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Category Archives: J. I. Packer
When we feel vulnerable and weak
How to face the vulnerability of living, suffering, and dying in a finite, fragile and fallen world. Continue reading
What is God doing in my life?
You may have thought that life with God would solve everything. Why are you facing new challenges and still battling old ones? Continue reading
Posted in Discipline, discouraged, J. I. Packer, Sanctification, Suffering, Trials
Tagged Does God care?, purpose of trials, Where is God?
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4 reasons for persistent prayer
Why do we need to engage in persistent prayer if God is our loving heavenly Father and truly wants to give us His good gifts? Continue reading
Posted in J. I. Packer, Patience, Prayer, Questioning God
Tagged giving up on prayer, Prayer, Role of prayer
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Don’t be cruel to yourself
We are cruel to ourselves if we try to live in this world without knowing about the God whose world it is and who runs it. Continue reading
Posted in Atheism, Atheists, Death, Fear of God, Glorify God, God, J. I. Packer
Tagged J. I. Packer, Knowing God
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A Great Statement of Faith
The essence of God’s action in wrath is to give men what they choose, in all its implications: nothing more, and equally nothing less. Continue reading
Posted in Christian worldview, Christianity, Evil in the world, Glorify God, God's Patience, God's control, God's Heart, God's Love, God's power, God's Will, Gospel, Grace, J. I. Packer, Jesus Christ, John R. W. Stott, John Stott, Origin of Sin, Problem of evil, Reformed Theology, Salvation, Seeking God, Sin, Sovereignty, Study of God, Suffering, Theodicy, Theology, Walking with God
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He is jealous for me
“God’s jealousy is not a compound of frustration, envy, and spite, as human jealousy so often is, but appears instead as a (literally) praiseworthy zeal to preserve something supremely precious.” Continue reading
Posted in God, God's Heart, God's Love, God's power, God's Protection, J. I. Packer, Theology, Wisdom
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God’s purposes in our trials
Perhaps he means to strengthen us in patience, good humor, compassion, humility, or meekness, by giving us some extra practice in exercising these graces under especially difficult conditions. Perhaps he has new lessons in… Continue reading
Posted in J. I. Packer, Suffering, Trials, Wisdom
Tagged Grief, J. I. Packer, Loss, Suffering, Trials
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Hot tub religion
“As I sat there savoring hot tubness, cracking small jokes and adjusting to the feel of being bubble over from all angles, it struck me that the hot tub is the perfect symbol of the modern route in religion. The … Continue reading
Posted in Disciple-making, God as Potter, Gospel-centered, Holiness, J. I. Packer, Joel Osteen, Meaning of life, Pain, Patience, Personal devotions, Personal thoughts, Religion-not the answer, Sanctification, Spiritual Detox, Spiritual disciplines, Spiritual growth, Spiritual transformation, Suffering, Trials
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6 great truths about God’s love
6 great truths about God’s love. Continue reading
Posted in God, God's Heart, God's Love, Gospel, Gospel-centered, Grace, J. I. Packer, Love, Wisdom
Tagged does God love us, God's Love, What is God's love
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Hot tub religion
Wise counsel from J. I. Packer “Modern life strains us. We get stimulated till we are dizzy. Relationships are brittle; marriages break; families fly apart; business is a cutthroat rat race, and those not at the top feel themselves mere … Continue reading