Basic Christian: The Inside Story of John Stott

Though it will not be here until March of 2010, IVP has given us Basic Chrisitan: The  Inside Story of John Stott to look forward to.  Below is the table of contents and the publishers description:

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You’ll see the early influences on his life unfold into Stott’s profound impact on the Church of England and the church worldwide. His associations with the British Inter-Varsity, Billy Graham, the Keswick Convention and the Urbana Conventions are woven together with the story of the landmark books he wrote–Basic Christianity, The Cross of Christ and more.

Included is the dramatic confrontation with Martyn Lloyd-Jones over the place of evangelicals in the Church of England. You’ll witness the critical role Stott’s leadership played in the framing of the Lausanne Covenant and how his plea for a new understanding of the balance between evangelism and social action shaped the decades to come.

This completely new biography tells the full tale of why he was, as TIME magazine noted in 2005, one of the hundred most influential people in the world.

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