“so we are cruel to ourselves if we try to live in this world without knowing about the God whose world it… — J.I. Packer Copy Share Image
“Yet in one sense they can miss it: that is, by failing to focus on it, even when in general terms they… — J.I. Packer Copy Share Image
“God as a helpless baby, he could only lie, stare, wriggle, make noises. The more you think about it, the more staggering… — J.I. Packer God Copy Share Image
“The purpose of the church is to make the invisible kingdom visible through faithful Christian living and witness-bearing – J.I. Packer” — J.I. Packer Christian living Copy Share Image
“God’s purpose at the cross was as real as was the guilt of the crucifiers.” — J.I. Packer Cross Copy Share Image
“Wisdom without power would be pathetic, a broken reed; power without wisdom would be merely frightening; but in God boundless wisdom and… — J.I. Packer Trust Copy Share Image
“the Son of God told his disciples to baptize “in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the… — J.I. Packer Disciples Copy Share Image
“Historical exegesis is only the preliminary part of interpretation; application is its essence. Exegesis without application should not be called interpretation at… — J.I. Packer Exegesis Copy Share Image
“[Racers] always try to keep something in reserve for a final sprint…so far as our bodily health allows, we should aim to… — J.I. Packer Aging Copy Share Image
“Trafton, by the way, has taken a lesson from Lewis and written a delightful children’s tale, The Rise and Fall of Mount… — J.I. Packer Children Copy Share Image
“There is something exceedingly improving to the mind in a contemplation of the Divinity. It is a subject so vast, that all… — J.I. Packer Contemplation Copy Share Image
“the nasty thing which no polite person nowadays will talk about in public. But death, even when unmentionable, remains inescapable. The one… — J.I. Packer Death Copy Share Image
“I will be your God," is an unconditional undertaking on God's part to be "for us" (Rom. 8:31), "on our side" (Ps.… — J.I. Packer God Copy Share Image
“The shape this book has taken reflects my belief that there is need to blow the whistle on the sidelining of personal… — J.I. Packer Bible Copy Share Image
“The preacher should work to convert his congregation; the wife should work to save her unbelieving husband. Christians are sent to convert,… — J.I. Packer Christian Copy Share Image
“The most excellent study for expanding the soul, is the science of Christ, and Him crucified, and the knowledge of the Godhead… — J.I. Packer Education Copy Share Image
“and ongoing embrace of his incarnate Son as perfectly righteous, to be honored accordingly, embraces us with him, for his sake, by… — J.I. Packer Peacebuilding Copy Share Image
“As it would be cruel to an Amazonian tribesman to fly him to London, put him down without explanation in Trafalgar Square… — J.I. Packer Copy Share Image
“Humility is the product of ongoing repentance as one decides against, turns from, and by watching and praying seeks to steer clear… — J.I. Packer Christianity Copy Share Image
“Meditation is the activity of calling to mind, and thinking over, and dwelling on, and applying to oneself, the various things that… — J.I. Packer Communion with god Copy Share Image
“In the New Testament, grace means God's love in action toward people who merited the opposite of love. Grace means God moving… — J.I. Packer Bible Copy Share Image
“We feel that, for the honour of God (and also, though we do not say this, for the sake of our own… — J.I. Packer Comforting Copy Share Image
“To summarize, then, it appears that Christian holiness is a number of things together. It has both outward and inward aspects. Holiness… — J.I. Packer Christianity Copy Share Image
“Many have found it hard to see what claim the law can have on the Christian. We are free from the law,… — J.I. Packer Adoption Copy Share Image
“Nor is it the spirit of those Christians - alas, they are many - whose ambition in life seems limited to building… — J.I. Packer Care and concern Copy Share Image
“You sum up the whole of New Testament religion if you describe it as the knowledge of God as one’s holy Father.… — J.I. Packer Children Copy Share Image
“Knowing about God is crucially important for the living of our lives. As it would be cruel to an Amazonian tribesmen to… — J.I. Packer Anxiety Copy Share Image
“Those who know that glossolalia is not God’s path for them and those for whom it is a proven enrichment should neither… — J.I. Packer Copy Share Image
“What we have to grasp, then, is that the bad conscience of the natural man is not at all the same thing… — J.I. Packer Fairy godmother Copy Share Image
“as signs of inadequacy and weakness, they look on wealth as a source of stability and strength. Our proud hearts shrink from… — J.I. Packer Goals Copy Share Image
“Disregard the study of God, and you sentence yourself to stumble and blunder through life blindfolded, as it were, with no sense… — J.I. Packer Education Copy Share Image
“It is the sovereign prerogative of Christ’s Spirit to convince men’s consciences of the truth of Christ’s gospel; and Christ’s human witnesses… — J.I. Packer Hope Copy Share Image
“the entire ordo salutis [order of salvation], beginning with regeneration as its first stage, is bound to the mystical union with Christ.… — J.I. Packer Salvation Copy Share Image
“Do we desire such knowledge of God? Then two things follow. First, we must recognize how much we lack knowledge of God.… — J.I. Packer Knowledge Copy Share Image
“Taste and see that the LORD is good,” says the psalmist (Ps 34:8). To “taste” is, as we say, to “try” a… — J.I. Packer Copy Share Image
“Thus the effect of his gift of wisdom is to make us more humble, more joyful, more godly, more quick-sighted as to… — J.I. Packer Religion Copy Share Image
![“[Racers] always try to keep something in reserve for a final sprint…so far as our bodily health allows, we should aim to be found running the last lap of our Christian life, as we would say, flat out. The final sprint, so I urge, should be a sprint indeed (pp. 21-22).” quote by J.I. Packer](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/00b/j-i-packer-2-17620_aging_racers-always-try-to-keep-something-in-r_3100037.jpg)
![“the entire ordo salutis [order of salvation], beginning with regeneration as its first stage, is bound to the mystical union with Christ. There is no gift that has not been earned by him.” quote by J.I. Packer](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/9fb/j-i-packer-2-17620_quote_the-entire-ordo-salutis-order-of-salvati_1651146.jpg)
