the majesty of Jesus Christ, the lordship of the Holy Spirit, the necessity of conversion, the priority of evangelism, and the importance of fellowship.”4 John Stott reduces Packer’s six essentials to three (the last three he believes are but elaborations of the first three). Thus, using the three persons of the Holy Trinity as a rubric, evangelical priorities are summed up in “the revealing initiative of God the Father, the redeeming work of God the Son and the transforming ministry of God the Holy