Our Guilty Silence
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
In this book, John Stott expresses the conviction that despite the confusion and weakness of the age, there is nevertheless a chance for recovering the evangelical vision of the Church that was so central to the efforts of the earliest followers of Jesus. Stott calls on his readers to end the guilty silence and to one again proclaim, testify, and preach the good news, the gospel to all who might hear.
Top Highlights
“If the gospel is the good news it claims to be, and if it has been entrusted to us, we incur guilt if we do not pass it on.’ Hence the title of the work.” (Page 5)
“First, He sent His Son. Then He sent His Spirit. Now He sends His Church, that is, us” (Pages 14–15)
“the world-wide task of evangelism is not an ‘optional extra’: it is the high calling of every disciple” (Page 60)
“The author is convinced that the Church when it is true to its calling cannot be a silent Church” (Page 5)
“What impels the Christian to be active in witness? The basic motive is plain obedience.” (Page 14)
- Title: Our Guilty Silence
- Author: John Stott
- Publisher: Eerdmans
- Print Publication Date: 1967
- Logos Release Date: 2019
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Evangelistic work
- ISBNs: 0802812872, 9780802812872
- Resource ID: LLS:OURGUILTYSILENCE
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T02:06:25Z
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.