J. I. Packer
J. I. Packer
JamesInnell Packeris a British-born Canadian Christian theologian in the low church Anglican and Reformed traditions. He currently serves as the Board of Governors' Professor of Theology at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia. He is considered one of the most influential evangelicals in North America. He has been the theologian emeritus of the Anglican Church in North America, since its inception in 2009...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth22 July 1926
prayer answers made
God answers the prayer we ought to have made rather than the prayer we did make.
attitude humility heart
The battle against pride in the heart is lifelong, so humility should become an ever more deeply seated attitude of living
husband love-you wife
My advice to a new husband is nothing more than 'husbands, love your wives.' And 'love your wife as Christ has loved the church.' Never forget that you are Christ's representative in serving your wife.
littles knowledge-of-god deals
A little knowledge OF God is worth more than a great deal of knowledge ABOUT him.
dies know-how knows
Only when you know how to die can you know how to live.
order christ servant
Always and everywhere the servants of Christ are under orders to evangelize
christian men mind
Christian minds have been conformed to the modern spirit: the spirit, that is, that spawns great thoughts of man and leaves room for only small thoughts of God.
adoption privilege offers
Adoption is the highest privilege the gospel offers.
saving flow doe
The saving power of the cross does not depend on faith being addded to it; its saving power is such that faith flows from it
mind favors guarantees
There is no peace like the peace of those whose minds are possessed with full assurance that they have known God, and God has known them, and that this relationship guarantees God’s favor to them in life, through death and on for ever.
devil firsts digging
If I were the devil, one of my first aims would be to stop folk from digging into the Bible.
devil firsts digging
If I were the devil, one of my first aims would be to stop folk from digging into the Bible.
wrath unrighteousness reacting
God’s wrath is his righteousness reacting against unrighteousness.
focus adoption would-be
Were I asked to focus the New Testament message in three words, my proposal would be ADOPTION THROUGH PROPITIATION, and I do not expect ever to meet a richer or more pregnant summary of the gospel than that.