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Any theology that does not lead to song is, at a fundamental level, a flawed theology.

J. I. Packer

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J. I. Packer
Age: 93 †
Born: 1926
Born: July 22
Died: 2020
Died: July 17
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Gloucestershire
James I. Packer
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