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
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
Scripture is the most up-to-date and relevant reading that ever comes my way. — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
Infallible denotes the quality of never deceiving or misleading and so means wholly trustworthy and reliable; inerrant means wholly true. Scripture is… — 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
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
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 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
When we reach the outer limit of what Scripture says, it is time to stop arguing and start worshipping. — 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
Scripture sees hell as self-chosen. . . Hell appears as God's gesture of respect for human choice. All receive what they actually… — 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