Why I Am a Christian
Overview
In a dark little chapel many years ago, a solitary schoolboy went in search of God and later gave his life to Christ. It turned out to be the most significant step he was ever to take. If it were not for Christ, he reflects, his would have been on the scrapheap of wasted and discarded lives. Instead, his life was used to lead countless others around the world to that same new life, and into a deeper understanding of the One who gave his life that we might live.
John Stott tells his spiritual story, and gives the reasons for his first life-changing step of faith. It was not so much that he found Christ, as that Christ, the relentless Hound of Heaven, pursued and found him. Not because the Christian faith is attractive, but because it is true. Not because he deserved to be saved, but because Christ took his sins, and ours, on himself. It is because the answer to the paradox at the heart of our humanness, because the key to true freedom and fulfilment, are to be found in Jesus Christ alone. And he who extends the greatest of all invitations to each one of us waits patiently for our response.
For more by John Stott, see John Stott Collection (7 vols.).
This volume is also available in Spanish!
Key Features
- Offers biographical details about Stott’s conversion to Christianity
- Expounds on the fact that the gospel is true and salvation is found in Christ alone
- Impresses that the same Christ that pursued and redeemed Stott patiently awaits our response
Why I Am a Christian is easy to read and presents the essentials of Christianity clearly. The book can be read devotionally by Christians with much profit. It can also be given as a gift to non-Christians interested in learning about Christianity
—The Christian Librarian
- Title: Why I Am a Christian
- Author: John Stott
- Publisher: Inter-Varsity
- Print Publication Date: 2003
- Logos Release Date: 2014
- Pages: 149
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Theology, doctrinal; Christianity
- ISBN: 9781783590834
- Resource ID: LLS:WHYIAMACHRISTIAN
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T06:40:57Z
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John Stott is known around the world as a preacher, evangelist, and writer. He was one of the main contributors to the Lausanne Covenant (1974) and the founder of Langham Partnership, which seeks to equip a new generation of Bible teachers around the world.
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I am a Christian because I believe in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I am a Christian because I can love my neighbor as myself. Last of all I am a Christion because Jesus first loved me.
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