The
followers of Jesus are to be different, writes John Stott, different from
both the nominal church and the secular world, different from both the religious
and the irreligious. The Sermon on the Mount is the most complete delineation
anywhere in the New Testament of the Christian counter-culture. Here is a
value-system, ethical standard, religious devotion, attitude to money, ambition,
lifestyle and network of relationships - all of which are totally at variance
with those in the non-Christian world. And this Christian counter-culture is the
life of the kingdom of God, a fully human life indeed but lived out under the
divine rule.
In
this careful exposition of the Sermon on the Mount, John Stott accurately
expounds the biblical text and relates it to life today. Above all, the author
says, he wants to let Christ speak this sermon again, this time to the modern
world.
John R. W. Stott has a world-wide ministry as a
Bible expositor, conference speaker and writer. Among his many other books is
the best-selling Basic Christianity. In 1975 he become Rector Emeritus of All
Souls Church, in London. He is now President of Christian Impact.
