J.I. Packer

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July 22, 1926 in Gloucester, England, The United Kingdom

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What do J. I. Packer, Billy Graham and Richard John Neuhaus have in common? Each was recently named by TIME magazine as among the 25 most influential evangelicals in America.

Dr. Packer, the Board of Governors’ Professor of Theology at Regent College, was hailed by TIME as “a doctrinal Solomon” among Protestants. “Mediating debates on everything from a particular Bible translation to the acceptability of free-flowing Pentecostal spirituality, Packer helps unify a community [evange licalism] that could easily fall victim to its internal tensions.”

Knowing God, Dr. Packer’s seminal 1973 work, was lauded as a book which articulated shared beliefs for members of diverse denominations; the TIME profile quotes Michael Cromartie of the Ethics and...more

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Average rating: 4.21 · 7,908 ratings · 579 reviews · 158 distinct works

	Knowing God 4.24 avg rating — 4,822 ratings — published 1973 — 18 editions	My rating:
	Evangelism & the Sovereignty of God 4.21 avg rating — 712 ratings — published 1961 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Quest for Godliness 4.33 avg rating — 242 ratings — published 1990 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Concise Theology 4.04 avg rating — 158 ratings — published 2001 — 6 editions	My rating:
	In My Place Condemned He Stood: Celebrating the Glory of the Atonement by J.I. Packer, Mark Dever 4.29 avg rating — 91 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Keep in Step with the Spirit: Finding Fullness in Our Walk with God 4.07 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 1984 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Praying: Finding Our Way Through Duty to Delight by J.I. Packer, Carolyn Nystrom 3.75 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Growing in Christ 4.17 avg rating — 36 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	Fundamentalism and the Word of God 3.95 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 1958 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Affirming the Apostles' Creed 3.48 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	My rating:

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“The Puritan ethic of marriage was first to look not for a partner whom you do love passionately at this moment but rather for one whom you can love steadily as your best friend for life, then to proceed with God’s help to do just that.”
― J.I. Packer

tags: marriage , puritans

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“Your faith will not fail while God sustains it; you are not strong enough to fall away while God is resolved to hold you.”
― J.I. Packer, Knowing God

tags: faith , strength

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“God uses chronic pain and weakness, along with other afflictions, as his chisel for sculpting our lives. Felt weakness deepens dependence on Christ for strength each day. The weaker we feel, the harder we lean. And the harder we lean, the stronger we grow spiritually, even while our bodies waste away. To live with your ‘thorn’ uncomplainingly — that is, sweet, patient, and free in heart to love and help others, even though every day you feel weak — is true sanctification. It is true healing for the spirit. It is a supreme victory of grace.”
― J.I. Packer

tags: suffering

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