166 Quotes by John Stott

The Bible isn’t about people trying to discover God, but about God reaching out to find us.

No man has ever appreciated the gospel until the law has first revealed him to himself. It is only against the inky blackness of the night sky that the stars begin to appear, and it is only against the dark background of sin and judgment that the gospel shines forth.

Apathy is the acceptance of the unacceptable.

The church lies at the very center of the eternal purpose of God. It is not a divine afterthought.

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.

No man preaches his sermon well to others if he does not first preach it to his own heart.

At the cross in holy love God through Christ paid the full penalty of our disobedience himself.

Christianity is in its very essence a resurrection religion. The concept of resurrection lies at its heart. If you remove it, Christianity is destroyed.

...The first and great evidence of our walking by the Spirit or being filled with the Spirit is not some private mystical experience of our own, but our practical relationships of love with other people.