Authentic Christianity

- John Stott preaching in Rick Warren´s church, quoted from fsaof.blogspot.com -
"Stott’s topic was, “Our God is a Generous God”.  According to Stott, the church’s purpose makes the concept of Christian mission unpopular with the pluralistic world.  Pluralism talks of the validity of every religion, but Christians must disagree, because they believe in the uniqueness (deity) and finality (supremacy) of Christ….

What Stott said next is worth an exact quote: “The authentic Christianity of the Bible is not a safe, smug, selfish, comfortable, escapist little religion.  On the contrary.  It’s an explosive centrifugal force that pulls us out of our self absorption and flings us into God’s world in order to witness and to serve.”
He concluded his sermon by quoting William Booth. “When Booth addressed a London crowd in 1885, he asked the question, ‘How wide is the girth of the world?’  Booth’s audience answered, “Twenty-five thousand miles.”  Booth responded, “We must grow until our arms get right round about it.”  Stott ended with the words, “May God make us global Christians, because we have a global God.” One church’s leader echoing the words of another."