143 Quotes by John R.W. Stott

Leaders have power, but power is safe only in the hands of those who humble themselves to serve.

The Christian community is a community of the cross, for it has been brought into being by the cross, and the focus of its worship is the Lamb once slain, now glorified.

Truth without love is too hard; love without truth is too soft.

In the real world of pain, how could one worship a God who was immune to it?

Do not be content with a static Christian life. Determine rather to grow in faith and love, in knowledge and holiness.

God does not love us because Christ died for us; Christ died for us because God loved us.

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.

Pride is more than the first of the seven deadly sins; it is itself the essence of all sin.

Every powerful movement has had its philosophy which has gripped the mind, fired the imagination and captured the devotion of its adherents.