He knows me
If you're a Christian, and your faith feels weak, it may be more helpful to consider that God's hold on us is greater than our…
Knowing God
“Knowing God is a relationship calculated to thrill a man’s heart.”J.I. Packer What if your thoughts of God don't thrill your heart? What does it…
Christian health
“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,…
Half full?
Do you tend toward optimism or pessimism? J.I. Packer explains the difference between blind optimism and genuine Christian hope: Optimism hopes for the best without…
Adoration
"The life of true holiness is rooted in the soil of awed adoration."J.I. Packer My kids laugh at my jokes. Nobody's told them, yet, that…
Sovereignty
Sovereignty refers to supreme power or authority. See the word "reign" in there? It's a royal word connected to Kings and Queens. Our democratic ideals…
A different question
“If you ask, ‘Why is this happening?’ no light may come, but if you ask, ‘How am I to glorify God now?’ there will always…
Adopted
“Adoption is the highest privilege of the gospel. The traitor is forgiven, brought in for supper, and given the family name. To be right with…
A knowing love
“There is tremendous relief in knowing his love to me is utterly realistic, based at every point on prior knowledge of the worst about me,…
Begin to live
J.I. Packer says, "“Readiness to die is the first step in learning to live.” Counterintuitive? Perhaps. Our culture likes to ignore death, defy death, artificially…