"We approach Scripture with minds already formed by……" — J I Packer
"We approach Scripture with minds already formed by the mass of accepted opinions and viewpoints with which we have come into contact, in both the Church and the world....It is easy to be unaware that it has happened; it is hard even to begin to realize how profoundly tradition in this sense has moulded us."
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158 Quotes by J I Packer
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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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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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The most universally awesome experience that mankind knows is to stand alone on a clear night and look at the…
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