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Good conduct arises out of good doctrine.

John Stott

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John Stott
Age: 90 †
Born: 1921
Born: April 27
Died: 2011
Died: July 27
Anglican Priest
Author
Missionary
Theologian
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London
England
John Robert Walmsley Stott
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Pride is more than the first of the seven deadly sins it is itself the essence of all sin.
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The Christian's chief occupational hazards are depression and discouragement.
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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.
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Faith is a reasoning trust, a trust which reckons thoughtfully and confidently upon the trustworthiness of God.
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The church lies at the very center of the eternal purpose of God. It is not a divine afterthought.
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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.
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Prayer is the very way God Himself has chosen for us to express our conscious need of Him and our humble dependence on Him.
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Apathy is the acceptance of the unacceptable.
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A man who loves his wife will love her letters and her photographs because they speak to him of her. So if we love the Lord Jesus, we shall love the Bible because it speaks to us of him.
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