Ease and luxury, such as our affluence brings today, do not make for maturity; hardship and struggle however do.
J. I. PackerJoy is a condition that is experienced, but it is more than a feeling; it is, primarily, a state of mind.
J. I. PackerMan is a responsible moral agent, though he is also divinely controlled; man is divinely controlled, though he is also a responsible moral agent.
J. I. PackerIn common honesty, we must not conceal the fact that free forgiveness in one sense will cost everything.
J. I. Packer