More from Stott

I finished Christian Mission in the Modern World this week.

This is Stott's quote from the Lausanne Covenant, dealing with the issue of whether salvation looks like just "freedom" for people from oppression, or what (p. 100-101):

'We affirm that God is both the Creator and the Judge of all men. We therefore should share his concern for justice and reconciliation throughout human society and for the liberation of men from every kind of oppression. Because mankind is made in the image of God, every person, regardless of race, religion, colour, culture, class, sex or age, has an intrinsic dignity because of which he should be respected and served, not exploited...Although reconciliation with man is not reconciliation with God, nor is social action evangelism, nor is political liberation salvation, nevertheless we affirm that evangelism and socio-political involvement are both part of our Christian duty. For both are necessary expressions of our doctrines of God and man, our love for our neighbour and our obedience to Jesus Christ. The message of salvation implies also a message of judgement upon every form of alienation, oppression and discrimination, and we should not be afraid to denounce evil and injustic wherever they exist..."

Don't forget a person's need for "living water" while giving them clean drinking water...but don't think a person is all soul without body, either! I tend to fall more often into the first one.