Good works are indispensable to salvation - not as its ground or means, however, but as its consequence and evidence.
John StottThe meaning of atonement is not to be found in our penitence evoked by the sight of Calvary, but rather in what God did when in Christ on the cross He took our place and bore our sin.
John StottLeaders have power, but power is safe only in the hands of those who humble themselves to serve.
John Stott