John Stott: A Portrait By His Friends - Hardcover

I recently came upon a letter that John had written to me ... He wrote from his beloved Hookses in Wales (why was he not off duty?). He anticipated my forthcoming fortieth birthday (how did he know?), bringing his congratulations or commiserations as you plunge into middle age! He moved on to address an All Souls issue he had earlier raised with me as churchwarden (why did he care so much?), and then he concluded with typical humility:

I hope to finish the page proofs of Romans [his superb Bible Speaks Today commentary] today [all 432 pages of them!]. I confess I am not too displeased with some of the exposition ...

This was typical John! Pastoral, humorous, business-like, disciplined, frighteningly productive all at the same time. And all of it compressed on two sides of the neat, unmistakeable handwriting, in which, for over sixty years, he recorded and communicated the Spirit-inspired thoughts and ideas which made him a giant of the church in the twentieth century and a wonderful inspiration to many of us.

An art gallery of very personal portraits of John Stott by friends and colleagues from around the globe.

Thirty-five of John's friends open their hearts and share memories of a unique man and a truly special friend. Many brush strokes, one portrait.