The Birds Our Teachers: Biblical Lessons from a Lifelong Bird Watcher

About this book

John Stott traces his lifelong love of bird-watching back to boyhood country walks with his father who told him to shut his mouth and open his eyes and ears. Because of those lessons in observation Stott now carries his binoculars and camera with him everywhere he travels. Of the 9 000 different bird species in the world Stott estimates he has seen about 2 500! In this unique and intriguing book he takes seriously Jesus exhortation in the Sermon on the Mount "Behold the fowls of the air" (Matt. 6:26 KJV). He reveals lessons on faith from the feeding of ravens on repentance from the migration of storks on freedom from the flight of the eagle on joy from the song of the lark and more. The Birds Our Teachers is lavishly illustrated with full-color photographs taken by the author in his travels around the world. Stott humorously calls his work "an introduction to the science of orni-theology " for he combines information about birds with biblical truths and personal anecdotes in a way that will fascinate bird-lovers and Bible readers everywhere.