Happy Birthday, John Stott
April 27, 2008
Today, John Stott celebrates his 87th birthday. One year ago, John retired from public ministry, but his voice for the people of God is stronger than ever. John is currently working on another book, continues to connect with friends and colleagues, and is keen to remain active in his ministry.
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April 26th, 2008 at 9:39 pm
Happy birthday, John! We are so thankful for all the lives you have touched and all the inspiration you have given to the future leaders of the church. Blessings to you on this special day!
April 26th, 2008 at 10:49 pm
Happy Birthday Mr. Stott! Your book was one of the first books I read when I became a Christian 30 years ago. You have always held a special place in my heart in grattitude for the way you’ve impacted my life. Thank you so much for all you do! May God continue to bless you richly!
April 26th, 2008 at 11:13 pm
Dear Uncle John,
Happy Birth day to you! We praise God for God’s faithfulness in your life, because he has kept you thus far. We thank our Lord for you, becasue he has chosen you to be his effective witness in this world.
Thank you for your contribution in shaping our lives. We appreciate your vision for the churches and theological institutions in the two thirds world.
We pray for God’s blessings upon you and for your long life and ministry at the global level.
April 26th, 2008 at 11:19 pm
We join with all of you in wishing Uncle John a Happy Birthday and God’s richest blessings.
April 26th, 2008 at 11:50 pm
From Rich and Bonnie Straight at Lithuanian Christian College (LCC International University) in Klaipeda, Lithuania. A VERY HAPPY and GLORIOUS BIRTHDAY from us and all the students at LCC. May GOD continue to use HIS GRACE through you to bring many more students to HIMSELF!!!!
April 26th, 2008 at 11:55 pm
Dear John,
We have never met, but I have been greatly helped by your preaching and writing.
I am a Church Pastor and find myself turning to your writings again and again; and always to great profit.
Thank you for giving yourself and your skills to “the work of the Lord”, and equipping us to be better servants of the Word than we would otherwise be.
Malcolm Jones.
April 27th, 2008 at 12:10 am
Wishing you all the best sir!
love sincerely
Paul Htin Ya (son of the late Rev. David Htin Ya of Burma)
April 27th, 2008 at 12:23 am
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU UNCLE JOHN STOTT. I THANK THE LORD FOR YOUR LIFE AND MINISTRY. YOUR TESTIMONIES HAVE BEEN SO WONDERFUL AND GREAT. YOU HAVE IMPACTED MANY LIVES. I LEARNT ABOUT YOU QUITE EARLY IN MY MINISTRY AS A STAFF OF SCRIPTURE UNION FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS. I PRAY THE LORD TO GRANT YOU MANY HAPPY RETURNS OF THIS DAY.
REVD. & MRS. YINKA ENIADE
ASSISTANT PRIEST, ALL SAINTS, LONG BEACH, CA. 90805
THE VICAR, CHRIST OUR SAVIOR (ANGLICAN) CHURCH, TORRANCE, CA.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:08 am
Happy Birthday dear brother in Christ. I will bless the day I came across your writings, which have helped me trenendously on my Christian journey and given me an incentive to study the Bible as never before. Again thank you from the depths of my heart.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:55 am
Greetings on your birthday, John. It has been a privilege to know you and to have been able to work with you a little over the years. Your influence on me has been so profound that I now have a bird feeder hanging by my garden office window. I am very pleased to hear that you are still writing! –Colin Duriez
April 27th, 2008 at 3:44 am
John,
Haappy Birthday.
You have set a formidable example for the rest of us who shall never catch up. May God give you much joy and peace on this special day. We have finished our teaching in Ethiopia for now. I am only 72, but do have some health issues that keep me closer to home most of the time. It is my privilege to work with Mark Kiekhafer and Elaine Vaden giving pastoral care to the JSM scholars at TEDS where we benefitted from your teaching many times between 1972 and 1985.
May God continue to give you health and strength for each day.
Art Volkmann
April 27th, 2008 at 4:12 am
Happy Birthday, Dr. Stott. Thank you for the example of holiness you provided me throughout many years of reading your books, hearing you preach, studying at the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity, and personal correspondence with you. Because of your influence, today I am married to a Godly man from India. God moves in mysterious ways, and it is wonderful. I’m thankful that HE used you to influence me in HIS holiness.
The Lord bless you with perfect peace and strength to fulfill the mission HE has given you.
Trusting HIM,
Phyllis Thomas Immanuel
Durham, North Carolina, USA
April 27th, 2008 at 4:22 am
I gladly join with those wishing you a happy birthday. I rejoice that God has blessed you in such a marvellous way, and has enabled you to be a blessing to others. I assure you that you are being remembered in our prayers.
April 27th, 2008 at 4:38 am
Best wishes and warmest Christian greetings from the fellowship up here in the north west, and thank you for the many ways you have helped us and continue to do so.
April 27th, 2008 at 5:20 am
John,
I pray for you every day,but on this,your birthday,I have once again paused ,as I prepare to preach this morning ,to thank the Lord for you and to ask Him to envelope you with His mercies and blessings on this special day.Stay strong in Him.
April 27th, 2008 at 5:51 am
Uncle John’s life is about
Servant leadership- a devout enabler;
his passion- glory to God through the
global church of Jesus Christ.
An example to imitate; the legacy
lives on. What a blessing he is!
Jacob Thomas
Belfast Bible College
April 27th, 2008 at 5:53 am
Dear John,
Jill and I remember you fondly and count it a privilege to call you a friend. We also delight to pray for you regularly that you will sense God’s sweet presence each day. We count it a joy to support the wonderful ministry you’ve led for so many years. God’s richest blessings on this special day!
Love and prayers,
Scott and Jill Bolinder
Grand Rapids, MI
April 27th, 2008 at 6:15 am
Dear Rev. John,
You may not remember me but I served as your driver and translator when you where in Guatemala giving some lectures to church leaders on expository preaching. With you was Dr. Rene Padilla of Argentina.
I have always admired your ministry and have been blessed with your writings. Many today are servants in the kingdom because of you and together with them i praise the Lord for celebrating another birth day. May you have many more as you continue to help in the extening of God’s kingdom throughout the earth!!
God bless you,
Rev. Eddie Soto
Associate for latin American Ministries
Charleston-Atlantic Presbytery
Presbyterian Church USA
Charleston, South Carolina 29414-4601 USA
April 27th, 2008 at 6:19 am
I want to wish a very blessed Happy Birthday to our brother, teacher, and living example of Christlikeness John Stott. I want to let you know you John have touched lives in even remote places like Haiti through your writing ministry. I pray the Lord will enable you to live for at least three more decades to spread His good news to the post-Christian world. All the blessings on you and your ministry. Please remember Haiti in your prayers!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY UNCLE JOHN
April 27th, 2008 at 6:25 am
Happy Birthday, John! — from us and the J-Boys. Have a blessed day!
April 27th, 2008 at 7:34 am
Uncle John, birthday greetings from Hong Kong!
May the Lord bless you abundantly,
cynthia
April 27th, 2008 at 7:51 am
Happy 87th Birthday, Dr. Stott,
Our family benefits greatly every day from your book “Through the Bible, Through the Year.” Looking forward to your next book! Hope you have a day of many blessings!
In Christ,
Alyce DeGroot from Sioux Center, Iowa, U.S.A.
April 27th, 2008 at 7:59 am
Brother John, May the Lord Bless you for many years to come. You are so loved by many of us Yanks. Listening to you teach on Romans, back in 1992 (or there about), at St Stephens, Sewickley I was blessed as the word of God was opened to my ears, heart and mind. I thank God that you have given Him your life in humble service. Your heart for missions, your love for Jesus and your sweet spirit inspire us throughout the world.
April 27th, 2008 at 8:08 am
Uncle John,
You are a legend in theology, your writings inpire many , I receive everyday your devotinal messages. these have helped me so much. I wish you long life.
Even when I was still at the Bible college your books were very helpful in my training for ministry.
May God continue using you.
God bless and happy birtday
Pastor Theo
April 27th, 2008 at 8:30 am
Dear … Happy birthday.. may the Lord continue to bless you and may your desire for a mature church in the majority world be realized…
April 27th, 2008 at 8:50 am
Happy birthday, Uncle John!
I praise God for your vision, your ministry and the life you continue to model for us. May His blessing presence continue to surround you as you devote your time to prayer, writing, and conversations with friends and visitors. It is for me a privilege, an honor and a challenge to be called a “John Stott Scholar,” and I trust the Lord to continue to lead us all who have been given this honor to present ourselves to Him as people approved, workers who do not need to be ashamed and who correctly handle the word of truth. (2 Tim 2:15).
Elisée
April 27th, 2008 at 11:35 am
Dear Dr. Stott;
We are some of the millions of people God has blessed through your work, ever since our college days and years on staff with IVCF in the 70s, in Berkeley, Califorinia. We praise God for giving you as a gift to the church around the world, and for the example of your life which encourages us when things seem dark.
God’s richest blessings –
Mike & Marty Reimer
Cairo, Egypt
April 27th, 2008 at 11:44 am
Dearest Father in the Lord,
I write to wish you a happy birth day and trusting God to bless you
more than you ever wish yourself now and always.
Remain a blessing forever.
Hanson.
April 27th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
Uncle John
This is to wish you a happy birthday and to say how much you have influenced my life. Your consistant, enduring and persevering faith has always been an encouragement to me. May this day be special to you and glorifying to God.
April 27th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
Happy Birthday, Uncle John! I can’t imagine anyone I would rather share my birthday with! May God shower you with blessings today and always. He has used you and All Soul’s Church to bless and encourage me over many years.
Katharine Sherwin
Menlo Park, California
April 27th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
We just left a message on your telephone answering machine, but also want to put it in writing. How wonderful to have been in fellowship with you over so many years.
May the Lord bless you richly on this your birthday and continue to make you a blessing in the years ahead.
Keith & Gladys “Rusty” Hunt
April 27th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
Dear John,
How Babby and I wish that we could be with you to celebrate your 87th birthday, like we did in 2001, when we came to England to celebrate your 80th birthday, with a tour of your beloved Rugby School, Trinity College Cambridge and the House of Lords ,with lunch on the Thames, topped off with a big party at All Souls Church. We talk often about what a the wonderful occasion that was for us. This past year I wrote a short autobiography for my children, in which I passed on to them the enormous impact you had on my life — your many helpful books (I am now re-reading “The Cross of Christ”), modeling what it means to be a Christian, and our years of friendship, beginning with our first meeting on the Sea Cloud in 1992 — and the years of working todgether, first on the little book I wrote on the Christian faith, then doing the video “Life’s big Questions” and, finally, serving for several years on the board of JSM. Mungu akubariki sana (”May God bless you much”) my dear friend, mentor and brother in Christ. John and Babby Schwarz.
April 27th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
Uncle John
Thank you for your contribution in moulding our lives. We thank God for Langham Partnership & John Stott Ministries in USA.
Happy Birthday!
Sunny & Anita John
JMBC, Chennai
INDIA
April 27th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
It was in college through Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship USA that God drew me to Himself and I came alive in Him. After hearing you at The Urbana Missionary Conference in 1974, I have read almost everything you have written over the past 30+ years, and currently using “Through the Bible” to great edification. I consider you a personal mentor!
Bless you on this birthday for your incredible faithfulness to the Lord and His Word. In an age of much tawdry, self-centered “leaders”, you have modeled integrity at the highest and have consistently inspired me to press on in my faltering discipleship. I thank our God for creating you, gifting you and stirring up a servant heart to minister to countless thousands. To Him be the glory!!
April 27th, 2008 at 2:16 pm
Dear John,
Happy birthday Dad!!!
I pray God to grant you long joyful life. Since 1986, i continue to read your books with great enthusiasm; i shall continue to interact with you for many years to come. Your writing, faith, love, and sermons have touched many across the globe. I was unfortunate to hear you speaking at Urbana (Ill USA) conference Dec 2003 DUE TO ILL-health. We prayed and God added more years to your life. He continues to do so because there are more souls to be won , and great global fields for Gospel to thrive.
May God grant you long life.
April 27th, 2008 at 3:08 pm
Dear Rev Stott,
I want to wish you a very blessed 87th birthday!
I just want to let you know how much you have influenced my life.
I feel your presence in my daily life because I am surrounded by your words of wisdom from Understanding the Bible to John Stott: Making of a Leader. Indeed, your life is your message!
May the Lord continue to keep you and bless you in the palm of his hand!
With all good wishes,
Sunjin Choi,
VA, USA
April 27th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
As a theological double first cousin, Methodist, Your visit in London in summer 1972 shapped the remainder of my 42 year ministry. I’m grateful! I’v commended your books and Videos to so many, frustrated by the theological wasteland, that I’ve come to think of myself as a “Methopalian” Happy Birthday! I’m glad to know your rich mind is not languishing from non use. I await your latest book.
Just remember, as you get older, as a 102 year old remarked to her Dr. at her annual exam, when he questioned her remark, “I’ll see you next year!” The Dr. retorted, “At your age how can you say that?” She replied, “Read the obituaries, Very few people die between the ages of 102 and 103.”
April 27th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
Dr Stott we have never met, but I first heard you as a young med.student at the IVF conference at Swanwick in the mid fifties & most recently in Belfast in ‘07. Many times in between I have been blessed by your ministry whether through your writings or your preaching, as in All Souls where my daughter & her family worshipped.We thank God for the example & inspiration you have been.With best wishes for a happy birthday & God’s continuing blessing.
April 27th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
This morning I used a quotation from Through the Bible - Through the Year in teaching my Sunday School class of “girls” in their seventies. I place great value on words from this fine man who has allowed God to use him to help so many of us.
Thank all of you for your great ministry that I receive here in East Texas, USA.
I am sending prayers for Dr. Stott to have many more years of writing and teaching. Hope I can get a copy of the book he is working on.
In His Name,
Helen Stanley Ferrell
April 27th, 2008 at 5:20 pm
God bless you with a BIG dose of wisdom and contentment knowing you served Him well! We have sweet memories of your visit with us in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Karl and Marge Lachler
April 27th, 2008 at 5:36 pm
Dear John, You have been in my thoughts 7 prayers on this important day, and I thank God for your friendship with Stacey & myself. This comes late in the day, because there were computer problems and I could not send any E-mails!
It was good of Barbara Boyd to mail me this connection.
So glad your friend David Jones is now helping Schloss Mittersill!
Proverbs 4:18 is my Birthday greeting for you. The Christian life is not downward but upward and ever growing brighter. Lovingly, Yvonne
April 27th, 2008 at 5:37 pm
Dear Dr. Stott
A God-blessed year and years to you!
1974 we were faculty-in-training from Singapore Bible College at UBS, Yeotmal, India. We spent the summer at Landau in the north. You dlievered expositional messages that summer in Landau. Thank you for your continuing ministry through your writings all these years. We continue to serve here in Singapore. May our Master continue to use all your legacies till He comes!
shalom!
suat peck
April 27th, 2008 at 7:01 pm
Happy and blessed Birthday Uncle John!
Receive my best wishes. I pray that you may continue being a great blessing and example for many through your life and your books.
Sincerely from Mexico,
Dinorah
April 27th, 2008 at 7:22 pm
Happy Birthday, John
I thank the Lord for you and I know you will enjoy hearing from this Christian brother who has been impacted by hearing you and Chris Wright speak at my church in Grand Rapids, Michigan which is Thornapple Evangelical Covenant Church. A week ago last Saturday, I was wonderfully impacted by 3 passionate Christians that came to Thornapple to share what is happening dramatically in the ministries in their part of the world that the Lord has called them to be in leadership. John Stott Ministries supported this Global Church Tour. Thanks to you and all who are affiliated with John Stott Ministries for all you are doing for the furtherance of the Lord’s kingdom. Dr. Chung, Dr. Sanguma, and Dr. Parushchev each had powerful testimonies that were inspiring and challenging at the same time. So be encouraged on your 87th birthday as to the fantastic ways God is blessing all over the world.
Onward and upward,
Art Daglow
Grand Rapids, Michigan
April 27th, 2008 at 7:42 pm
Dear Pastor John,
I join with others in wishing you “A BLESSED & HAPPY BIRTHDAY !”May God bless you mightily in being a blessing to so many like me through your bible studies.Thank you so much for making the Bible so clear & bringing out the Truth of God’s Word.As I’m in India,I’d like to donate to your local ministery here.Please let me know if there’s any co-ordinator in India with whom I could get in touch.
Thanking you once again for your bible teaching,God bless you,
Saroj.
Hyderabad,India.
April 27th, 2008 at 8:28 pm
Dear John Stott
HAPPY BIRTHDAY John. Let the joy, love, and blessing be upon you in all your ways and deeds.
Thank you so much for your ministry through this website had blessed me much more.
Sincerely,
Linus Baito in Lombok, Indonesia
April 27th, 2008 at 8:58 pm
Happy Birthday, Mr. Stott
Thank you for your example and your amazing books about our Lord !
God Bless you !
In Christ,
Carla Silva & Family in Orlando, Fl (originaly from Brazil)
April 27th, 2008 at 11:55 pm
Dear Uncle John,
Happy Birthday! Thank you very much for your ministry which provided me with my Ph.D. education at TEDS. Now I am serving as president of the Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Dasmarinas, Cavite, Philippines. May God richly bless you with more strength and good health. To God be the glory!
Rev. Dr. Azriel R. Azarcon
April 28th, 2008 at 12:53 am
Happy Birtrthday, Dr. Stott. I cannot tell you how much you have impacted me, my way of thinking, and my minstry. I will always regard you as a great model of a theologian-missionary who never divorced the “the Biblical” world from the “contemporary” world. My the Lord keeps you and bless you.
Wageeh Mikhail
Assistant Prof.
Cairo Seminary
Cairo, Egypt
April 28th, 2008 at 1:11 am
Dear John Stott,
I am so happy, that after many years of reading your books and hearing you in Germany in a Missionsconference, my wife and I where priveliged to hearing you last year in Keswick. At present time I am studying your book the Living Church with great interest to pass it on. Von ganzem Herzen - Gottes Segen auf allen Seinen Wegen! Yours Gunter Kiene - Stuttgart
April 28th, 2008 at 6:19 am
Happy birthday, “uncle” John! For more than 25 years I’ve been reading your excellent books and quoted you so many times in my preachings e texts. Your joy is our - and, allow me to say - mine joy, in this so special day of your birthday! I do hope our Lord give you many years ahead, with wisdom, energy and health.
“God charts the road you take” (Psalm 1:6a, The Message).
Yours, very sincerely,
Carlos Caldas
Brazil
April 28th, 2008 at 6:52 am
HAPPY 87TH BIRTHDAY UNCLE JOHN AND MANY MORE AS WELL. RUTH SENT A CARD.
STAY SAFE AND WELL.
WE LOVE YOU.
DICK AND RUTH ALFELD
ST. LOUIS
USA
April 28th, 2008 at 7:18 am
Dear Brother in Christ, John,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I thank God for your life and ministry. As I was pursuing God’s call on my life, your teaching was tremendously innfluential. I remember your biblical teaching at URBANA ‘76 on the Missionary God from the OT, Gospels, Acts and Epistles. I believe it was in the compendium from Urbana ‘73 that I read your exposition of 2 Timothy which has impacted my life ever since–perhaps a strong reason why our son is named Timothy. I remember you speaking when I was a student at Seattle Pacific in the early 1970s. Your biblical exposition haas been a model for me as a missionary in Zaire/Congo,AFrica and Mexico and now again as a stateside pastor. May God continue to bless you day by day.
Dennis K. Carlson, Farmington Hills, MI
April 28th, 2008 at 7:27 am
Happy 87th Birthday John! We have heard you speak at First Baptist Church of Naples, Fl. and at Elmbrook Church Brookfield, WI. Both times we have been blessed by your message. Thank you for your many loyal years in ministry and your many inspiring books. We wish you many more years in God’s work.
Blessings, Orv and Audrey Ehrhardt
April 28th, 2008 at 8:02 am
Happy Birthday Uncle John!
The Lord has used you mightily as a blessing to our family. May the hope in Christ continue to grow for you throughout this new year of life.
With love from Philadelphia - Brad, Bekah, Ben, Nate, Jonathan & Isla
April 28th, 2008 at 10:06 am
Happy Birthday John. The world needs many faithfull servants of our Lord Jesus Christ like you have been all this years. Thank God for your life and ministry that has touched so many lifes around the world like mine. I do not have the blessing of knowing you personally but I have read some of your books and listened to some of your teaching through the web. God bless you always.
April 28th, 2008 at 10:20 am
Queridísimo tío Juan,
Happy 87th birthday!!We rejoice in the Lord that you are still very much active in the extension of the kingdom of God. Mayra and I give thanks to our heavenly Father for your fruitful life, and for the inspiration which you continue to exert upon our lives. We remember you with love and gratitude.
May God continue to uphold you and bless you with strength both in body and mind.
With love from Spain
Joel, Mayra & wee Joel Fernando
April 28th, 2008 at 11:09 am
Happy Birthday!
Thanks for your books and you teaching when we study in The Institute for Contemporary Christianity.
God bless you always.
With love form Algarve.
Filipe & Carla
April 28th, 2008 at 4:37 pm
Dear Brother John, Many birthday blessings to you! I know that innumerable souls have been blessed by your ministry, especially as I have been through your books for many years. Thank you and may God continue to richly bless you. In Christ, Brother Chuck
April 28th, 2008 at 6:46 pm
Dear Uncle John,
We met at a Missions conference of UESI held at Mavelikkara,Kerala,India many years ago. The Indian edition of your book ‘Issues Facing Christians Today’ was released at that conference. That book challenged some of the young graduates who attneded that conference to launch EVANGELICAL SOCIAL ACTION FORUM,an organisation actively involved in microfinance,rural healthcare,disaster management and advocasy in 6 states of India.(www.esafindia.org).Thank you for your investment in our lives.My belated birthday wishes to you. May the Lord grant you many more years of useful ministry.
Jacob Samuel,Director,ESAF-HEALTHCARE,India.
April 28th, 2008 at 7:13 pm
Dear Dr. John Stott,
Happy Birthday! Thank you for your precious life with your insight and inspiration of the Bible for me and the people in the world.
God bless you abundantly.
With love from Atlanta
Joe
April 29th, 2008 at 10:32 am
Dear Dr. Stott,
Happy birthday! I thank God for you and your ministry.
–Michael
April 29th, 2008 at 11:18 am
Congratulations at your birthday Uncle John! or may be I should call you Daddy. Your Christian life exemplifies our Lord Jesus whose food was to preach the Gospel. I benefit from your labors, and I pledge my faith and honor that I will in turn exemplify your model in my country Nigeria in reaching out with the Gospel to the unreached and also strengthening the believers. May the Lord bring more joy to your life.
April 29th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
We have never met but I have listened to many of your sermons and read many of your books. For the 31 years I have lived I have never heard anybody else teach the word of God with as much clarity as you have done. Though I was already a disciple of Christ when I first heard and read you much of my discipleship has been influenced by your sermons and writings. I have always thanked God for you, and do so even now, as I wish a happy birthday! The Church of Christ in Kenya (to which I belong) and elsewhere badly needs more and more Balanced Biblical Christian (BBC as you always put it) leaders of your type.
April 29th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHN!
What wonderful memories we have of the 1992&1995 Sea Cloud travels and birding in Costa Rica and the Florida Keys, we are still enjoying birds wherever we travel. Your life has blessed us so fully and we rejoice with you on 87 years of life! Please give our regards to Francis Whitehead, we hope she is still well.
May God’s blessings be upon you this coming year.You remain in our prayers.
David and Betsy Baker, Charlotte,NC
April 29th, 2008 at 6:30 pm
I am a person who is geting effective help to understand theology from you (i.e. your books).May our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ protect you and give good health to help many other like me.
April 30th, 2008 at 4:26 am
Dear Uncle John,
Happy Birthday! You are still very much in my mind and prayers from the 13 years we worked together with ELT (Langham Literature). Anne and I are naturally sorry to hear of your failing health but rejoice in what God has enabled you to do.
April 30th, 2008 at 7:14 am
Happy Birthday, John. God has blessed you with many years and you have been faithful to use those years with grace and obedience. God bless you, Gib Martin, Burien, WA 98166
April 30th, 2008 at 11:50 am
Dr. Stott
Thanks for leaving such a wonderful legacy of books, lectures, and above all, friendships. I regret that you and I never did get to know each other very well..I always hoped that some day you would preach here at Moody Church, but I neglected to connect with you when you visited America. I believe that growing old gracefully and being content with the Lord is a wonderful testimony that it is the Divine Presence that we most cherish and not the things God lets us do.
Blessings to you for many years to come.
Erwin Lutzer
April 30th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
Dear John:
From Princeton, NJ, I catapult my very best wishes to you, so far away. I sent an E-mail to the Princeton Theological Students Fellowship to tell of your notable Birthday. With great pleasure I recall your visit to them about 10 years or so ago, and my gift then to them all of THE BIRDS OUR TEACHERS, which you autographed. I recall celebrating your 80th Birthday, with you and a busload of your friends from North America, to visit the chapel at the Rugby School where you sought the Lord, and the Worship at All Ssouls, where so many special greetings, including from the Queen were read out to us all. To God be the Glory, John. AEREON’s current Defense contract is to learn to land as birds do, so as to reduce runway needs. Indeed: the birds are our teachers! Allen Weir just underwent cancer surgery, and is recovering in Brighton. - Your friend in Christ, Bill Miller, Jr.
April 30th, 2008 at 6:24 pm
Dear John,
Belated Happy Birthday greetings. Sue and I send our love to you as we remember so fondly our times together. You may be interested to know that the family is doing well, and all four of the kids are walking faithfully with the Lord. How thankful we are. We think of you often and pray for you. May God bless you richly.
Fondly,
Vic Gordon
May 1st, 2008 at 1:59 am
Respected Sir Rev John,
Belated Blessed Happy Birthday Greetings you.
My prayers produce more fruit like you from the univers on the earth for His Kingdom & Glorify Him through you.
Pastor Prasad
India for Christ, Vizag,India.
May 2nd, 2008 at 9:23 am
I was thanking God this morning for you and the work He has done through you. It has helped me much over the years. Belated Happy Birthday.
May 2nd, 2008 at 3:31 pm
Happy Birthday John: In 1996, at St Andrews Presbyterian Church in Newport Beach, CA., you gave a wonderful talk on the greatest challenges we (the church) face today. I’ve almost memorized all of it…you’ll remember this……”there once a nymph named narcissus, who thought of himself quite delicious…..”
Thank you John and God bless you richly. (Kenton Beshore is my pastor)
- Bob Brogger
May 3rd, 2008 at 4:08 pm
Dear Uncle John
I look back at my formative years at All Souls with profound gratitude to the Lord.
I remember on one particular Sunday a group of us at ASIF under Eva Glass was leading
intercessory prayer in the main worship. You were preaching on Isaiah 53. I understood
what preaching was about for the 1st time. I was drawn in humble worship into the Throne
room of God, seeing more clearing and admiring more dearly His wondrous love for me.
“Thank you for giving yourself to the Lord. I am a life that was changed. Thank you for
giving to the Lord. I am so glad you gave”
May 4th, 2008 at 11:04 am
John, around the year 1956 you held a mission at the Univ. of Toronto. I was a brand new Christian at that time enrolled in Pre-medicine. I still remember your object lesson. You held up your keys and said that seekers after faith have to make a decision regarding the keys to their lives: Will they insist upon keeping them in their grasp, or will they hand them over to God. Since then I have heard you speak several times and have read a number of your books. As a volunteer physician in several developing countries, I have found your book “Christian Mission in the Modern World” especially helpful. As an Anglican, I have applauded your thoughtful insights on the current crisis within our Church. As a bird photographer, I have enjoyed pouring through your book, “The Birds, Our Teachers”. It is evident that you have been a significant mentor to me in many ways, and I am grateful to God for your continuing ministry. A belated “Happy Birthday!” — John Warnica, Barrie, Ontario, Canada
May 4th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
Dear Uncle John,
Happy Belated Birthday to you!!! Even though a few days late, I always celebrate the life God has given you, and all that you have given to so many others for the Lord’s sake. I was a student of your at LICC 21 years ago. My experience and study there changed my life in understanding God’s mission and serving the Lord. Thank You, my dear mentor. Many more happy birthdays. I think of you and pray for you often. So good to see you again last April in London at the All Soul’s concert at Royal Albert Hall!
Love in Christ,
Sheila
May 5th, 2008 at 7:03 pm
A blessed belated birthday greeting to you. Dear Mr. Stott my son who is four and a half likes to pretend.Each morning when he comes down the stairs he is someone else, anyone from a super hero to a train conductor. One morning as he stood at the top of the stairs i asked him; ‘ who are you today Benjamin?’ . He replied; ” I’m John Stott” . To God be the Glory My brother who have touched more lives than you can imagine.
May 6th, 2008 at 6:45 am
May the Lord bless you in this coming year and for many years to come, as He has so richly in the past! Your work has touched the lives of so many. In Him, John
May 9th, 2008 at 10:22 am
Dearest Uncle John,
Warmest congratulations!
We still have the fond memories of your visit to us in Lebanon and Syria. We are so grateful for your legacy and investment in our lives and ministry.
In the Orthodox tradition the priests pray for the patriarch saying: “For many good years to come, our lord.” We also pray: “For many great and fruitful years to come our friend, brother, mentor, and leader.”
Riad Kassis and family
May 9th, 2008 at 4:29 pm
Thank you for inspiring generations of Timothys to embark on the road in serving God, and for staying with them all the way. Your exposition on 2 Timothy “Guard the Gospel” still stayed with me and has been a guiding light for nearly forty years. For your mentoring, prayers, and friendship, thank you. Happy birthday.
May 9th, 2008 at 6:40 pm
With so many messages to read, I’ll be short: HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
May 9th, 2008 at 11:12 pm
Dear Uncle John,
Please accept our belated birthday wishes.We always think of you and thank God for you. May God grant you the needed strength to continue to be a source of inspiration to many as you are to us. Our children Aswhin and Rohan do tell us often that they would like to come and spend some time with you. Hope this will become possible. Please know that our prayers are with you.
With lots of love,
Mani & Kochu
May 10th, 2008 at 1:23 am
Dear Uncle John,
Thank you for your kind support. Your Christian love, standing out for Christian belief and lucid style of lecturing is an example for many of us to follow. In addition, I am very glad to discover God’s wonderful world through bird-watching which we both like. God bless you!
with special greetings,
Abraham
May 10th, 2008 at 1:35 am
Dear Uncle John,
It is a delight to send this short message on the occasion of your 87th birthday. We wish you a happy and memorable anniversay and many more additions of the sacrificial and fruitful ministry to Christ that you have portrayed throughout your life.
With love and wonderful memories,
Tewolde, Letti & Hiyabel (who is in the US at this time)
May 10th, 2008 at 9:41 am
Dear Uncle John,
Ayiku and I want to wish you a very happy birthday and pray that the Lord will give you a full and fulfilling year. We thank the Lord for your example in Christian scholarship, statemanship, himilitity and global vision. We love you and pray the Lord’s richest blessings in the year ahead. I am sure you know that Sierra Leone’s independence day is 27th April!
Blessings,
Ayiku and Douglas
May 10th, 2008 at 10:31 pm
Dear Uncle John,
I often remember you and pray for you and give thanks to the Lord for your life and contribution. You works will continue to have an impact on my life. I continue to return to one or other of your books. Trust you had good birthday celebration. My wife and I would like to wish you many returns of the day along with good health!
augustine and sumathi
May 12th, 2008 at 12:45 am
Dear Uncle John
I have not meet you yet, but I work in Carlisle office. (Customer services)
I just wan to say Happy Birthday and God bless you every second of your life.
With love in Christ
Roxanna
May 12th, 2008 at 6:17 am
Dearest Uncle John,
Happy Birthday! I constantly remember you in my prayers and mind and have always thanked God for giving me the opportunity to know a person like you.
We have been always learning from your writings. May God bless you and your life.
Andrea
May 13th, 2008 at 5:19 am
Dear Uncle John:
I still recall vividly my very first time of meeting with you at Wheaton College in 1990/91 for what was then an “interview” (I suppose)–for the Langham Foundation (now JSM). Although familiar with your name/ works, I still did not know what to expect–and I never knew why it was set up that way, since I was at TEDS for my PhD prog. The interaction, I must say, proceeded and ended very well, and thanks for the freedom (”all speech”) I was given on that occasion! Through those years of preparation, as we call them, you showed interest in my work & its progress (a point I noted in my revised PhD thesis). You knew well the direction of my work and gave encouragement. The issues are still on & Christian self-definition is much more urgent for Christians in Africa now… Your commendation of the work was treasured! Our passion for a more biblically-oriented theol. education for Africa is part of what has kept us at JETS (Jos, Nigeria) over 12 yrs. and is now taking new roots in Hokma House–Ctr for Bib Research… It’s your passion that has contributed to this, & I’m glad I caught it. This is what makes a birthday celebration at 87 truly significant. It’s a living legacy, and you’ve, as I’ve “interpreted” you, sought to emulate the Apostle Paul in your yrs. of ministry, but all to the glory of Christ. Thanks for pointing the way for the rest of us! Evangelical Christianity is here to stay–thanks for guiding us toward that end!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! FROM “OLU” & KASHO
May 13th, 2008 at 9:35 am
Dear Uncle John
This is Gladys Mwiti of Kenya. Together with my husband, Gershon Mwiti, we think of you often and thank God for your investment into our lives.
Do you remember you are the one who led me to apply for a scholarship from FACT and CISF when I was wondering how I could ever apply and study for a Doctorate at Fuller Seminary’s School of Psychology?
Your letter written to me in 1998 remains in my file to this day.
May God continue to shower you with his love and care.
May you current book be filled with utmost wisdom for God’s Church in our day.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Gladys and Gershon Mwiti
May 14th, 2008 at 10:46 am
Dear Uncle John,
Happy birthday and may you live to serve for many more years.
Our family has been back in Jamaica for almost twelve (12) years serving at the Caribbean Graduate School of Theology. You and the Langham Trust made it possible. Thanks to all of you and we are shall always be indebted to the vision of the Trust and will serve faithfully for the advancement of the kingdom of God.
In the service of Christ,
Anthony Oliver, Ph.D.
Acting President
Caribbean Graduate School of Theology
May 14th, 2008 at 12:00 pm
Dear Uncle John,
Thanks be to God for ushering you into another year. You have been a blessing and your legacy continuous in our ministry. May the good Lord bless you with many more years in good health, continuous love for him and contentment for what he has accomplished through you. The Darko family loves you and will keep you in our prayers. God bless you, uncle.
Daniel Darko