The Church no more gave us the New Testament canon than Isaac Newton gave us the force of gravity. - J.I. Packer
What we often feel in ecstatic moments in this world - 'I don't ever want this to stop' - will be the constant thought of our hearts in that world. We shall think it, knowing that in fact it never WILL stop. - J.I. Packer
Confidence that one's impressions are God-given is no guarantee that this is really so, even when they persist and grow stronger through long seasons of prayer. Bible-based wisdom must judge them. - J.I. Packer
Every time we mention God we become theologians, and the only question is whether we are going to be good ones or bad ones. - J.I. Packer
The Puritan ethic of marriage was first to look not for a partner whom you do love passionately at this moment but rather for one whom you can love steadily as your best friend for life, then to proceed with God’s help to do just that. - J.I. Packer