John Stott

Jesus, meek and mild? Think again: Jesus was a controversialist. And he still is today. Are you prepared to be challenged?Jesus has a way of cutting right across our logic and opinions, just as he did while on earth.He took issue with his...

Nothing is more important than hearing, understanding and obeying God’s Word. Our lives and local churches depend on this for their life, health and growth. John Stott is well known worldwide for the commitment he had to the Bible, both in his preach-...

Scripture has brought us light in darkness, strength in weakness, comfort in sadness. It isn't difficult to endorse the Psalmist's experience that the words of God are 'more precious than gold... sweeter than honey'.So it's distressing to watch the...

The church lies at the centre of God's purpose. Christ gave himself 'to purify for himself a people that are his own'.But when we think about church, there's the tension between the ideal and the reality. The former is beautiful: God's special...

If Christ is our Lord, then we are his servants, and if he is our teacher, then we are his pupils.Following Christ is a multi-faceted responsibility. We should remember:* Every true disciple is a listener* We are both rational and emotional* We can...

What is the authentic gospel? How do we answer the sceptics?Christianity is not a religion, but God's good news for the world. This implies that it has both a divine origin and a human relevance: it comes from God and it speaks to our condition.So,...

'A rare and personal glimpse of the sacrificial discipleship that marked John Stott's life so deeply.'Peter HarrisWhat is a life of radical discipleship? At root, it means we let Jesus set the agenda of our lives. We aren't selective. We don't pick...

We have a God-given responsibility to infiltrate the world, listening to the world's challenges, but also to bring our own challenge to the world by sharing the good news by word and deed.We look at four aspects of mission:* The uniqueness of Jesus,...

"Knowledge is indispensable to Christian life and service," writes John Stott. "If we do not use the mind which God has given us, we condemn ourselves to spiritual superficiality." While Christians have had a long heritage of rigorous scholarship and...