This brief notice was posted yesterday at www.worldmag.com :
http://www.worldmag.com/2016/01/midday_roundup_illness_ends_writing_teaching_career_of_j_i_packer
Here's a more full article. Thanks JRS.
http://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/j-i-packer-89-on-losing-sight-but-seeing-christ
Thank you both for the news and links. It is sad to hear, but an inevitable part of life on this planet. Thankfully, that life is not the whole story of our existence.
The grass withers and the flower fades ...
I had not heard this report. Thanks for sharing.
I appreciated his answer to the following question in the interview:
Overall, would you say you’re encouraged?
Yes, I don’t see how any Christian under any circumstances can’t be encouraged who focuses on God. I don’t see how any Christian can be discouraged, because God is in charge—God knows what he’s doing, all things work together for good for those are called according to his purpose (Rom. 8:28), and our hope is in Christ. Those things don’t change, and those are the things to focus on.
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