J. I. Packer - A quest for godliness (1990)

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The healthy Christian is not necessarily the extrovert, ebullient Christian, but the Christian who has a sense of God's presence stamped deep on his soul, who trembles at God's word, who lets it dwell in him richly by constant meditation upon it, and who tests and reforms his life daily in response to it.

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Doctrinal preaching certainly bores the hypocrites; but it is only doctrinal preaching that will save Christ's sheep.

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Sinners cannot obey the gospel, any more than the law, without renewal of heart.

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We complain today that ministers do not know how to preach; but is it not equally true that our congregations do not know how to hear?

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If our theology does not quicken the conscience and soften the heart, it actually hardens both.

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Our best works are shot through with sin and contain something for which we need to be forgiven.

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Arminianism is 'natural' in one sense, in that it represents a characteristic perversion of Biblical teaching by the fallen mind of man.

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If one preaches the Bible biblically, one cannot help preaching the gospel all the time...

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Sanctification has a double aspect. Its positive side is vivification, the growing and maturing of the new man; its negative side is mortification, the weakening and killing of the old man.

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The Holy Spirit's main ministry is not to give thrills but to create in us Christlike character.

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Maturity is a compound of wisdom, goodwill, resilience, and creativity.

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A half-truth masquerading as the whole truth becomes a complete untruth.

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