For more than 30 years, J. I. Packer's classic book Knowing God has revealed to well over a million readers the wonder, glory and the joy of knowing God. It continues to sell in tens of thousands to Christians around the world.
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A lifelong pursuit of knowing God should embody the Christian existence. According to eminent theologian J I Packer, however, Christians have become enchanted by modern scepticism and have joined the "gigantic conspiracy of misdirection" by failing to put first things first. Knowing God aims to redirect our attention to the simple, deep truth that to know God is to love His Word. What began as a number of consecutive articles angled for "honest, no-nonsense readers who were fed up with facile Christian verbiage" in 1973, Knowing God has become a contemporary classic by creating "small studies out of great subjects". Each chapter is so specific in focus (covering topics such as the trinity, election, God's wrath, and God's sovereignty), that each succeeding chapter's theology seems to rival the next until one's mind is so expanded that one's entire view of God has changed. Author Elizabeth Elliot wrote that, amid the lofty content, Packer "puts the hay where the sheep can reach it--plainly shows us ordinary folks what it means to know God". Having rescued us from the individual hunches of our ultra-tolerant theological age, Packer points the reader to the true character of God with his theological competence and compassionate heart. The lazy and fainthearted should be warned about this timeless work--God is magnified, the sinner is humbled and the saint encouraged. --Jill Heatherly
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A spiritual classic ... The truth he handles fires the heart. -- John Stott
Dr Packer's volume says it simply, says it best. -- Joni Eareckson Tada
Has the rare ability to deal with profound and basic spiritual truths in a practical and highly readable way. -- Billy Graham
This book is strong meat. To read and digest it is an experience no discerning reader is likely to forget. -- Church Times
Dr Packer's volume says it simply, says it best. -- Joni Eareckson Tada
Has the rare ability to deal with profound and basic spiritual truths in a practical and highly readable way. -- Billy Graham
This book is strong meat. To read and digest it is an experience no discerning reader is likely to forget. -- Church Times
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This book will take you a long time to get through, but it is worth it. The title says it all; offering a theology and practical explanation of what it means to know God, and to get to know him better, Packer dissects the ideas behind evangelical theology and some of its competitors.
The main focus is that to know God's Word- the Bible- is the way to know God; but he talks about all the central issues of theology on the way- the Trinity, our relationship with God as Christians, and so on.
My only complaint is that it's impossible to remember everything in the book! Touted sometimes as theology for the layman, I'd agree- but don't expect a pageturner, it's solid stuff. Perhaps it is worthy of an annual read- it certainly couldn't do any harm. While taxing my brain (and my memory!), it warmed my heart as it reminded me of how I could know God personally.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
By AKevangel
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This is a superbly written book by a great theologian. It is truly worth its weight in gold. Each chapter is a three course spiritual meal which can be feasted upon again and again and digested at leisure. Having not read it for fifteen years, on rereading it I realized how poor and superficial many of the books I had read during the intervening time. Of the 3-4 thousand books I own, I would include this one in my top three. May it be read widely.
23 of 24 people found the following review helpful
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This book is sensational. It deals with all areas of Christian theology in a way that makes them accessible to the contemporary reader. Unlike many books it seeks not just to build up the reader's knowledge, but their relationship with a personal God who is seeking to know personally the people he has created.
Packer takes us through the great news of the cross, where as God's son, fully human and fully divine, Jesus died to take the punishment that was due for us.
He also deals with many issues that face the church today: the role of the Holy Spirit, the status of the Bible as God's word and means of speaking to us, to name but two.
If only I could remember and act upon all I read in this book! It thoroughly increases the reader's biblical understanding.
A must read for all those seeking to know God better!
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An older classic..
Jim Packer's contribution to the christian experience is invaluable, simply stated and maybe a little "dated" in presentation. Read more
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Very good book
My husband wanted this book for a men's church book study group. They are working their way through and finding it a worthwhile book to study. Quick delivery and good service.
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very clear reasoning, well worth reading
descriptions of how to know God better - and how to please Him
very clear reasoning, well worth reading
descriptions of how to know God better - and how to please Him
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Knowing God by J Packer
I read this book about 12 years ago and have purchased another copy to read again. It is well written in Packers knowledgable style designed to instil both truth and desire to... Read more
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I have read and re-read this book over the past 30-odd years. I was always a devout Christian, but have struggled to reconcile my faith with the harsh realities of life, especially... Read more
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Knowing God is a book that every Christian ought to read. It covers almost all areas of Theology, as one dives into loving and delighting in God with all his heart, soul, mind and... Read more
Published on 26 April 2011 by Prayson Daniel
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Knowing God - J I Packer
This book is renowned as a 'modern Christian classic', although having first been printed in 1973 it is rapidly becoming a classic in the the fullest sense of the word. Read more
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Worthy classic
It seems almost superfluous to review this classic work which has been in print since 1973. In his foreword to the second edition Packer acknowledges he sees himself as a catechist... Read more
Published on 11 Jan 2011 by James Horgan
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This book was the first Christian book I ever read, except for the Bible, and still the most helpful years (and a bit of a book habit) later. Read more
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I had a few people mention this as a highly influential book on many well-known christians whose own writings I have read and liked. Read more
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