Quotes from John Stott
The Bible isn't about people trying to discover God, but about God reaching out to find us.
— John Stott
Truth without love is too hard; love without truth is too soft.
— John Stott
Saving faith is resting faith, the trust which relies entirely on the Savior.
— John Stott
The overriding reason why we should take other people's cultures seriously is because God has taken ours seriously.
— John Stott
We live and die; Christ died and lived!
— John Stott
God intends... our care of Creation to reflect our love for the Creator.
— John Stott
The church lies at the very center of the eternal purpose of God. It is not a divine afterthought.
— John Stott
So close was Christ's connection with God that he equated a man's attitude to himself with the man's attitude to God.
— John Stott
To encounter Christ is to touch reality and experience transcendence. He gives us a sense of self-worth or personal significance, because He assures us of God's love for us. He sets us free from guilt because He died for us and from paralyzing fear because He reigns. He gives meaning to marriage and home, work and leisure, personhood and citizenship.
— John Stott
God sacrifices himself for man and puts himself where only man deserves to be.
— John Stott
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.
— John Stott
Every powerful movement has had its philosophy which has gripped the mind, fired the imagination and captured the devotion of its adherents.
— John Stott