Last week, John Stott went to be with the Lord. As an author, theologian, and working pastor, few people have had as large an influence on evangelical Christianity around the world over the past 100 years. Fittingly, his death came during the IFES World Assembly, a global gathering of evangelical university ministries, symbolic of Rev. Stott’s lifelong passions for the Gospel, the university, and global Christianity.
FYI: I’ve listed a collection of obituaries and remembrances of John Stott’s life at the bottom of this post. If you’ve seen other good ones, please link to them in the comments, and I’ll update the list as I’m able.
Perhaps one of the more surprising appreciations came from NY Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, who titled his appreciation “Evangelicals Without Blowhards”. I read Kristof’s column shortly after it was published, but science professor RJS, writing at Scot McKnight’s Jesus Creed blog, caused me to take a second look at it this morning. Kristof praises two things in particular about John Stott: his thoughtfulness and his compassion. [Read more…] about Can Intellectuals Also Be Activists? (John Stott Remembered)