I could detail/analyze the contents, but others have done that already, and better than I could I think I'll just say that the Lord used Knowing God (in conjunction with a few other books) to re-calibrate my focus, adjust my priorities, and teach me some huge, huge lessons, at a time when I was in great need of those things happening. Packer’s clear and lucid teaching, and our faculty, staff and students celebrate the international recognition he rightly receives as a leading Christian thinker and teacher.Ībsolutely the most significant book I've read in the past year, and, next to the Bible, probably had the biggest impact on me of any book I've ever read. Packer almost ten years ago, American theologian Mark Noll wrote in Christianity Today that, “Packer’s ability to address immensely important subjects in crisp, succinct sentences is one of the reasons why, both as an author and speaker, he has played such an important role among American evangelicals for four decades.”įor over 25 years Regent College students have been privileged to study under Dr. Packer’s seminal 1973 work, was lauded as a book which articulated shared beliefs for members of diverse denominations the TIME profile quotes Michael Cromartie of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington as saying, “conservative Methodists and Presbyterians and Baptists could all look to and say, ‘This sums it all up for us.’” “Mediating debates on everything from a particular Bible translation to the acceptability of free-flowing Pentecostal spirituality, Packer helps unify a community that could easily fall victim to its internal tensions.” Packer, the Board of Governors’ Professor of Theology at Regent College, was hailed by TIME as “a doctrinal Solomon” among Protestants. Packer, Billy Graham and Richard John Neuhaus have in common? Each was recently named by TIME magazine as among the 25 most influential evangelicals in America.ĭr. This guide leads readers into a greater understanding of God while providing advice to gaining a closer relationship with him as a result.
Explaining both who God is and how we can relate to him, Packer divides his book into three sections: The first directs our attention to how and why we know God, the second to the attributes of God and the third to the benefits enjoyed by a those who know him intimately. Written in an engaging and practical tone, this thought-provoking work seeks to transform and enrich the Christian understanding of God.
Knowing God through the context of a close relationship with the person of Jesus Christ. Stemming from Packer's profound theological knowledge, Knowing God brings together two important facets of the Christian faith:Ģ. This edition is updated with Americanized language and spelling and a new preface by the author. In 2006, Christianity Today voted this title one of the top 50 books that have shaped evangelicals. Packer's classic has been an important tool to help Christians around the world discover the wonder, the glory and the joy of knowing God.
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