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God's wisdom is not, and never was, pledged to keep a fallen world happy, or to make ungodliness comfortable.

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
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The battle against pride in the heart is lifelong, so humility should become an ever more deeply seated attitude of living
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God uses chronic pain and weakness, along with other afflictions, as his chisel for sculpting our lives.
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