John Stott (1921-2011)
John Stott, the grandfather of evangelical Anglicanism, died today, aged 90. I grew up being taught by people whose vision of Christian theology and discipleship was more often than not significantly shaped by Stott, and my own introduction to theology included a number of his books; The Cross of Christ made it into my top 20 theological influences a couple of years ago.
His death and the many tributes flowing in from all over the world have prompted me to consider again the question of how we honour our parents and ancestors (spiritual as well as biological and cultural). I hope to pull together some thoughts on this at some stage in the coming days. But for now, I will simply join my voice to those who thank God for John Stott's life and ministry. May he now rest until the day when death is no more.
UPDATE: this site has been set up as a hub for online memorial and contains a growing number of useful links to his life and work the various ongoing ministries that he helped establish. Feel free to post more links to obituaries or interesting articles in the comments.
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Amongst the tributes, I appreciated this one which linked to an interesting sermon on the relation of humans and animals.
Forgot to give a hat tip to Liz for those links.
And for this quote:
"My hope is that in the future, evangelical leaders will ensure that their social agenda includes such vital but controversial topics as halting climate change, eradicating poverty, abolishing armories of mass destruction, responding adequately to the AIDS pandemic, and asserting the human rights of women and children in all cultures. I hope our agenda does not remain too narrow."
CT: Obituary.
Feel free to post links to any other pieces you think are worth looking at.
Byron, thank you for this tribute to Stott, and for sharing the post we posted over at Not One Sparrow. I'm grateful for that - Ben DeVries (NOS admin)
ABC: Michael Jensen's reflection on Stott.
F&T: The challenge of John Stott.
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