<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" > <channel> <title>John R. W. Stott Archives - Stephen Barkley</title> <atom:link href="https://stephenbarkley.com/tag/john-r-w-stott/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>https://stephenbarkley.com/tag/john-r-w-stott/</link> <description>Teacher | Writer | Practical Theologian</description> <lastBuildDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2015 00:29:50 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en-US</language> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2</generator> <site xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">5343192</site> <item> <title>Oaths & Dishonesty | John R. W. Stott</title> <link>https://stephenbarkley.com/2016/06/10/oaths-dishonesty-r-w-stott/</link> <comments>https://stephenbarkley.com/2016/06/10/oaths-dishonesty-r-w-stott/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Barkley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2016 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Weekend Wisdom]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dishonesty]]></category> <category><![CDATA[InterVarsity Press]]></category> <category><![CDATA[John R. W. Stott]]></category> <category><![CDATA[oaths]]></category> <category><![CDATA[swearing]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://stephenbarkley.com/?p=7562</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Swearing (i.e. oath-taking) is really a pathetic confession of our own dishonesty. —John R. W. Stott, The Message of the Sermon on the Mount (Leicester, England: Inter-Varsity Press, 1978), 102.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com/2016/06/10/oaths-dishonesty-r-w-stott/">Oaths & Dishonesty | John R. W. Stott</a> appeared first on <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com">Stephen Barkley</a>.</p> ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>https://stephenbarkley.com/2016/06/10/oaths-dishonesty-r-w-stott/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">7562</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Where’s the Salt? | John R. W. Stott</title> <link>https://stephenbarkley.com/2015/12/18/wheres-the-salt-john-r-w-stott/</link> <comments>https://stephenbarkley.com/2015/12/18/wheres-the-salt-john-r-w-stott/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Barkley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2015 11:00:22 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Weekend Wisdom]]></category> <category><![CDATA[InterVarsity Press]]></category> <category><![CDATA[John R. W. Stott]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Matthew]]></category> <category><![CDATA[salt]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sermon on the Mount]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://stephenbarkley.com/?p=7559</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>One can hardly blame unsalted meat for going bad. It cannot do anything else. The real question to ask is: where is the salt? —John R. W. Stott, The Message of the Sermon on the Mount (Leicester, England: Inter-Varsity Press, 1978), 65.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com/2015/12/18/wheres-the-salt-john-r-w-stott/">Where’s the Salt? | John R. W. Stott</a> appeared first on <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com">Stephen Barkley</a>.</p> ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>https://stephenbarkley.com/2015/12/18/wheres-the-salt-john-r-w-stott/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">7559</post-id> </item> <item> <title>The Message of the Sermon on the Mount | John R. W. Stott</title> <link>https://stephenbarkley.com/2015/11/23/the-message-of-the-sermon-on-the-mount-john-r-w-stott/</link> <comments>https://stephenbarkley.com/2015/11/23/the-message-of-the-sermon-on-the-mount-john-r-w-stott/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Barkley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2015 11:00:57 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Theology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bible Speaks Today]]></category> <category><![CDATA[InterVarsity Press]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jesus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[John R. W. Stott]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sermon on the Mount]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://stephenbarkley.com/?p=7556</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>In 1978 John Stott published a commentary on the Sermon on the Mount entitled Christian Counter-Culture. It's a testimony to the insight of Stott's exegesis and, more importantly, to the power of Matthew 5-7 that thirty-seven years later, this is still a counter-cultural document. Stott had a gift for making complicated things simple. Here he takes not [...]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com/2015/11/23/the-message-of-the-sermon-on-the-mount-john-r-w-stott/">The Message of the Sermon on the Mount | John R. W. Stott</a> appeared first on <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com">Stephen Barkley</a>.</p> ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>https://stephenbarkley.com/2015/11/23/the-message-of-the-sermon-on-the-mount-john-r-w-stott/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">7556</post-id> </item> <item> <title>The Vital Holy Spirit | John R. W. Stott</title> <link>https://stephenbarkley.com/2011/08/05/the-vital-holy-spirit-john-r-w-stott/</link> <comments>https://stephenbarkley.com/2011/08/05/the-vital-holy-spirit-john-r-w-stott/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Barkley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 10:00:40 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Weekend Wisdom]]></category> <category><![CDATA[discipleship]]></category> <category><![CDATA[fellowship]]></category> <category><![CDATA[fruit]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Holy Spirit]]></category> <category><![CDATA[John R. W. Stott]]></category> <category><![CDATA[life]]></category> <category><![CDATA[understanding]]></category> <category><![CDATA[witness]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://stephenbarkley.com/?p=3933</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Without the Holy Spirit, Christian discipleship would be inconceivable, even impossible. There can be no life without the life-giver, no understanding without the Spirit of truth, no fellowship without the unity of the Spirit, no Christlikeness of character apart from his fruit, and no effective witness without his power. As a body without breath is [...]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com/2011/08/05/the-vital-holy-spirit-john-r-w-stott/">The Vital Holy Spirit | John R. W. Stott</a> appeared first on <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com">Stephen Barkley</a>.</p> ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>https://stephenbarkley.com/2011/08/05/the-vital-holy-spirit-john-r-w-stott/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">3933</post-id> </item> </channel> </rss>