John Stott
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John Stott: embarrassed by a New Year honour
John Stott (1921 -2011) studied modern languages at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated with double first-class honours in French and Theology. He was ordained deacon in 1945, became curate at All Souls Church, Langham Place, London (1945-1950), then...
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Prince Philip: master of the barbecue
Prince Harry paid tribute to his grandpa, the Duke of Edinburgh, as ‘master of the barbecue’. The Rev John Stott, who was Chaplain to the Queen, told me this story. In January 1983 the Queen invited him to preach at...
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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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