Whatever the situation or mood, there is sure to be a psalm that reflects it-whether triumph or defeat, excitement or depression, joy or sorrow, praise or penitence, or wonder or anger. Above all, says John Stott, the Book of Psalms points to the greatness of God and leads readers to know him better.In Favorite Psalms, Stott helps readers better understand thirty-eight chapters of Psalms. He offers insightful exposition and practical application, looking at everything from setting and background to voice and theme. This book includes historical information and other Scripture references and is an ideal tool for both sermon preparation and devotional use.
John Robert Walmsley Stott is a British Christian leader and Anglican clergyman who is noted as a leader of the worldwide evangelical movement. He is famous as one of the principal authors of the Lausanne Covenant in 1974.
Stott was ordained in 1945 and went on to become a curate at All Souls Church, Langham Place (1945-1950) then rector (1950-75). This was the church in which he had grown up, and in which he has spent almost all of his life, aside from a few years spent in Cambridge.
Stott played a central role at two landmark events in the history of British evangelicalism. He was chairing the National Assembly of Evangelicals in 1966, a convention organised by the Evangelical Alliance, when Martyn Lloyd-Jones made an unexpected call for evangelicals to unite together as evangelicals and no longer within their 'mixed' denominations.
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