First published in Great Britain in 1973 by Hodder and Stoughton
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Copyright © 1973 by J. I. Packer.
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2 The People who Know their God
FOR KIT
It feels like a long time since I wrote the magazine articles that became Knowing God. I suppose that in ordinary lifetime terms it really is. The book appeared more than thirty years ago, and the articles began to flow a decade before that. Britain was different then: steam trains were still seen on some main lines, all bicycles had mudguards and bells, TV was still a luxury, computers were unknown to the general public, and the same was true of Islam. I, too, was different: a young English evangelical, feeling my oats and wishing to make waves, I thought it was realistic to hope that in my lifetime God would bring Christians and churches en masse back to himself through a return to the Bible and the gospel. The haul however has been longer than I anticipated, and ground has been lost as well as gained. My anchor-thought today is that God remains the same though the world does not.
When I was asked to write that series of articles for an ideal reader who was impatient with religiosity but wanted to know God, the project struck sparks in my mind. The articles found their shape easily as I asked myself at each stage, ‘What is the next thing to tell my ideal reader?’, and the next after that, and so on, and it felt like significant ministry from the start. I did not at first envisage the series as a book in the making, and the first publisher to hear about it brushed it off; but to my amazement it has become a nurture book for the Christian world, a standby in evangelistic and devotional circles and church membership classes, and a means of blessing to all sorts of people whose profile was not that of my ideal ...
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About Knowing God
One of the top 50 books that have shaped evangelicals (Christianity Today) Stemming from Packer's profound theological knowledge, Knowing God brings together two important facets of the Christian faith— knowing about God and also knowing God through the context of a close relationship with the person of Jesus Christ. Written in an engaging and practical tone, this thought-provoking work seeks to transform and enrich the Christian understanding of God. 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. This guide leads readers into a greater understanding of God while providing advice to gaining a closer relationship with him as a result. Ebook edition includes both Knowing God and the Knowing God Study Guide. |
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