Stott on the Christian Life: Between Two Worlds (Theologians on the Christian Life)

by Tim Chester

Publisher:

Crossway

, 2020

Overview

Known for his clear and precise speaking and writing, John Stott, a 20th-century pastor-theologian, shaped evangelicalism’s contemporary understanding of Christianity. This book explores themes he emphasized, such as the development of the mind, expository preaching, balance in the Christian life, and “double listening,” illuminating his enduring influence on the church, evangelism, and missions today. Painting a full picture of the marvelously faithful preacher, this book will encourage a new generation of evangelical Christians to benefit from Stott’s life and teaching.

Key Features

• Explores themes Stott emphasized, including the development of the mind, expository preaching, and balance in the Christian life
• Illuminates Stott’s enduring influence on the church, evangelism, and missions
• Encourages a new generation of evangelical Christians to benefit from Stott’s life and teaching

Contents

• Introduction
• An Evangelical Life
• A Christian Mind
• Preaching the Word
• Satisfaction through Substitution
• Repudiation and Surrender
• Life in the Spirit
• Embedded in the Church
• Reaching a Lost World
• Loving a Needy World
• All of Life under the Lord of All
• A Vision of Christ

Top Highlights

“First, God created humanity with a capacity to think” (Page 41)

“Second, God’s self-revelation indicates the importance of the mind, for God’s revelation is rational revelation, both his general revelation in nature and his special revelation in Scripture.” (Page 41)

“Christians need to use their minds because salvation is applied through the proclamation of the gospel—words addressed to minds.” (Page 42)

“‘the possibility that Scripture points in the direction of annihilation, and that ‘eternal conscious torment’ is a tradition which has to yield to the supreme authority of Scripture.’” (Page 32)

“expository preaching.… To expound Scripture is to bring out of the text what is there and expose it to view.” (Page 68)

Product Details

• Title: Stott on the Christian Life: Between Two Worlds
• Author: Tim Chester
• Series Editors: Justin Taylor and Stephen J. Nichols
• Series: Theologians on the Christian Life
• Publisher: Crossway
• Publication Date: 2020
• Pages: 320
• Resource Type: Biography
• Topic: John Stott

About Tim Chester

Tim Chester is a senior faculty member of Crosslands Training and has written over 40 books. He has a PhD in theology and PgDip in history along with 25 years’ experience of pastoral ministry. He is married with two grown-up daughters and lives in rural Derbyshire, where he is part of a church plant.

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