Why I Am a Christian

by John R.W. Stott

Book Overview

Why Jesus?Perhaps you have had the funny feeling that God wants to get your attention. Or maybe you're intrigued with what you've heard about Jesus. Or maybe you're simply looking for meaning and direction in your life. John Stott has spent a lifetime wrestling with questions about Jesus both personally and in dialogue with skeptics and seekers around the globe. Now in Why I Am a Christian he provides a compelling, persuasive case for considering...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 083083205X
• ISBN13: 9780830832057
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: InterVarsity Press
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.1" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

True fulfilling transcendence

Wonderful guide for finding true Faith, Hope, and Love while satisfying that inborn hunger for spiritual transcendence.

Intelligent Evangelism

Having read this book, I gave it to an inquiring physician friend of mine. Later in our discussion he expressed appreciation for Stott's work. I find the book to be true to the evangelical faith while expressing that faith in a contemporary idiom. I highly recommned "Why I Am a Christian" by John Stott.

great summary of the Christian faith

I loved this book and i like Stott in general. I have read several of his books and intend to read even more. My small group did a study on his basic christianity which is another great short book that gives you an overview of what it means to be a Christian. I recommend it with strong prayer.

Good Undergrad Textbook

I am now for the second time using this as a freshman-level textbook in a course introducing Christianity to undergraduate students. Stott is the quintessential Christian gentleman, and very articulate. It is a testament to his greatness that he can, with all his accumulated wisdom, still write such an eloquent and accessible text. Dennis Durst Kentucky Christian University

A valuable insight for Christians and non-Christians

Again John Stott has captured the subject of Chritianity in a simplified and yet most dignified manner. Although not a long book, this 'essay', explains all of his reasons that should be easy to understand by the readers, and then inspire more than a few minutes thought and real consideration for praying as he did on the final page. As well as being inspirational to Christians it provides answers for evangelists who often have to debate the basic challenges to Christianity which are often challenges to their own understanding of their faith. Tears of joy were there when I read it and I can truly say it is the best reaffirmation of why Christianity not only makes the most sense, but the only sense in man's search for freedom from the everyday pressures of our modern lifestyle that lead to temptation and sin and leading to salvation or as John Stott explains 'true freedom'. For all readers, it has so much truth in it that is all based on the bible's teachings. It covers love and forgiveness and explains the trinity in the most subtle of ways by telling us how God made it all possible. Please read it, share it and get a rejuvenation of life as God wants us to have. It will really challenge non-Christians to reconsider. In addition to pastors and preachers, there is a real treasury of sermon material in this book.

Compelling Case For Following Christ

This is another terrific book from John Stott. In his short write-up and expansion of 4 sermons preached at All Souls Church, Langham Place, London, Stott refers to Bertrand Russell's 1927 public address at Battersea entitled "Why I am not a Christian" which 30 years later became a collection of essays with that title. However this book is not an answer to Russell, but does make the case for Christianity, making points that Russell never considered.So why is Stott a Christian? In the seven chapters, Stott gives 6 reasons why he is a Christian, and finally an invitation to the reader to respond to "the greatest of all invitations" from Jesus Christ himself.Stott's six reasons?1. Not because I found Christ, but because he, the Hound of Heaven, pursued me.2. Because I am convinced that the claims of Jesus are true.3. Because of the cross of Christ.4. Because Christianity best explains who we are, both our weaknesses and our glories.5. Because Jesus Christ is the key to true freedom.6. Because human beings have aspirations which only Christ can fulfil.There are less than 140 pages of text, but the book packs a lot into those pages and is highly recommended.