Peter Adam at the John Stott Memorial Service in Melbourne

Posted on August 30, 2011 
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On Sunday (28th August 2011) Dr Peter Adam preached at the Memorial Service for John Stott in St Paul’s Cathedral Melbourne.

He preached from the passage John Stott chose as the reading at his funeral – May I never boast of anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, Galatians 6:14.

“John was determined not to be a celebrity, that great folly of our society and of the church. He exercised his immense self-discipline in turning attention away from himself to Christ, and that self-restraint was enabled by these words. For to boast in the cross of Christ, to be crucified to the world, is the perfect antidote to the poisonous cult of celebrity, which does so much harm to the celebrity, and even more harm to those who engage in that idolatry. Those who idolise celebrities despair when they die: those who glory in the cross have hope for eternity. Boast in nothing but the cross.”

Our friends at EFAC have posted the full text of Dr Adam’s sermon on their website. (also PDF.) Recommended to read, prayerfully ponder, and pass on to your Christian friends.