Our Christian life began not with our decision to follow Christ but with God's call to us to do so.
John StottAll worship is an intelligent and loving response to the revelation of God, because it is the adoration of His name.
John StottCircumcision 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.
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