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
character heart reality
The point here is not just that an image represents God as having body and parts, whereas in reality he has neither. But the point really goes much deeper. The heart of the objection to pictures and images is that they inevitably conceal most, if not all, of the truth about the personal nature and character of the divine Being whom they represent.
believe thank-god sound-judgment
You thank God [for your salvation] because "you do not attribute your repenting and believing to your own wisdom, or prudence, or sound judgment, or good sense.
christian greatness worship
The Christian's instinct of trust and worship are stimulated very powerfully by knowledge of the greatness of God.
wrath unrighteousness reacting
God’s wrath is his righteousness reacting against unrighteousness.
exercise love-is merit
God's love is an exercise of his goodness toward sinners who merit only condemnation.
devil firsts digging
If I were the devil, one of my first aims would be to stop folk from digging into the Bible.
order christ servant
Always and everywhere the servants of Christ are under orders to evangelize
dies know-how knows
Only when you know how to die can you know how to live.
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.
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
christian sex kindness
To an age which has unashamedly sold itself to the gods of greed, pride, sex, and self-will, the church mumbles on about God's kindness but says virtually nothing about his judgment... The fact is that the subject of divine wrath has become taboo in modern society, and Christians by and large have accepted the taboo and conditioned themselves never to raise the matter.
complaints register creator
Creatures are not entitled to register complaints about their Creator.
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.
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.