Will Packer Quotes
If one preaches the Bible biblically, one cannot help preaching the gospel all the time.
Joy is a condition that is experienced, but it is more than a feeling; it is, primarily, a state of mind.
One of the adversary's sharpest tools is to convince us that we are no longer worthy to pray. No matter who you are or what you may have done, you can always pray.
Husbands and wives should understand that their first calling-from which they will never be released-is to one another and THEN to their children.
There are ministers who never speak of repentance or self-denial. Naturally they are popular, but they are false prophets.
Today, on our own turf, we face pagan ignorance about God every bit as deep as that which the early church faced in the Roman Empire.
We need to make sure we have the best people we can in our operations, and that is a constant challenge. There is always room to improve.
God the Father is the giver of Holy Scripture; God the Son is the theme of Holy Scripture; and God the Spirit is the author, authenticator, and interpreter of Holy Scripture.
Justification is the truly dramatic transition from the status of a condemned criminal awaiting a terrible sentence to that of an heir awaiting a fabulous inheritance.
The incarnation is in itself an unfathomable mystery, but it makes sense of everything else that the New Testament contains.
When we reach the outer limit of what Scripture says, it is time to stop arguing and start worshipping.
Calvary not merely made possible the salvation of those for whom Christ died; it ensured that they would be brought to faith and their salvation made actual.
The preachers commission is to declare the whole counsel of God; but the cross is the center of that counsel.
Just as chalk can be removed from a chalkboard, with sincere repentance, the effects of our transgression can be erased through the atonement of Jesus Christ.
Inequality hardens society into a class system. Inequality divides us from one another... Inequality undermines democracy.
To suffer some anxiety, some depression, some disappointment, even some failure is normal.
If our theology does not quicken the conscience and soften the heart, it actually hardens both.
If you are burdened with depressing feelings of guilt or disappointment, of failure or shame, there is a cure.
Our best works are shot through with sin and contain something for which we need to be forgiven.
The fact that I have entered into IT-related business is proof that businesses have to evolve and keep with time. One has to re-invent continuously.
Disregard the study of God, and you sentence yourself to stumble and blunder through life blindfolded.
The grace of God is love freely shown toward guilty sinners, contrary to their merit and indeed in defiance of their demerit.
People can make a real difference. One person at a time, one job at a time, one life at a time.
Whatever else in the Bible catches your eye, do not let it distract you from Him.
Men treat God's sovereignty as a theme for controversy, but in Scripture it is matter for worship.
The truth is that, though we were justified by faith alone, the faith that justifies is never alone (it always produces fruit, 'good works,'...a transformed life).
In or out of marriage, abortion is not an individual choice. At a minimum, three lives are involved.
God uses chronic pain and weakness, along with other afflictions, as his chisel for sculpting our lives.
The battle against pride in the heart is lifelong, so humility should become an ever more deeply seated attitude of living
There is a temptation for the writer or the teacher of Church history to want to tell everything, whether it is worthy or faith promoting or not. Some things that are true are not very useful.
The way to be truly happy is to be truly human, and the way to be truly human is to be truly godly.