The church lies at the very center of the eternal purpose of God. It is not a divine afterthought.
John StottThe purpose of prayer is emphatically not to bend God's will to ours, but rather to align our will to his.
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