‘Already…not yet’
John Stott put it like this:- 'Already the kingdom of God has been inaugurated ...
“Wives, submit to your husbands”
I summarise a sermon by John Stott on Ephesians 5:22-33. It is available ...
A missionary religion
John Stott remarks that mission is at the heart each of the five parts of the ...
Adiaphora: agreeing to disagree
In my short piece on Faultlines in Evangelicalism, I mentioned post-modernism's ...
Authentic freedom
The gospel may well be shared with modern men and women in terms of freedom. ...
Celebrating the Cross
Reflection on the death of Christ and its achievement, so far from being a ...
Does the end of slavery spell the end of patriarchy?
The argument goes like this: the Bible does not outright condemn slavery, but ...
Homosexual relationships
I hesitate to contribute anything on this subject, discussion of which tends ...
How does Christ rule his church?
After his resurrection, Jesus declared that 'all authority is heaven and on ...
Humour: no laughing matter?
Laughter has not always been prized as a wholly positive phenomenon. In the ...
Is the self to be affirmed, or repudiated?
Christians, no less than many of their critics, can get in an awful muddle ...
John Stott on 1 Corinthians 1:1-9
A summary of a sermon preached by John Stott at All Souls, Langham Place, in ...
John Stott on sermon preparation
'There is no one way to prepare sermons', writes John Stott in I believe in ...
Love – the greatest thing
'The greatest of these,' writes Paul, 'is love.' (1 Corinthians 13:13) Briefly, ...
Matthew 27:46/Mark 15:34 – Jesus’ cry of dereliction
At the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” ...
Nietzsche on the Cross
John Stott writes:- Perhaps the most scornful rejection of the cross has come ...
Options for rich Christians
John Stott outlines three options for rich Christians. Become poor It might ...
Pastors, not priests
The Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches see their clergy as priests, especially ...
Proclaiming the gospel
In Acts 2, Peter 'focused on Christ and told his story in six stages.' 'he ...
Protecting the unborn child
John Stott is his usual measured self when he speaks and writes on the subject ...
Responsibility: withdrawal or involvement?
This is one of the questions posed by John Stott in his book Christ the Controversialist. ...
Scripture and tradition
John Stott (Christ the Controversialist) outlines the following points, arising ...
Six aspects of the gospel
Six aspects of the gospel stand out in 1 Corinthians 15:3-8:- 1. It is Christological. ...
The call to Christlikeness
A. God wants us to be like Christ This is his eternal purpose - we have been ...
The Christian mind
It was Galileo who said, ‘I do not feel obliged to believe that that same ...
The Cross in the Book of Acts
'It is often asserted,' writes John Stott, 'that in the book of Acts the apostles' ...
The Cross inspires justice, as well as love
John Stott spells out one important aspect of 'living under the cross':- The ...
The Day of Pentecost
There are at least four ways in which we may think of the day of Pentecost. ...
The good shepherd
'The good pastor...models his ministry on the good shepherd,' writes John Stott ...
The Great Commandment and the Great Commission
Is it possible so to emphasise Jesus' Great Commission that we neglect his ...
The self-substitution of God
How can we, who are so deeply unholy and unrighteous, be reconciled with God, ...
The triumph of the Cross
The New Testament (writes John Stott) sounds a note of victory that is sadly ...
The unborn baby is a person
John Stott: 'The author of Psalm 139 looks back to the antenatal stage of his ...
The world of work
Work occupies a significant place in many people's lives. In some parts of ...
Unhappy birthday
I am reminded by this post by Justin Taylor that it is 50 years ago today - ...
Why did Christ die?
Various answers could be given to the question, and there would be truth in ...