“Over against all this cloudy vagueness stands the clear scriptural doctrine that God can be known in personal experience.”
― The Pursuit of God
― The Pursuit of God
“Self is the opaque veil that hides the face of God from us. It can be removed only in spiritual experience, never by mere instruction. We may as well try to instruct leprosy out of our system. There must be a work of God in destruction before we are free.”
― The Pursuit of God
― The Pursuit of God
“One way of judging the quality of theologies,” he explains, “is to see what sort of devotion they produce.”32”
― Packer on the Christian Life: Knowing God in Christ, Walking by the Spirit
― Packer on the Christian Life: Knowing God in Christ, Walking by the Spirit
“A marginal existence neither improves men nor makes them wicked; it places a premium on every action, and in doing so reveals the actual inward character that every man has always possessed.”
― Shantung Compound: The Story of Men and Women Under Pressure
― Shantung Compound: The Story of Men and Women Under Pressure
“Thou hast formed us for Thyself, and our hearts are restless till they find rest in Thee.”
― The Pursuit of God
― The Pursuit of God
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