Tag Archives: J.I. Packer

‘I need not tell you of this who knew him, that it was his great Design to promote Holiness in the Life and Exercise of it among you: But it was his great Complaint, that its Power declined among Professors. It was his Care and Endeavor to prevent or cure spiritual Decays in his own […]

Bishop J. C. Ryle was The Puritan Bishop, that is the Puritan Bishop par excellence, said Dr James I. Packer, Professor of Theology at Regent College, Vancouver, speaking in Liverpool on 9 September at a meeting chaired by the present Bishop of that city. His subject was ‘J. C. Ryle, the Puritan Bishop.’ Dr. Packer […]

The old gospel of Owen, first of all, contains no less full and free an offer of salvation than its modern counterpart. It presents ample grounds of faith (the sufficiency of Christ, and the promise of God), and cogent motives to faith (the sinner’s need, and the Creator’s command, which is also the Redeemer’s invitation). […]

Over forty years ago the Banner of Truth reprinted John Owen‘s Death of Death in the Death of Christ. The book became instantly famous in the English-speaking world because of its introductory essay written by the youthful Dr. J. I. Packer. The book is still in print, and here are its timeless opening paragraphs: ‘The […]