J.I. Packer speaks (part 2)

…on same sex blessing

…on first order issues

…on implications for the church

…on the future of the church

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J.I. Packer speaks

*from youtube.com
…on God and vocation

…on daily work as worship

…on daily work as ministry

…on offering our work to God

…on accommodating youth in the church

…on writing

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REGENERATION

THE CHRISTIAN IS BORN AGAIN
by J.I. Packer
In reply Jesus declared, “I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.” JOHN 3:3
Regeneration is a New Testament concept that grew, it seems, out of a parabolic picture-phrase that Jesus used to show Nicodemus the inwardness and [...]

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MORTALITY

CHRISTIANS NEED NOT FEAR DEATH
by J.I. Packer
For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. If I am to go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. Yet what shall I choose? I do not know! I am torn between the two: I desire to depart [...]

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THE FALL

 THE FIRST HUMAN COUPLE SINNED
by J.I. Packer
When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. GENESIS 3:6 [...]

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RESURRECTION

Jesus Christ was raised from the dead
by J.I. Packer
On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord [...]

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OBEDIENCE

JESUS CHRIST FULFILLED HIS FATHER’S REDEMPTIVE WILL
by J.I. Packer
Jesus gave them this answer: “I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his
Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does.” JOHN 5:19
Humility in Scripture means, not pretending to be worthless and [...]

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INCARNATION

GOD SENT HIS SON, TO SAVE US
by J.I. Packer
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. JOHN 1:14
Trinity and Incarnation belong together. The doctrine of the Trinity declares that the [...]

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AUTHORITY

GOD GOVERNS HIS PEOPLE THROUGH SCRIPTURE
by J.I. Packer
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness. 2 TIMOTHY 3:16
The Christian principle of biblical authority means, on the one hand, that God purposes to direct the belief and behavior of his people through the revealed truth set forth in [...]

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REVELATION

SCRIPTURE IS THE WORD OF GOD
by J.I. Packer
The tablets were the work of God; the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets. EXODUS 32:16
Christianity is the true worship and service of the true God, humankind’s Creator and Redeemer. It is a religion that rests on revelation: nobody would know the [...]

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PREDESTINATION

GOD HAS A PURPOSE
by J.I. Packer
“I have loved you,” says the LORD. “But you ask, `How have you loved us?’ “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” the LORD says.
“Yet I have loved Jacob, but Esau I have hated….” MALACHI 1:2-3
The forty and more writers who produced the sixty-six books of Scripture over something like [...]

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SELF-EXISTENCE

GOD HAS ALWAYS BEEN
by J.I. Packer
Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God. PSALM 90:2
Children sometimes ask, “Who made God?” The clearest answer is that God never needed to be made, because he was always there. He exists in a different way [...]

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