The question is not so much what the hand is doing (passing over some cash or a check) but what the heart is thinking while the hand is doing it.
John StottAt every step of our Christian development and in every sphere of our Christian discipleship, pride is the greatest enemy and humility our greatest friend.
John StottThe church lies at the very center of the eternal purpose of God. It is not a divine afterthought.
John StottTolerance is not a spiritual gift; it is the distinguishing mark of postmodernism; and sadly, it has permeated the very fiber of Christianity. Why is it that those who have no biblical convictions or theology to govern and direct their actions are tolerated and the standard or truth of God's Word rightly divided and applied is dismissed as extreme opinion or legalism?
John Stott