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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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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
Never
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Gallons
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Thought
Spoonful
Enough
Unadorned

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For the essence of sin is man substituting himself for God [Gen. 3:1-7], while the essence of salvation is God substituting himself for man [2 Cor. 5:21]. Man asserts himself against God and puts himself where only God deserves to be God sacrifices himself for man and puts himself where only man deserves to be.
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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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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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Faith is a reasoning trust, a trust which reckons thoughtfully and confidently upon the trustworthiness of God.
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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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We must be global Christians with a global vision because our God is a global God.
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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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Our love grows soft if it is not strengthened by truth, and our truth grows hard if it is not softened by love.
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We are to be strong in faith, and soft in love.
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Indignation and compassion form a powerful combination. They are indispensable to vision, and therefore to leadership.
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