166 Quotes by John Stott

We need to repent of the haughty way in which we sometimes stand in judgment upon Scripture and must learn to sit humbly under its judgment instead.

Many (Christians) have zeal without knowledge, enthusiasm without enlightenment. In more modern jargon, they are keen but clueless.

The Christian's chief occupational hazards are depression and discouragement.

All worship is an intelligent and loving response to the revelation of God, because it is the adoration of His name.

Grace is God loving, God stooping, God coming to the rescue, God giving himself generously in and through Jesus Christ.

If the first mark of a true and living church is love, the second is suffering. The one is naturally consequent on the other. A willingness to suffer proves the genuineness of love.

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.

Nothing is more important for mature Christian discipleship than a fresh, clear, true vision of the authentic Jesus.

Christians who neglect the Bible simply do not mature.