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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.

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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Your faith will not fail while God sustains it you are not strong enough to fall away while God is resolved to hold you.
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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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Repentance, as we know, is basically not moaning and remorse, but turning and change.
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The gospel tells that our Judge has become our Savior.
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Suffering is getting what you do not want while wanting what you do not get.
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The Trinity is the basis of the gospel, and the gospel is a declaration of the Trinity in action.
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