239 Quotes by J. I. Packer

Even when we cannot see the why and wherefore of God's dealings, we know that there is love in and behind them, and so we can rejoice always.

Wisdom is the power to see, and the inclination to choose, the best and highest goal, together with the surest means of attaining it.

God has not abandoned us any more than he abandoned Job. He never abandons anyone on whom he has set his love; nor does Christ, the good shepherd, ever lose track of his sheep.

The Holy Spirit's main ministry is not to give thrills but to create in us Christlike character.

The God of Israel is King of kings and Lord of lords... He know, and foreknows, all things, and his foreknowledge is foreordination; he, therefore, will have the last word, both in world history and in the destiny of every man; his kingdom and righteousness will triumph in the end, for neither men nor angels shall be able to thwart him.

It is staggering that God should love sinners, yet it is true.

God's wisdom is not, and never was, pledged to keep a fallen world happy, or to make ungodliness comfortable.

There are ministers who never speak of repentance or self-denial. Naturally they are popular, but they are false prophets.

The idea that all are children of God is not found in the Bible anywhere.