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To know that nothing happens in God's world apart from God's will may frighten the godless, but it stabilizes the saints.

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
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Twyning
Gloucestershire
James I. Packer
James Innell Packer
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