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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
Without
Life
Exaggeration
Scripture
Impossible
Christian

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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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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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Social responsibility becomes an aspect not of Christian mission only, but also of Christian conversion. It is impossible to be truly converted to God without being thereby converted to our neighbor.
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The church is under orders. Evangelistic inactivity is disobedience.
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Christians who neglect the Bible simply do not mature.
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Mission arises from the heart of God Himself and is communicated from His heart to ours. Mission is the global outreach of the global people of a global God.
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Prayer is the very way God Himself has chosen for us to express our conscious need of Him and our humble dependence on Him.
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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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Instead of inflicting upon us the judgment we deserved, God in Christ endured it in our place.
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I believe that to preach or to expound the scripture is to open up the inspired text with such faithfulness and sensitivity that God’s voice is heard and His people obey Him
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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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Saving faith is resting faith, the trust which relies entirely on the Savior.
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God continues to speak through what He has spoken.
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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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We do not need to wait for the Holy Spirit to come: he came on the day of Pentecost. He has never left the church.
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All of us have inflated views of ourselves, especially in self-righteousn ess, until we have visited a place called Calvary. It is there, at the foot of the cross, that we shrink to our true size.
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Christians believe that true worship is the highest and noblest activity of which man, by the grace of God, is capable.
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Truth without love is too hard love without truth is too soft.
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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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We must be global Christians with a global vision because our God is a global God.
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