At least it fired mine, and compelled me to turn aside to worship and to pray. And the truth he handles fires the heart. His perspective is mind-stretching, as he surveys the whole biblical scene. style is succinct, vivid and epigrammatic. It is so basic, scholarly, warm and reverent, I wonder how I managed without it for so long."Ī readable book both theologically competent and practically enriching.Įxcellent biblical exposition in restating scriptural doctrines as well as an application to the needs of our age. "As long as I am able to read I hope to read Knowing God by James I. Packer each year. In his book Packer rescues us from the ‘private religious hunches’ of our theologically fickle age, from the ‘gigantic conspiracy of misdirection’ that would rob us of the deep simple joy of knowing God." " Knowing God not only points to the door, it provides the key, helps us open it and prepares us for the One we shall discover waiting for us on the other side. There isn’t a song I’ve written that hasn’t been impacted by the point of view in this book. But truly good books shape the way we think. It dawned on me that bad books try to tell us what to think, while good books help us to think. Then I realized that through his book Packer had made them mine. I was discipled by that book before I knew what discipleship was! As I reread it recently, I was embarrassed by all the ideas I kept coming upon that I thought were mine. "I first read the book in 1977 in what was then the ninth American printing. He has discovered and shares with the reader the secret that knowing God’s Word is the most direct route to knowing God." It is my hope that this edition will introduce many new readers to the spiritual depth, the wisdom, and the abiding faith of this great scholar. "If any work of Christian literature deserves the title of ‘contemporary classic,’ I believe that J. I. Packer’s Knowing God qualifies for that distinction. Packer’s volume says it simply, says it best." Others may have followed with books about desiring, loving, serving or seeking God, but Dr. Packer has written could fill shelves, but he is still known best for his fine work in Knowing God. Packer, Knowing God What People Say About Knowing God OL8379536W Page_number_confidence 96.07 Pages 358 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.18 Ppi 360 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20220712183836 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 503 Scandate 20220708232455 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9780340863541 Tts_version 5.Couverture : J. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 14:01:53 Autocrop_version 0.0.14_books-20220331-0.2 Bookplateleaf 0002 Boxid IA40598016 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier
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