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The church lies at the very center of the eternal purpose of God. It is not a divine afterthought.

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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Center
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God continues to speak through what He has spoken.
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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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Although we have responsibilities to others, we are primarily accountable to God. It is before him that we stand, and to him that one day we must give an account. We should not therefore rate human opinion too highly.
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Good works are indispensable to salvation - not as its ground or means, however, but as its consequence and evidence.
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The chief reason people do not know God is not because He hides from them but because they hide from Him.
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The chief reason why the Christian believes in the divine origin of the Bible is that Jesus Christ Himself taught it.
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The concept of substitution lies at the heart of both sin and salvation. For the essence of sin is man substituting himself for God, while the essence of salvation is God substituting himself for man.
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