Monthly Archives: September 2022

Getting Out of the Nursery

I wrote “In my last post on this book [this week’s], Stott explains the Christian’s responsibilities.” quote from my previous post on September 22… I lied… This post was supposed to be the “last post” on John Stott’s book Basic … Continue reading

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I Am A Child Of God…

I am a child of God. What does that statement mean?  It is obviously an identity statement.  I could say “I am David Carter.”  I could say “I am a golfer.”  I could say “I am a teacher.”   However, when … Continue reading

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Being A Christian

As I have “ping-ponged” back and forth between The Cross of Christ and Basic Christianity,  I have been heading toward conclusions, the final summaries of each book.  The Cross is considered by many theologians as John Stott’s magnum opus, the … Continue reading

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But What About Evil People?

Right in the middle of the next to last chapter of John Stott’s book The Cross of Christ (a chapter entitled “Loving Our Enemies”), he has a discussion of a topic I really don’t care to write about. Most Christians … Continue reading

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Easy to do? No, but essential…

It seems that peace in this world today is elusive. Yet the call to Christians today is the same as it always was.  Matthew 5: 9 says we are called to be peacemakers.  First Peter 3: 11 tells us to … Continue reading

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