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Theology is a serious quest for the true knowledge of God, undertaken in response to His self-revelation, illumined by Christian tradition, manifesting a rational inner coherence, issuing in ethical conduct, resonating with the contemporary world and concerned for the greater glory of God.

John Stott

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John Stott
Age: 90 †
Born: 1921
Born: April 27
Died: 2011
Died: July 27
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John Robert Walmsley Stott
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The authority by which the Christian leader leads is not power but love, not force but example, not coercion but reasoned persuasion. Leaders have power, but power is safe only in the hands of those who humble themselves to serve.
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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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All worship is an intelligent and loving response to the revelation of God, because it is the adoration of His name.
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In the real world of pain, how could one worship a God who was immune to it?
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Every time we look at the cross Christ seems to say to us, 'I am here because of you. It is your sin I am bearing, your curse I am suffering, your debt I am paying, your death I am dying.' Nothing in history or in the universe cuts us down to size like the cross.
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