232 Quotes by J.I. Packer

Godliness means responding to God’s revelation in trust and obedience, faith and worship, prayer and praise, submission and service. Life must be seen and lived in the light of God’s Word. This, and nothing else, is true religion.

This one word ‘grace’ contains within itself the whole of New Testament theology.

There is unspeakable comfort in knowing that God is constantly taking knowledge of me in love and watching over me for my good.

God’s love is an exercise of his goodness toward sinners who merit only condemnation.

It is often the case, as all the saints know, that fellowship with the Father and the Son is most vivid and sweet, and Christian joy is greatest, when the cross is heaviest.

C. H. Spurgeon was once asked if he could reconcile these two truths to each other. “I wouldn’t try,” he replied; “I never reconcile friends.” Friends? – yes, friends. This is the point that we have to grasp. In the Bible, divine sovereignty and human responsibility are not enemies. They are not uneasy neighbors; they are not in an endless state of cold war with each other. They are friends, and they work together.

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

Good works begin with praise, worship, and honoring and exalting of God as the temper of one’s whole waking life.

Scripture is the most up-to-date and relevant reading that ever comes my way.