The Authority of the Bible

by John Stott

Publisher:

IVP

, 1974

Overview

In The Authority of the Bible, John R. W. Stott explains why the Old and New Testaments still form the authoritative basis for Christian faith and practice.

Contents

Top Highlights

“The overriding reason for accepting the divine inspiration and authority of Scripture is plain loyalty to Jesus.” (Page 6)

“Now the Christian is always in an ambivalent position vis-à-vis the mood of the world. We have to avoid the two extremes of an uncritical acquiescence and of an equally uncritical rejection. On the one hand, we should respond to the contemporary world with sensitivity—listening, striving to understand and where possible agreeing. On the other hand, we must continue to stand over against the world, evaluating secular society by our own objective Christian criteria, and where necessary disagreeing, protesting and rejecting. It is not the calling of the church to be a chorus girl or—to use a more biblical metaphor—a reed shaken with the wind.” (Page 3)

“It is from Jesus that we derive our understanding of God and ourselves, of good and evil, of duty and destiny, of time and eternity, of heaven and hell. Our understanding of everything is conditioned by what Jesus taught.” (Page 7)

“our view of Scripture depends on our loyalty to Christ, not on our ability to solve all the problems” (Page 29)

“True intellectual freedom is found not in independence of the truth, but in submission to the truth” (Page 30)

Product Details

• Title: The Authority of the Bible
• Author: John Stott
• Publisher: IVP
• Print Publication Date: 1974
• Logos Release Date: 2018
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Bible › Evidences, authority, etc; Authority › Religious aspects
• ISBNs: 9780830886067, 9780877841470, 0830886060, 0877841470
• Resource ID: LLS:AUTHRTYBIBLE
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-29T21:56:46Z

About John Stott

John Stott CBE (1921 – 2011) was a Christian leader and Anglican clergyman who is noted as a leader of the worldwide evangelical movement. He is famous as one of the principal authors of the Lausanne Covenant in 1974. John Stott was ordained into the ministry of the Church of England in 1945 and has served the same church ever since. He was assistant pastor of All Souls for 5 years, the senior pastor (Rector) for 25, and Rector Emeritus since 1975. During the last quarter century he had been set free (under the auspices of the Langham Partnership) to travel the world, especially for ministry to pastors and students. He has been a Chaplain to the Queen since 1959. He was President of the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity.