The idea that all are children of God is not found in the Bible anywhere. — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
There are few things stressed more strongly in the Bible than the reality of God's work as Judge. — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
Scripture is the most up-to-date and relevant reading that ever comes my way. — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
If I were the devil, one of my first aims would be to stop folk from digging into the Bible. — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
N.T. Wright foregrounds what the Bible backgrounds, and backgrounds what the Bible foregrounds — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
If I were the devil I should broadcast doubts about the truths and relevance and good sense and straightforwardness of the Bible… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
A simple Bible reader and sermon hearer who is full of the Holy Spirit will develop a far deeper acquaintance with his… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
God's Word is not presented in Scripture in the form of a theological system, but it admits of being stated in that… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
But to read all Scripture narratives as if they were eye-witness reports in a modern newspaper, and to ignore the poetic and… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
God has spoken to man, and the Bible is his Word, given to us to make us wise unto salvation... Godliness means… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
The infallibility and inerrancy of biblical teaching does not, however, guarantee the infallibility and inerrancy of any interpretation or interpreter of that… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
But that is not because these principles are traditional; it is because they are biblical. There is certainly an arrogant, hide-bound type… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
We approach Scripture with minds already formed by the mass of accepted opinions and viewpoints with which we have come into contact,… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
Holy is the Bible word for all that makes God different from us, in particular his awesome power and purity. — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
The character of God is today, and always will be, exactly what it was in Bible times. — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
If one preaches the Bible biblically, one cannot help preaching the gospel all the time... — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
One of the many divine qualities of the Bible is that it does not yield its secrets to the irreverent and the… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
The simple statement, 'God is for us', is in truth one of the richest and weightiest utterances that the Bible contains. — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
The Spirit is not given to make Bible study needless, but to make it effective. — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
God the Father is the giver of Holy Scripture; God the Son is the theme of Holy Scripture; and God the Spirit… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
Moreover, the whole purpose of God's mighty acts is to bring man to know Him by faith; and Scripture knows no foundation… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
God then does not profess to answer in Scripture all the questions that we, in our boundless curiosity, would like to ask… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
It is Deism which depicts God as the passive onlooker rather than the active governor of His world, and which assures us… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
We need to discover all over again that worship is natural to the Christian, as it was to the godly Israelites who wrote the… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
What matters supremely, therefore, is not, in the last analysis, the fact that I know God, but the larger fact which underlies it -… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
For what higher, more exalted, and more compelling goal can there be than to know God? — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
Fanciful spiritualizing, so far from yielding God's meaning, actually obscured it. The literal sense is itself the spiritual sense, coming from God and leading… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
Grace means God sending his only Son to the cross to descend into hell so that we guilty ones might be reconciled to God… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
Revival is the visitation of God which brings to life Christians who have been sleeping and restores a deep sense of God's near presence… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
Calvinism is the consistent endeavor to acknowledge the Creator as the Lord, working all things after the counsel of His will. — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
There are few things stressed more strongly in the Bible than the reality of God's work as Judge. — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
Maturity is a compound of wisdom, goodwill, resilience, and creativity. — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
The peace of God is first and foremost peace with God; it is the state of affairs in which God, instead of being against… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
Today, on our own turf, we face pagan ignorance about God every bit as deep as that which the early church faced in the… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
