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.
John StottA Christian should resemble a fruit tree with real fruit, not a Christmas tree with decorations tied on
John StottEvery Christian should be both conservative and radical; conservative in preserving the faith and radical in applying it.
John StottChristian 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.
John Stott