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When Margaret Thatcher listened to John Stott
All Souls Orchestra and Choir under Noël Tredinnick arranged a series of Christian concerts, ‘Prom Praise’, ﬁrst at the Barbican and later at the Royal Albert Hall. More than once, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher came to these with a...
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When CS Lewis, John Stott and Billy Graham met
In 1952, John led a CICCU mission at the University of Cambridge. Crowds at this, the ﬁrst of many university missions he was to lead, were so great that stewards brought extra chairs into the side-aisles of Great St...
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John Stott and James Bond
On the 50th anniversary of the first James Bond film, you may be surprised to learn that, late in his life, John Stott developed a taste for Bond films - so much so that the librarian at the London...
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Spirit of John Stott taking off
Air Serv International, which provides air services to humanitarian organizations in Africa andAsia, has named one of its aircraft “Spirit of John Stott”. This is tribute to John Stott, the late Rector Emeritus of All Souls Langham Place,London, evangelical...
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Remembering John Stott at St Pauls
May the Lord forgive me. I took this photo illegally at the Service of Thanksgiving for the life of John Stott at St Pauls Cathedral yesterday. Prayers led by Archbishops of Canterbury and York and Bishop of London and tribute from...
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When John Stott’s voice echoed around the crypt of St Pauls
John Stott No one dreamt of demonstrating outside St Paul's cathedral when, on 21 December 1945, John Stott’s family made their way up Ludgate Hill to see him...
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Inside Story: ´best biography he has read´
In ´Evangelicals Now´ for February 2010, Baptist Minister Rick Battenfield wrote this of Roger´s ´Inside Story´: In reading this biography of John Stott the reader will find that the title of the book is eminently appropriate. One does feel like...
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Inside Story: The Life of John Stott
"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...
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‘Inside Story should be compulsory reading in theological colleges’
Mark Thompson, Head of Theology at Moore College in Sydney, has written: 'It is universally acknowledged that evangelicalism worldwide owes an enormous debt to God for the life and ministry of John Stott. His influence is genuinely immense. His...
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Amazon review says ‘Inside Story’ a ‘must-read for all thinking Christians’
Describing 'Inside Story' as the 'biography of the year' an Amazon customer has written: 'Roger Steer has produced a gripping and very readable biography of one of the great spiritual leaders of our time. John Stott's contribution to evangelical Christianity,...
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