Basic Christianity Thoughts - Part 1
Currently, I am reading Basic Christianity by John R. W. Stott. I should have read this book years ago. This is just a great overview of basic, historic, orthodox Christianity. The content is very accessible to a layman but still covers some deep topics. I just finished reading about the atonement. Stott does a good job laying out the necessity of a penal substitutionary atonement.
In chapter 8, he discusses what salvation accomplishes for us. I found this quote great and packed with good theology. “It is thus through his atoning death that the penalty of our sins may be forgiven; it is through his indwelling Spirit that the power of our sins may be broken.”
I also liked what he had to say about church membership. “It is nonsense of course to claim membership in a great world-wide body, the church universal, without in practice sharing in one of its local manifestations.”
Good stuff.
Brad