.
John R.W. StottStichwörter: religion theology between-two-worlds
The overriding reason why we should take other people's cultures seriously is because God has taken ours seriously.
John R.W. StottStichwörter: christianity god culture missions culture-identity
Perhaps the transformation of the disciples of Jesus is the greatest evidence of all for the resurrection.
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