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• The essence of apostasy is changing sides from that of the crucified to that of the crucifier.

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  Essence, Sides, Apostasy

  John Stott (2012). “The Cross of Christ”, p.339, InterVarsity Press

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• The reason I am a Christian is not that it is nice, but that it is true.

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  Christian, Nice, Reason

  John Stott (2012). “Why I am a Christian: A Clear; Compelling Account Of The Basis Of The Author'S Belief”, p.19, SPCK

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• We live and die; Christ died and lived!

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  Easter, Life Changing, Sunday

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• Lord Jesus, I pray that this day I may take up my cross and follow you.

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  Jesus, May, Praying

  John Stott (2013). “Through the Bible, Through the Year: Daily Reflections from Genesis to Revelation”, p.296, Candle Books

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• Circumcision stands for a religion of human achievement, of what man can do by his own good works; Christ stands for a religion of divine achievement, of what God has done through the finished work of Christ.

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  Men, Circumcision, Done

  John Stott (2014). “The Message of Galatians”, p.49, InterVarsity Press

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• It is impossible to pray for someone without loving him, and impossible to go on praying for him without discovering that our love for him grows and matures.

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  Prayer, Goes On, Our Love

  John Stott (2014). “The Message of the Sermon on the Mount”, p.86, SPCK

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• If Christ seldom makes offers without demands, He also seldom makes demands without offers. He offers His strength to enable us to meet His demands.

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  Demand, Christ, Offers

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• [Christian rebellion] arises from the doctrine of mankind made in the image of God, and therefore protests against all forms of dehumanization. It sets itself against the social injustices which insult God the Creator, seeks to protect human beings from oppression and longs to liberate them… it protests against every authoritarian regime, whether of the left or of the right, which discriminates against minorities, denies people their civil rights, forbids the free expression of opinions or imprisons people for their views alone.

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  Christian, Rights, Views

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• There is something inherently inappropriate about cherishing small ambitions for God.

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  Ambition, Inappropriate, Cherish

  John Stott (2000). “Sermon on the Mount”, p.74, InterVarsity Press

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• Christian people should surely have been in the vanguard of the movement for environmental responsibility, because of our doctrines of creation and stewardship. Did God make the world? Does he sustain it? Has he committed its resources to our care? His personal concern for his own creation should be sufficient to inspire us to be equally concerned.

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  Christian, Responsibility, People

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• Persecution is simply the clash between two irreconcilable value-systems.

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  Two, Persecution, Clash

  John R. W. Stott, Dale Larsen, Sandy Larsen (1998). “The Beatitudes: Developing Spiritual Character”, Intervarsity Press

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• Good conduct arises out of good doctrine.

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  Doctrine, Arise

  John Stott (2014). “The Message of Ephesians”, p.122, SPCK

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• 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 with no other choice.

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  Giving, Choices, Heaven

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• I have sometimes called this 'double listening'. Listening to the voice of God in Scripture, and listening to the voices of the modern world, with all their cries of anger, pain and despair.

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  Pain, Voice, Listening

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• The truth is that there are such things as Christian tears, and too few of us ever weep them.

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  Christian, Tears, Truth Is

  John R. W. Stott, Dale Larsen, Sandy Larsen (1998). “The Beatitudes: Developing Spiritual Character”, Intervarsity Press

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• The chief reason why the Christian believes in the divine origin of the Bible is that Jesus Christ Himself taught it.

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  Christian, Jesus, Believe

  John Stott (2013). “Christ in Conflict: Lessons from Jesus and His Controversies”, p.85, InterVarsity Press

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• A Christian's freedom from anxiety is not due to some guaranteed freedom from trouble, but to the folly of worry and especially to the confidence that God is our Father, that even permitted suffering is within the orbit of His care.

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  Christian, Father, Worry

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• Why is it that some Christians cross land and sea, continents and cultures, as missionaries? What on earth impels them? It is not in order to commend a civilization, an institution or an ideology, but rather a person, Jesus Christ, whom they believe to be unique.

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  Christian, Jesus, Believe

  John Stott (2012). “The Incomparable Christ”, p.9, SPCK

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• Perhaps the transformation of the disciples of Jesus is the greatest evidence of all for the resurrection.

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  Jesus, Transformation, Resurrection

  John Stott, Rick Warren (2012). “Basic Christianity, Fiftieth Anniversary Edition”, p.70, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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• God must speak to us before we have any liberty to speak to him. He must disclose to us who he is before we can offer him what we are in acceptable worship. The worship of God is always a response to the Word of God. Scripture wonderfully directs and enriches our worship.

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  Prayer, Liberty, Scripture

  John Stott (1992). “The contemporary Christian: an urgent plea for double listening”

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

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  Christian, Wisdom, Jesus

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• The nations are not gathered in automatically. If God has promised to bless "all the families of the earth," he has promised to do so "through Abraham's seed" (Genesis 12:3, 22:18). Now we are Abraham's seed by faith, and the earth's families will be blessed only if we go to them with the gospel. That is God's plain purpose.

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  Christian, Blessed, Purpose

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

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  Christian, True Identity, Identity

  John R. W. Stott (1959). “Basic Christianity”, p.112, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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• Word and worship belong indissolubly to each other. All worship is an intelligent and loving response to the revelation of God, because it is the adoration of His name. Therefore, acceptable worship is impossible without preaching. For preaching is making known the name of the Lord, and worship is praising the name of the Lord made known.

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  Intelligent, Names, Impossible

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• Social responsibility becomes an aspect not of Christian mission only, but also of Christian conversion. It is impossible to be truly converted to God without being thereby converted to our neighbor.

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  Christian, Responsibility, Impossible

  John Stott, Christopher J. H. Wright (2015). “Christian Mission in the Modern World”, p.93, InterVarsity Press

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