What John Stott Learned about Theology from Bird-Watching

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John Stott is well known as an evangelist, preacher and writer, and a major influence of contemporary evangelicalism. But he was also a passionate bird-watcher. As a child, he collected butterflies. But, in the midst of a sibling squabble, a cushion landed on his collection. It was destroyed. So Stott turned to birds. The church council at All Souls wisely insisted that whenever he traveled overseas he take some time out to go bird-watching. He was known for his ability to wait patiently, sometimes lying flat to the ground, while looking at birds. Over the years Stott clocked up sightings of over 2,500 different species of birds (out of an estimated total of 9,000). But one bird had a special fascination for him: the snowy owl which, as the name suggests, is a large white owl. It's found in the arctic tundra of Alaska, northern Canada, and Eurasia—it's a bird you have to go out of your way to see! Stott undertook a number of bird-watching trips in the hope of spotting a snowy owl, but it remained persistently elusive. In July 1979, he flew by helicopter to a stretch of remote Arctic wilderness where a pair of snowy owls were known to being living, but returned disappointed. In the summer of 1991, during a camping trip on Victoria Island off the northern coast of mainland Canada, he caught a fleeting glimpse of what might have been a snowy owl about half a mile away. He was initially elated but left... Read More TOP SERMONS Don't Waste a Pandemic by Mike Stone Read More Assured Because of Your Love of the Father by JD Greear Read More Funeral Focused on Heaven by Bob Ingle Read More 3 Q's for Quarantine by Lenny Ports Read More A Family Miracle by Jerry Vines Read More SERMONS BY TOPIC

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