John Stott was ordained in 1945 and served for many years as Rector of All Souls Church, Langham Place, London. He is known worldwide as a preacher, scholar, and evangelist. Stott’s broad interests in theology, Christology, evangelism, and apologetics are reflected in his many books. Below is an excerpt from his work The Cross of Christ in which he traces the root of all man’s rebellion—the worship of himself.

  Implications can jump up and sting you. You think you’re saying something insightful or admirable, and then reason spoils things. You start to trace out the logic of your claim, and things get awkward. Philosophers call this a “reduction to absurdity.” By posing conditional “what if?” questions, they often show that one’s declarations don’t travel well. For instance, if I announce grandly that there is no right or wrong, then my statement implies that it would be morally acceptable for you to murder me. But that’s crazy.

Pastor John Scripture Reference: II Kings 3-5

Solomon made a marriage alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt. He took Pharaoh’s daughter and brought her into the city of David until he had finished building his own house and the house of the LORD and the wall round Jerusalem. 1 Kings 3:1 (ESV)

  The recent excitement over Chick-Fil-A brought forth the familiar claim that being homosexual is like being left-handed.1 Both are morally neutral (so the story goes), a matter of simply being “born that way.” If you toss a ball to a kid and he automatically fields it with his left hand, as do about 10% of the children on earth, what’s the difference?

Pastor John Scripture Reference: II Kings 1:1 – 2:14

  On Saturday November 19, 1836, Charles Simeon (1759-1836) was buried in a vault in the world-famous chapel of King’s College, Cambridge, England. Despite wanting a simple ceremony, his funeral was probably the most remarkable the town had seen. Every shop was closed and University lectures were suspended. An enormous procession saw eight Masters of colleges and Senior Fellows, doctors, and professors from the University walking with Simeon’s curates, other clergy, and 1500 gownsmen honoring a man who had been greatly despised. As Simeon’s body was interred, every college bell tolled as testimony not only to the great change that […]

  by Candi Finch FORT WORTH, Texas (BP) — A few months ago I heard an eye-opening presentation by Dr. Joe McIlhaney, a board-certified obstetrician and gynecologist, who came to speak to our college students at Southwestern about what he has observed over his lengthy career caring for girls and women. His conclusion? Western culture has stopped protecting its girls.

  Alaric and the Visigoths had just invaded and held Rome before withdrawing, and many citizens were blaming the Christians for their city’s vulnerability. They longed for the days of Imperial power and pagan worship, and they reasoned that Christianity had made them soft. St. Augustine1 took up the challenge and penned The City of God.

Pastor John Scripture Reference: Exodus 2:1-10