"For what higher, more exalted, and more compelling……" — J I Packer
"For what higher, more exalted, and more compelling goal can there be than to know God?"
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158 Quotes by J I Packer
J I Packer has 158 quotes on this site.
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We approach Scripture with minds already formed by the mass of accepted opinions and viewpoints with which we have come…
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One of the many divine qualities of the Bible is that it does not yield its secrets to the irreverent…
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The most excellent study of expanding the soul, is the science of Christ, and Him crucified, and the knowledge of…
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Jesus' pattern prayer, which is both crutch, road, and walking lesson for the spiritually lame like ourselves, tells us to…
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We must learn to measure ourselves, not by our knowledge about God, not by our gifts and responsibilities in the…
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Suffering is getting what you do not want while wanting what you do not get.
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[N]obody can produce new evidence of your depravity that will make God change his mind. For God justified you with…
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Do I as a Christian understand myself? Do I know my own real identity? My own real destiny? I am…
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A wise man had said that your Christian life is like a three-legged stool. The legs are doctrine, experience and…
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The simple statement, 'God is for us', is in truth one of the richest and weightiest utterances that the Bible…
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Meditation is the activity of calling to mind, and thinking over, and dwelling on, and applying to oneself, the various…
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Scripture is the most up-to-date and relevant reading that ever comes my way.
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More Compelling Quotes
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Stories surge up out of nowhere, and if they feel compelling, you follow them. You let them unfold inside you…
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Comedy, drama, Westerns, sci-fi... it's all fine if the story's compelling and the character is interesting to me. I do…
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I was opposed to the U.S. involvement in Libya from the very start. President Obama has never made a compelling…
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Sarah Palin is a compelling political figure.
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I feel like my responsibility as an actor is to make characters as compelling and believable as possible.
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Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies; but the compelling force of…
— Ansel Adams
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Ultimately, physical resemblance isn't as important as whether this person can bring this character to life in a way that's…
— Alan Ball
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Create a compelling vision, one that takes people to a new place, and then translate that vision into a reality.
— Warren G. Bennis
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Wanting something is not enough. You must hunger for it. Your motivation must be absolutely compelling in order to overcome…
— Les Brown
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An actress who has the gift of swaying the emotions of an audience, of compelling tribute of tears, or of…
— Billie Burke
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The thing about a good podcast is you have to have a good host. If you don't have a compelling…
— Adam Carolla
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The readers are the ones who let us live our dreams. I try to write books which are really compelling…
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