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Knowing God
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 231
EAN: 9780830816507
Edition: 1993 Ed
ISBN: 083081650X
Label: InterVarsity Press
Manufacturer: InterVarsity Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 286
Publication Date: July 01, 1993
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Studio: InterVarsity Press
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Editorial Review:
A lifelong pursuit of knowing God should embody the Christian's existence. According to eminent theologian J.I. Packer, however, Christians have become enchanted by modern skepticism 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 Eliot 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 faint-hearted should be warned about this timeless work--God is magnified, the sinner is humbled, and the saint encouraged. --Jill Heatherly
During the past 20 years, J. I. Packer's classic has revealed to over one million Christians around the world the wonder, the glory and the joy of knowing God. This anniversary edition is completely retypeset, with Americanized language and spelling, and a new preface by the author. During July 2000, winner of the Platinum Book Award from Evangelical Christian Publishing Association in recognition of more than one million copies sold (and that's just in North America!)
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Tremendous Christian Classic
This is one of the great Christian classics that is a must read for every generation. It is not heady theology though it is thoroughly rooted in Scripture. It's underlying theme is the love of God for human kind expressed through his character. I felt very loved!
Rating: - Wow! J.I Packer has gone the extra mile.........
Wow........ When I first saw the book cover I thought; " No Way am I gonna waste my time reading this!" But when I opened the book and read the first page, I could'nt stop! I read three to five chapters a day! When my youth Pastor mentioned this book, I was a little hesitant to purchase it. Now that I am heading toward the deep end, I have no regrets for purchasing it. I recommend that anyone who is reading this to buy the book. Trust me you won't have any regrets.
Rating: - Great book, true classic
The updated version of Packer's book features a new preface, an addition to the fourth chapter, and "Americanization" of the text (spelling and such). The list of endorsing readers is quite impressive, many singing the praises after having read the first edition. Apart from that, the book has been left alone, and Packer stated his hopes that the book would continue to enrich the lives of those who read it. It seems safe to say that anyone who reads this volume and attempts to put into practice the ... Read More
Rating: - Relevent today
This is a fantastic book full of wisdom and knowledge. Packer knows how to make it easily absorbed by anyone wishing to truly know more aboutt our living God.
Rating: - Knowing God reveals that knowing God is but a pursuit away
Packer's deep understanding of Scripture and ability to slowly bring his many concepts and points regarding the manifestations of God in our daily lives into the forefront of our minds is simply classic.
Though the book may seem a bit "textbooky" at first, Packer's work is very well written and only appears heavy because of the deep, weighty content that almost requires the reader to take a breath to let it soak all in.
Arguably the best book written in the late 20th century, ... Read More
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