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We meet God through entering into a relationship both of dependance on Jesus as our Saviour and Friend and of discipleship to Him as our Lord and Master.

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 measure of all love is its giving. The measure of the love of God is the cross of Christ.
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We complain today that ministers do not know how to preach but is it not equally true that our congregations do not know how to hear?
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Nothing in fiction is so fantastic as is this truth of the Incarnation.
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What God does in time, He planned from eternity. And all that He planned in eternity He carries out in time.
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Disregard the study of God, and you sentence yourself to stumble and blunder through life blindfolded.
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Our are speculations are not the measure of our God.
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