Comments on Founders Ministries Blog: Preach Christ crucified, no matter what

George, This is horribly rude of me, as I'm n...

2010-07-20T22:23:33.490-04:00

George,

This is horribly rude of me, as I'm not Tom. So my apologies to you both for intruding.

But to your question, as I understand it, Stott seemed to embrace annihilationism for a time (or I believe he said it was, in his mind, an option) but appears to have moved away from that position. I could be wrong, but I heard Stott asked about it somewhere and, if I recall, that was the upshot of it.

Dear Tom, My Pastor preached on Hell on Sunday, s...

2010-07-18T23:24:28.877-04:00

Dear Tom,

My Pastor preached on Hell on Sunday, saying that Hell was "for ever and ever".

Did Stott believe and teach that?

I moved to a new area awhile back, and while looki...

2010-07-09T16:21:26.520-04:00

I moved to a new area awhile back, and while looking for a church attended the same church on the Sundays we didn't visit a new church. The kids seemed to like this church, but it didn't take me long to figure out it was a "seeker church" so I knew I wouldn't be making it my permanent church home. The sermons are mostly practical daily living stuff...not bad but very devoid of theology. The word "Christian" is NEVER used, but the words "Christ Follower" are used. I don't have a problem with using Christ Follower but to purposely drop the word Christian seems strange to me. You never hear anything about the cross, or the crucifixion...they don't want to make anyone uncomfortable. I did not attend services there on Easter, but decided for once to attend Thomas Road Baptist Church of all places. Heard the coolest Christian harpist ever. (Greg Buchanan) And I even like Jonathan Falwell. But I had to wonder...was the cross or Jesus's death even mentioned at the seeker church...even on Easter Sunday?

Great words from Stott! Thanks for posting them. ...

2010-07-07T10:15:37.681-04:00

Great words from Stott! Thanks for posting them.

Oddly enough, I was in the Beeson bookstore yesterday and was thumbing through a little book that Stott wrote last Fall entitled The Radical Disciple. In it, he says he's 88-years-old and this little book is his farewell. He said he was laying his pen down for the last time. It struck me as sad but beautiful in its own way: the elder statesman of evangelicalism saying goodbye.

Stott isn't without his faults, but he's had an amazing ministry of preaching and writing and quotes like this one show why.

Wyman