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PACKER The Puritan ethic of marriage was first to look not for a partner whom you do love passionately at t... J.I. PACKER What is less often noticed is that it is precisely the kind of moral instruction that parents are co... J.I. PACKER The preacher should work to convert his congregation; the wife should work to save her unbelieving h... J.I. PACKER Read two old books for every new one. J.I. PACKER Whatever else in the Bible catches your eye, do not let it distract you from Him. J.I. PACKER God was happy without humans before they were made; he would have continued happy had he simply dest... J.I. PACKER Thank you, Mr.Lewis, for being you. I wouldn't have missed you for the world. J.I. PACKER Trying to describe what I do in prayer would be like telling the world how I make love to my wife. J.I. PACKER The healthy Christian is not necessarily the extrovert, ebullient Christian, but the Christian who h... J.I. 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If I provide for this life and turn away from the Lord, I am wise for a moment, but lost forever. 
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At the very moment when people underestimate you is when you can make a breakthrough. 
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