John Stott

What we need – John Stott

What we need – John Stott

What we need is not more learning, not more eloquence, not more persuasion, not more organization, but more power from the Holy Spirit.

– John Stott –

Missions – John Stott

His authority on earth allows us to dare to go to all the nations. His authority in heaven gives us our only hope of success. And His presence with us leaves us no other choice.

– John R. W. Stott –

Our Guilty Silence – John Stott

Our Guilty Silence suggests that one of the main reasons for our silence is because we lack either a thorough knowledge of the Gospel or a conviction about its truth or both. There can be no evangelism without an evangelist, no mission without a message.

– John Stott –
from Our Guilty Silence

August 8, 2012

How did Jesus expect His disciples to react under persecution? (In Matthew 5:12 He said), “Rejoice and be glad!” We are not to retaliate like an unbeliever, nor sulk like a child, nor lick our wound in self-pity like a dog, nor just grin a bear it like a Stoic, still less pretend we enjoy it like a masochist. What then? We are to rejoice as a Christian should and even “leap for joy” (Lk. 6:23).

– John Stott –
from The Message of the Sermon on the Mount, IVP, 1978, p. 52.

August 24, 2011

Here lies the supreme missionary motivation. It is neither obedience to the Great Commission, nor compassion for the lost, nor excitement over the gospel, but zeal (even “jealousy”) for the honour of Christ’s name . . . no incentive is stronger than the longing that Christ should be given the honour that is due His Name.”

– John Stott –