239 Quotes by J. I. Packer

The worlds greatest need is the personal holiness of Christian people.

What is a Christian? The richest answer I know is that a Christian is one who has God as Father.

Underlying the preaching of the Puritans are three basic axioms: 1. The unique place of preaching is to convert, feed and sustain, 2. The life of the preacher must radiate the reality of what he preaches, 3. Prayer and solid Bible study are basic to effective preaching.

We are not fit for a place in God's family; the idea of his loving and exalting us sinners as he loves and has exalted the Lord Jesus sounds ludicrous and wild -- yet that, and nothing less than that, is what our adoption means.

What God does in time, He planned from eternity. And all that He planned in eternity He carries out in time.

We never move on FROM the Gospel, we move on IN the Gospel

If one preaches the Bible biblically, one cannot help preaching the gospel all the time...

We do not make friends with God; God makes friends with us, bringing us to know him by making his love known to us... The word know, when used of God in this way, is a sovereign-grace word, pointing to God's initiative in loving, choosing, redeeming, calling and preserving.

Read two old books for every new one.