Furthermore, the book is easy to understand, faithful to Scriptures, and leaves the reader with a desire to know God more. And it made it much more excellent, in my opinion. He used the whole counsel of God to faithfully explain (not just tell) the character and nature of God.

When I saw the title and read the description, I expected a book listing all the attributes of God, short descriptions, and corresponding Bible verses. My thoughtsīefore I share my thoughts, I must confess, Knowing God was not what I expected. Part two is titled “ Behold Your God.” It features eleven chapters, each covering different attributes or traits of God, such as wisdom, love, wrath, jealousy, etc.Īnd the last part is “ If God Be For Us.” It has five chapters mostly about God’s works, such as the atonement, adoption, guidance, etc. And the last three chapters explore the different persons of the Godhead. The first three explores what it means to know God, why, and how to Know Him. Part one is titled “ Know the Lord,” and it has six chapters. He said in the preface, “ the conviction behind the book is that ignorance of God -ignorance both of his ways and of the practice of communion with Him- lies at the root of much of the church’s weakness today.” And with it, Packer hoped to solve a common problem in the church: ignorance of who God is. Packer originally wrote this book as a series of articles on God for the evangelical Magazine for “ honest, no-nonsense readers who were fed up with facile Christian verbiage.” The articles somehow evolved into a book. It beautifully explores the character of God and His attributes, as revealed in the Bible. He is considered one of the most influential evangelicals in North America.” ( Source: Wikipedia) About the bookĪs the title implies, Knowing God is about the nature and wonders of the living God. He currently serves as the Board of Governors’ Professor of Theology at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia. J.I Packer is an “ English-born Canadian evangelical theologian in the low church Anglican and Calvinist traditions. So far, it has been one of my best decisions this year. After reading the praises and glowing reviews it received, I immediately put it at the top of my to-read list. And almost every list I came across mentioned Knowing God by J.I Packer as their top choice. When I resolved to read more Christian books, I turned to the internet for the best possible recommendations.

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