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• Every Christian should be both conservative and radical; conservative in preserving the faith and radical in applying it.

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  Christian, Conservative, Should

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• Sin and the child of God are incompatible. They may occasionally meet; they cannot live together in harmony

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  Children, Together, May

  John Stott (2015). “TNTC Letters of John”, p.150, SPCK

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• Although we have responsibilities to others, we are primarily accountable to God. It is before him that we stand, and to him that one day we must give an account. We should not therefore rate human opinion too highly.

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  Responsibility, Giving, One Day

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• When we look at the cross we see the justice, love, wisdom and power of God. It is not easy to decide which is the most luminously revealed, whether the justice of God in judging sin, or the love of God in bearing the judgment in our place, or the wisdom of God in perfectly combining the two, or the power of God in saving those who believe. For the cross is equally an act, and therefore a demonstration, of God’s justice, love, wisdom and power. The cross assures us that this God is the reality within, behind and beyond the universe.

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  Believe, Reality, Justice Of God

  John Stott, Alister E. McGrath (2006). “The Cross of Christ”, p.274, InterVarsity Press

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• It is no exaggeration to say that without Scripture a Christian life is impossible.

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  Christian, Scripture, Impossible

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

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  Heart, Men, Doe

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• It is a great comfort to know that our judge will be none other than our savior.

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  Judging, Comfort, Savior

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• When Jesus is truly our Lord, He directs our lives and we gladly obey Him. Indeed, we bring every part of our lives under His lordship - our home and family, our sexuality and marriage, our job or unemployment, our money and possessions, our ambitions and recreations.

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  Jesus, Jobs, Home

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

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  Christian, Hazards, Discouragement

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

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  Pride, Essence, Firsts

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• Faith is a reasoning trust, a trust which reckons thoughtfully and confidently upon the trustworthiness of God.

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  Faith, Trust In God, Trustworthiness

  John Stott, John R. W. Stott, Mark A. Noll (2006). “Your Mind Matters: The Place of the Mind in the Christian Life”, p.52, InterVarsity Press

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

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  Christian, Clueless, Enlightenment

  John Stott (2013). “Your Mind Matters: The Place of the Mind in the Christian Life”, p.13, InterVarsity Press

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• Our Christian life began not with our decision to follow Christ but with God's call to us to do so.

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  Christian, Decision, Following Jesus

  John Stott (2014). “The Message of Galatians”, p.98, SPCK

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• The modern world detests authority but worships relevance. Our Christian conviction is that the Bible has both authority and relevance, and that the secret of both is Jesus Christ

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  Christian, Jesus, Secret

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

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  Love Is, Hard Love, Truth Is

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• As a body without breath is a corpse, so the church without the Spirit is dead.

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  Church, Body, Spirit

  John Stott (2014). “The Message of Acts”, p.27, InterVarsity Press

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• At the cross in holy love God through Christ paid the full penalty of our disobedience himself. He bore the judgment we deserve in order to bring us the forgiveness we do not deserve. On the cross divine mercy and justice were equally expressed and eternally reconciled. God's holy love was 'satisfied.'

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  Order, Justice, God Love

  John Stott, Dale Larsen, Sandy Larsen (2009). “The Cross”, p.67, InterVarsity Press

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• 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.

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  Fall, Love Is, Fire

  John R. W. Stott (1972). “What Christ thinks of the church: insights from Revelation 2-3”, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company

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• The major mark of justified believers is joy, especially joy in God himself. We should be the most positive people in the world. For the new community of Jesus Christ is characterized not by a self-centered triumphalism but by a God-centered worship.

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  Jesus, Self, People

  John Stott (2016). “Reading Romans with John Stott”, p.86, InterVarsity Press

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• 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.

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  Believe, Law, Achievement

  John Stott (2014). “The Message of Galatians”, p.26, InterVarsity Press

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• The Spirit of God leads the people of God to submit to the Word of God.

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  People, Spirit, Submit

  John Stott (2014). “The Message of Acts”, p.35, InterVarsity Press

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• I believe that to preach or to expound the scripture is to open up the inspired text with such faithfulness and sensitivity that God’s voice is heard and His people obey Him

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  Believe, Voice, People

  "Between Two Worlds: An Interview With John Stott". Interview With R. Albert Mohler, Jr., www.christianpost.com. August 8, 2011.

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

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  Christian, Jesus, Vision

  John Stott (2012). “The Radical Disciple”, p.26, SPCK

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• Scripture is the royal scepter by which King Jesus rules his church

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  Jesus, Kings, Church

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• Faith, Hope & Love. Faith is directed towards God, love towards others (both within the Christian fellowship and beyond it) and hope towards the future, in particular, the glorious coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Similarly, faith rests of the past; love works in the present; hope looks to the future. Every Christian without exception is a believer, a lover and a hoper. Faith, hope and love are three sure evidences of regeneration by the Holy Spirit.

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  Christian, Jesus, Past

  John Stott (2014). “The Message of Thessalonians”, p.18, SPCK

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