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Faith is a reasoning trust, a trust which reckons thoughtfully and confidently upon the trustworthiness of God.

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
Writer
London
England
John Robert Walmsley Stott
Reckons
Thoughtfully
Trustworthiness
Confidently
Reasoning
Trust
Upon
Faith

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God continues to speak through what He has spoken.
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God does not love us because Christ died for us Christ died for us because God loved us.
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At every step of our Christian development and in every sphere of our Christian discipleship, pride is the greatest enemy and humility our greatest friend.
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