Martin Luther described the doctrine of justification by faith as the article of faith that decides whether the church is standing or… — 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
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 most universally awesome experience that mankind knows is to stand alone on a clear night and look at the stars. It… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
Were it not for the work of the Holy Spirit there would be no gospel, no faith, no church, no Christianity in… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
Has the word propitiation any place in your Christianity? In the faith of the New Testament it is central. The love of… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
The saving power of the cross does not depend on faith being addded to it; its saving power is such that faith… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
God in his wisdom, to make and keep us humble and to teach us to walk by faith, has hidden from us… — 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
The truth is that, though we were justified by faith alone, the faith that justifies is never alone (it always produces fruit,… — 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
“Optimism hopes for the best without any guarantee of its arriving and is often no more than whistling in the dark. Christian… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
The Christian's instincts of trust and worship are stimulated very powerfully by knowledge of the greatness of God. But this is knowledge… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
A wise man had said that your Christian life is like a three-legged stool. The legs are doctrine, experience and practice, which… — 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
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
