Andrews University.Īfter doing post-graduate study in Bonn, he was ordained into the Church of Scotland in 1924. He attended Edinburgh University and graduated with his college and seminary degrees from St. His mother was the daughter of a minister and his father, William Stewart, worked for the YMCA in the afterglow of the Moody-Sankey revival that had swept across Scotland.Īmong the influences in his formative years, he listed the ministers in his boyhood congregation, the Christian example of his parents, and an English teacher who put great stress on essays and required them to memorize “great chunks” of the poetry of their land. Also, his sermons and lectures are in a sense autobiographical because they reveal him as an able scholar, a uniquely gifted preacher, and a deeply devoted Christian.īorn July 21, 1896, in Dundee, Scotland, Stewart grew up in a home that was strongly Christian. His sermons demonstrate that he had a high view of the Bible and a supreme view of Jesus Christ. Through his preaching and teaching, Stewart made Christian orthodoxy fascinating and applicable to daily life. The choice would have embarrassed Stewart and it surprised some of those polled, but not those of us who sat in his classes, visited in his home, devoured his books and fell under the spell of his preaching. James Stuart Stewart was selected as the greatest preacher of the twentieth century by Preaching Magazine in a poll of its readers and contributing editors shortly before the new millennium began.
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