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A simple Bible reader and sermon hearer who is full of the Holy Spirit will develop a far deeper acquaintance with his God and Savior than a more learned scholar who is content with being theologically correct.

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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Any theology that does not lead to song is, at a fundamental level, a flawed theology.
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Simple assent to the gospel, divorced from a transforming commitment to the living Christ, is by Biblical standards less than faith, and less than saving, and to elicit only assent of this kind would be to secure only false conversions.
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A half-truth masquerading as the whole truth becomes a complete untruth.
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Once you become aware that the main business that you are here for is to know God, most of life's problems fall into place of their own accord.
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What is a Christian? The richest answer I know is that a Christian is one who has God as Father.
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The essence of God's action in wrath is to give people what they choose, in all its implications.
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Repentance is more than just sorrow for the past repentance is a change of mind and heart, a new life of denying self and serving the Savior as king in self's place.
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There is nothing more irreligious than self-absorbed religion.
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To know God's love is indeed heaven on earth.
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The unceasing activity of the Creator whereby, in overflowing bounty and goodwill, He upholds His creatures in ordered existence, guides and governs all events, circumstances, and free acts of angels and men, and directs everything to its appointed goal, for His own glory.
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The Life of true holiness is rooted in the soil of awed adoration
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...love and pity for hell's occupants will not enter our hearts.
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N.T. Wright foregrounds what the Bible backgrounds, and backgrounds what the Bible foregrounds
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Doctrinal preaching certainly bores the hypocrites but it is only doctrinal preaching that will save Christ's sheep.
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Have you been holding back from a risky, costly course to which you know in your heart God has called you? Hold back no longer. Your God is faithful to you, and adequate for you. You will never need more than He can supply, and what He supplies, both materially and spiritually, will always be enough for the present.
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Wherever Christianity has produced what historians call a 'popular piety' claiming to be part of the national heritage, anti-Christian reaction among the intelligentsia has followed.
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