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Feb 27, 2024 | 
crossway.org | J. I. Packer
Categories of the CrossJesus Christ is, in fact, an expression of the temper of the whole New Testament. For explaining the cross, the New Testament uses many images, many categories, many modes of thought blended together. These various categories and modes of thought serve to enrich our understanding of the cross and its meaning. 1. SacrificeThe cross is represented for instance as sacrifice, as we’re going to see more fully in a moment, whenever we hear of the blood of Christ.
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Feb 27, 2024 | 
crossway.org | J. I. Packer |Ray Ortlund
Bibles Books Tracts Articles Donate Format: Crossway+ members receive 30% off books. Learn more. Availability: In Stock Retail Price: $24.99 5 Classic Lectures from J. I. Packer Defending the Truth of the Gospel against Humanism, Universalism, and More
Christians today confront complex opposition to the gospel from intellectuals, skeptics, and pluralists who deny the divinity of Christ.
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Feb 23, 2024 | 
crossway.org | Randy Newman |Alan Strange |Lydia Brownback |J. I. Packer
New Books and BiblesBelow is a list of the new and notable resources releasing this month from Crossway. Titles include Questioning Faith by Randy Newman and a new edition of The Biggest Story Bible Storybook featuring a TruTone cover.
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Sep 7, 2023 | 
theaquilareport.com | J. I. Packer
Paul shows, and shares, his awareness that the God of Jesus remains the God of Job, and that the highest wisdom of the theological theorist, even when working under divine inspiration as Paul did, is to recognize that he is, as it were, gazing into the sun, whose very brightness makes it impossible for him fully to see it; so that at the end of the day he has to admit that God is much more to him than theories can ever contain, and to humble himself in adoration before the one whom he can...
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Aug 30, 2023 | 
crossway.org | J. I. Packer
Faith Knowledge and MysteryWhat sort of knowledge of God’s action in Christ’s death may we have? That a man named Jesus was crucified under Pontius Pilate around AD 30 is common historical knowledge, but Christian beliefs about his divine identity and the significance of his dying cannot be deduced from that fact alone. What further sort of knowledge about the cross, then, may Christians enjoy?
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Aug 29, 2023 | 
crossway.org | J. I. Packer |Mark Dever
Bibles Books Tracts Articles Donate By J. I. Packer, Foreword by Mark Dever ... Show All Format: Crossway+ members receive 30% off books. Learn more. Availability: In Stock Retail Price: $9.99 Other Books in This Series: By J. I. Packer, Foreword by Mark Dever ... Show All A Classic Essay on Penal Substitutionary Atonement from Theologian J. I.
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Aug 24, 2023 | 
banneroftruth.org | J. I. Packer
The following is taken from Puritan Portraits by J. I. Packer, published by Christian Focus (192pp, paperback, ISBN 9781845507008). There are seven Puritan leaders who are evaluated and commended by Dr. Packer in this fine book. The notes have been added. I owe more, I think, to John Owen than to any other theologian, ancient or modern, and I am sure I owe more to his little book on mortification1than to anything else he wrote. Let me explain.
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Aug 4, 2023 | 
preachingtoday.com | Haddon Robinson |J. I. Packer |John Henry Beukema |Steve Mathewson
[Editor’s Note: Haddon Robinson passed away in 2017.] Some questions people ponder all their lives. Einstein wrestled with the question of gravity till his dying day. On the subject of preaching, one of the elemental questions is "What is biblical preaching?" Everyone who takes Scripture seriously says we need to preach the Bible, but even the most ardent disagree widely about what that means exactly.
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Jul 17, 2023 | 
crossway.org | Leland Ryken |Sam Storms |J. I. Packer
The Little-Known PackerMuch can be said about J. I. Packer that, while personal to Packer, is nonetheless generally known, or at least not unexpected to someone who knew him as a public figure. But everyone has a dimension of personality and life that is hidden from public view and known mainly by family members and close acquaintances. I have collected data that belongs to this lesser-known side of J. I. Packer. 1. He was an early riser. Packer was known by his acquaintances as a morning person.
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Mar 12, 2023 | 
crossway.org | J. I. Packer |Leland Ryken
True KnowledgeI walked in the sunshine with a scholar who had effectively forfeited his prospects of academic advancement by clashing with church dignitaries over the gospel of grace. “But it doesn’t matter,” he said at length, “for I’ve known God and they haven’t.” The remark was a mere parenthesis, a passing comment on something I had said, but it has stuck with me and set me thinking. Not many of us, I think, would ever naturally say that we have known God.
