Another Stott quote
Another quote by John Stott, this one on God’s love and His wrath:
God’s wrath is not incompatible with his love. The contrast between verses 3 and 4 of Ephesians 2 is notable: “we were by nature children of wrath … But God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us . . . ” Thus Paul moves from the wrath of God to the mercy and love of God without any sense of embarrassment or anomaly. He is able to hold them together in his mind because he believed that they were held together in God’s character.
–From “The Message of Ephesians” (The Bible Speaks Today series: Leicester: IVP, 1979), p. 75.
A Favorite Quote from John Stott
Earlier today I mistakenly attributed the post referred to below to the blog’s owner, Justin Taylor; instead, the author of the post was Tullian Tchividjian, who is guest blogging for Mr. Taylor this week. My apologies to both. And, please read Mr. Tchividjian’s explanation for his interesting name.
Justin Taylor Tullian Tchividjian at Between Two Worlds expresses his appreciation for the work of John Stott and provides a few of his favorite quotes.
For the past few years, I’ve subscribed to a mailing list that provides a daily quote from Stott’s writings. Over the course of a week or so, the quotes address a particular theme, such as “Politics and the State” and “Christianity, Religion and Culture”. Here is one of my recent favorites, filed under “Evangelism and Social Action”:
Evangelism is the major instrument of social change. For the gospel changes people, and changed people can change society. (Issues Facing Christians Today, London: Collins/Marshall Pickering, 1990, p. 71)
Justin Taylor also linked to an essay on Stott by the New York Times’ David Brooks a few years back that is a great description of the man and his work.