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    Christ in Conflict: Lessons from Jesus and His Controversies

    By John Stott

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    We often imagine Jesus as the ultimate peacemaker, as one who saw all sides and kindly overlooked differences of belief or practice. The Gospels say this was not so. Jesus drew sharp lines. He disagreed with many. He rejected being broadminded on a variety of topics. He engaged in vigorous debate, especially with several different groups of religious leaders. What conflicts did he have?

    • He argued that we would experience a supernatural afterlife, that our natural existence is not all God has planned.
    • He disagreed that human tradition should not supersede Scripture, our foundational authority.
    • He clashed on whether the Bible was not an end in itself, contending that its purpose pointed beyond itself.
    • He sharply articulated that God accept us by virtue of what we receive from him, not by what we do for him.

    These and other controversies clarify the core distinctives of the Christian faith which, John Stott boldly asserts, are nothing less than the distinctives of the evangelical faith. This text of Stott's classic, Christ the Controversialist, now edited by David Stone for the twenty-first century, was controversial when it was first published. It is no less controversial today.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIVP Books
    Release dateNov 1, 2013
    ISBN9780830879632
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    Christ in Conflict: Lessons from Jesus and His Controversies
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    John Stott

    The Revd Dr John Stott, CBE, was for many years Rector of All Souls Church, Langham Place, London, and chaplain to the Queen. Stott's global influence is well established, mainly through his work with Billy Graham and the Lausanne conferences - he was one of the principal authors of the Lausanne Covenant in 1974. In 2005, Time magazine ranked Stott among the 100 most influential people in the world. He passed away on July 27, 2011.

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