Arminianism is 'natural' in one sense, in that it represents a characteristic perversion of Biblical teaching by the fallen mind of man. — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
It is not his business to argue men into faith, for that cannot be done; but it is his business to demonstrate… — 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
The biblical authors wrote of God's sovereignty over His world, and of man's experiences within that world, using such modes of speech… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
To mend our own relationship with God, regaining God's favor after having once lost it, is beyond the power of any one… — 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
Simple assent to the gospel, divorced from a transforming commitment to the living Christ, is by Biblical standards less than faith, and… — 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
