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There is nothing more irreligious than self-absorbed religion.
J. I. Packer
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J. I. Packer
Age: 93 †
Born: 1926
Born: July 22
Died: 2020
Died: July 17
Anglican Priest
Christian Theologian
Theologian
University Teacher
Writer
Twyning
Gloucestershire
James I. Packer
James Innell Packer
Irreligious
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...love and pity for hell's occupants will not enter our hearts.
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