143 Quotes by John R.W. Stott

"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."

"When the Christian loses himself, he finds himself, he discovers his true identity."

"Nobody can call himself a Christian who does not worship Jesus."

"The purpose of prayer is emphatically not to bend God’s will to ours, but rather to align our will to his."

"An unchurched christian is a grotesque anomaly. The New Testament knows nothing of such a person. For the church lies at the very center of the eternal purpose of God. It is not a divine afterthought. It is not an accident of history. On the contrary, the church is God’s new community."

"It is there, at the foot of the cross, that we shrink to our true size."

"If we love our neighbor we shall without doubt tell him the good news of Jesus. But equally if we truly love our neighbor we shall not stop there."

"A gift is acceptable according to what the giver has, not according to what he has not."

"The Cross is the blazing fire at which the flame of our love is kindled, but we have to get near enough for its sparks to fall on us."

"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."