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J.I. Packer

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  • J.I. Packer

    J.I. Packer has gone to his reward at the age of 93. He was "a theologizer", who wrote many books on a popular level about God and theology, notably "Knowing God". His presence, and his voice, will be missed...
    "What I pray of you is, to keep your eye upon Him, for that is everything. Do you say, 'How am I to keep my eye on Him?' I reply, keep your eye off everything else, and you will soon see Him. All depends on the eye of faith being kept on Him. How simple it is!" (J.B. Stoney)

  • #2
    OH MY!!!!!

    I just shared a sermon illustration about him last Sunday, and on the way home, my wife said, "he's still alive".
    (she had checked on him on her phone)

    I had spent 2 weeks with him at Baylor University in Waco....

    Bless his heart. Literally. And he's enjoying the company of the Christ he so loved.

    Each night, we sang "Holy, Holy, Holy", and I got a kick out of two things....

    A) the way he sang "God in three pare-sons"....
    2) and how powerfully it came from his heart.
    The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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    • #3
      Wow. An interesting life. Praise God for what he has done.

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      • #4

        I'm always still in trouble again

        "You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
        "Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
        "Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
          A) the way he sang "God in three pare-sons"....
          I just heard RC Sproul (I think that's who it was) yesterday quoting Packer's accent with that line.
          When I Survey....

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Faber View Post
            I just heard RC Sproul (I think that's who it was) yesterday quoting Packer's accent with that line.
            And he taught me how to say "Isaiah" --- eye ZIE* uh

            *rhymes with tie
            The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
              And he taught me how to say "Isaiah" --- eye ZIE* uh

              *rhymes with tie
              I think that's how Michael Youssef pronounces it also.

              (And happy anniuversary.)
              When I Survey....

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Faber View Post
                I think that's how Michael Youssef pronounces it also.

                (And happy anniuversary.)
                Thanks!

                And, we sang "Holy, Holy, Holy" again Sunday morning, and I encouraged our people to Packerize it.

                God in Three PAREsons..... it was actually pretty neat.
                The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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                • #9
                  Wow. I didn't realize he was that old. He certainly remained active and made the most of his time.
                  "I am not angered that the Moral Majority boys campaign against abortion. I am angry when the same men who say, "Save OUR children" bellow "Build more and bigger bombers." That's right! Blast the children in other nations into eternity, or limbless misery as they lay crippled from "OUR" bombers! This does not jell." - Leonard Ravenhill

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