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It is no exaggeration to say that without Scripture a Christian life is impossible.

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
Scripture
Impossible
Christian
Without
Life
Exaggeration

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There is evidence for the deity of Jesus -- good, strong, historical , cumulative evidence evidence to which an honest person can subscribe without committing intellectual suicide.
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Apathy is the acceptance of the unacceptable.
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The gospel creates the church, which spreads the gospel, which creates more churches, which in turn spread the gospel further ad infinitum.
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The Christian's chief occupational hazards are depression and discouragement.
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The law requires works of human achievement the gospel requires faith in Christ's achievement. The law makes demands and bids us obey the gospel brings promises and bids us believe.
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We are to be strong in faith, and soft in love.
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Instead of inflicting upon us the judgment we deserved, God in Christ endured it in our place.
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At the cross in holy love God through Christ paid the full penalty of our disobedience himself.
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Saving faith is resting faith, the trust which relies entirely on the Savior.
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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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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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Baptism with water is the sign and seal of baptism with the Spirit, as much as it is of the forgiveness of sins. Water-baptism is the initiatory Christian rite, because Spirit-baptism is the initiatory Christian experience.
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A gift is acceptable according to what the giver has, not according to what he has not.
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The major mark of justified believers is joy, especially joy in God himself. We should be the most positive people in the world. For the new community of Jesus Christ is characterized not by a self-centered triumphalism but by a God-centered worship.
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It is a great comfort to know that our judge will be none other than our savior.
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Many (Christians) have zeal without knowledge, enthusiasm without enlightenment. In more modern jargon, they are keen but clueless.
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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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God condemned sin in Christ, so that holiness might appear in us.
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