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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
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Missionary
Theologian
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London
England
John Robert Walmsley Stott
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A Christian's freedom from anxiety is not due to some guaranteed freedom from trouble, but to the folly of worry and especially to the confidence that God is our Father, that even permitted suffering is within the orbit of His care.
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The hallmark of an authentic evangelicalism is not the uncritical repetition of old traditions but the willingness to submit every tradition, however ancient, to fresh biblical scrutiny and, if necessary, reform.
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Never use a gallon of words to express a spoonful of thought. Our unadorned word should be enough.
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Apathy is the acceptance of the unacceptable.
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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 modern world detests authority but worships relevance. Our Christian conviction is that the Bible has both authority and relevance, and that the secret of both is Jesus Christ
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The church is under orders. Evangelistic inactivity is disobedience.
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Simplicity is the first cousin of contentment.
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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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Pride is more than the first of the seven deadly sins it is itself the essence of all sin.
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God continues to speak through what He has spoken.
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There is something inherently inappropriate about cherishing small ambitions for God.
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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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