I have completed this two-volume biography and I now see that John Stott is one of the giants on whose shoulders I have been standing – without having fully realised it. John Stott was having to think through so much himself with very little help and I must be careful not to over-decry professional Christian writers and teachers from whom I have benefited so much. (more…)
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John Stott: professional Christian (2)
March 12, 2010John Stott: professional Christian (1)
February 23, 2010My younger brother lent me Timothy Dudley Smith’s two-volume biography of John Stott – an ordained Anglican minister and well-known in circles in which he is well-known. I airily pronounced that I was little interested in biographies of professional Christians. But my brother responded that the biography was also inter-woven with the history of evangelicalism in the 20th century – a topic which does intrigue me.
Here are some observations: (more…)
Full-time Bible teachers
January 28, 2010The preacher – “a well-known name in circles in which his name is well-known” (phrase © Alan Bright) – was winding up his sermon on Hebrews 11 and ended with a challenge to people who were gifted in teaching the Bible. He suggested that they consider what it was that was stopping them pursuing it full-time, “since there is nothing more important”. (more…)
What the Church of England had right
August 29, 2009“We are convinced that England will never be converted until the laity use the opportunities daily afforded by their various professions, crafts and occupations.” Towards the Conversion of England, 1945
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