# “The church without the Spirit” by John Stott

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- Published: 2010-10-29T13:38:17-05:00
- Author: tollelege

“Without the Holy Spirit, Christian discipleship would be inconceivable, even impossible.
There can be no life without the life-giver, no understanding without the Spirit
of truth, no fellowship without the unity of the Spirit, no Christlikeness of character
apart from His fruit, and no effective witness without His power. As a body without
breath is a corpse, so the church without the Spirit is dead.”

–John Stott, _[The Message of Acts, Bible Speaks Today](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0830812369?tag=toletaupanre-20)_(
Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1990), 60.

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