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Our best works are shot through with sin and contain something for which we need to be forgiven.
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
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Twyning
Gloucestershire
James I. Packer
James Innell Packer
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Any theology that does not lead to song is, at a fundamental level, a flawed theology.
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The peace of God is first and foremost peace with God it is the state of affairs in which God, instead of being against us, is for us. No account of God's peace which does not start here can do other than mislead.
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For what higher, more exalted, and more compelling goal can there be than to know God?
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The peace of God is first and foremost peace with God.
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There's a difference between knowing God and knowing about God. When you truly know God, you have energy to serve Him, boldness to share Him, and contentment in Him.
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Think against your feelings argue yourself out of the gloom they have spread look up from your problems to the God of the gospel.
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God the Father is the giver of Holy Scripture God the Son is the theme of Holy Scripture and God the Spirit is the author, authenticator, and interpreter of Holy Scripture.
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The grace of God is love freely shown toward guilty sinners, contrary to their merit and indeed in defiance of their demerit.
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Disregard the study of God, and you sentence yourself to stumble and blunder through life blindfolded.
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The truth is that, though we were justified by faith alone, the faith that justifies is never alone (it always produces fruit, 'good works,'...a transformed life).
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One of the many divine qualities of the Bible is that it does not yield its secrets to the irreverent and the censorious.
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God's overriding goal is to glorify Himself.
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Thank you, Mr.Lewis, for being you. I wouldn't have missed you for the world.
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The Evangelical is not afraid of facts, for he knows that all facts are God's facts nor is he afraid of thinking, for he knows that all truth is God's truth, and right reason cannot endanger sound faith.
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The gift of sonship to God becomes ours not through being born, but through being born again.
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Repentance, as we know, is basically not moaning and remorse, but turning and change.
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Jesus' pattern prayer, which is both crutch, road, and walking lesson for the spiritually lame like ourselves, tells us to start with God: for God matters infinitely more than we do.
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If we pursue theological knowledge for its own sake, it's bound to go bad on us. It will make us proud and conceited.
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The gospel tells that our Judge has become our Savior.
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