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Book Review
Evangelical Truth - A personal plea
for unity, integrity and faithfulness
John Stott 2004 159p
Reviewed by Ray Hoekzema
In pleading for unity, Stott says he continues
to be profoundly grieved by our evangelical tendency to fragment; and
desires to leave behind this little statement of evangelical faith as a
kind of spiritual legacy. He is encouraged by the wide exposure of the
gospel and the increase of evangelical believers in the world. As he
explains what evangelical faith is, he gives these three disclaimers –
evangelical faith is not a new invention, not a deviation from Christian
orthodoxy, and not a synonym for fundamentalism. Some theologians
identify up to six fundamentals but Stott wants to confine it to three,
namely, the revealing initiative of God the Father, the redeeming work
of God the Son, and the transforming work of God the Holy Spirit. He
then devotes a chapter to each of these fundamentals that is full of
insight and rich truth. In his conclusion he draws our attention to
Paul’s stirring fivefold summons to the Philippians, i.e. the call to
evangelical integrity, stability, truth, unity, and endurance. In a
postscript Stott stresses that the supreme quality, which the
evangelical faith engenders is humility. The more glorified the Trinity
is the more completely human pride is excluded. Glory be to the Father,
and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now,
and ever more shall be, world without end. Amen. It’s a good way to end
this review and recommend this booklet as a little gem.
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