Inside Story: The Life of John Stott, by Roger Steer

So who is this man, named by Time magazine in 2005 as one of the 100 most influential people in the world?

His life could have been so different. Born to privilege, John Stott focused instead on service to God and other people. 'I am going to throw myself body and soul into the struggle for right,' he wrote to his father as a twenty-year-old. 'My desire is to see the world a better place, and I will not spare myself...'

Discover John Stott, the man behind the man, as observed by his friends, former colleagues and biographer.

"A young boy perched on a church balcony, dropping paper pellets into the hats of the ladies beneath him, grows into the greatest Anglican of the last 100 years - with warmth, perception and sympathy, Roger Steer describes the lifelong journey of John Stott. Scrupulously researched, vividly written, this book lights up the character of the man with the longest shadow in the modern church."

Jeremy Vine
BBC TV and Radio2 presenter