Knowing God
Will be published approx. 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
352 pages
978-1-3998-0960-3 (ISBN)
Description
With over a million copies sold, Knowing God is one of the most significant Christian books of our time. Celebrating fifty years since its first publication, this anniversary edition invites Christians young and old to return to this spiritual classic - or to experience its wisdom for the first time.
Esteemed theologian J. I. Packer offers profound insight into the most significant question of the Christian life: what does it mean to know God? Both thought-provoking and deeply practical, Knowing God diagnoses the spiritual state of the Christian heart and commends the enriching truths of God.
'Dr Packer says we're cruel to ourselves if we try to live in his world without knowing about the God whose world it is and who runs it. I'm convinced we're cruel if we deny ourselves the wisdom contained in this Christian classic.' Rico Tice
Esteemed theologian J. I. Packer offers profound insight into the most significant question of the Christian life: what does it mean to know God? Both thought-provoking and deeply practical, Knowing God diagnoses the spiritual state of the Christian heart and commends the enriching truths of God.
'Dr Packer says we're cruel to ourselves if we try to live in his world without knowing about the God whose world it is and who runs it. I'm convinced we're cruel if we deny ourselves the wisdom contained in this Christian classic.' Rico Tice
Reviews / Votes
a spiritual classic * John Stott * A hundred years from now only a handful of books written today will still be widely read and accepted as Christian classics. Dr. James I. Packer's Knowing God may well prove to be one of them. A gifted theologian and writer, Dr. Packer has the rare ability to deal with profound and basic spiritual truths in a practical and highly readable way. This book will help every reader grasp in a fuller way one of the Bible's greatest truths: that we can know God personally because God wants us to know him. -- Billy Graham The books and essays Dr. Packer has written could fill shelves, but he is still known best for his fine work in Knowing God. Others may have followed with books about desiring, loving, serving, or seeking God, but Dr. Packer's volume says it simply, says it best. -- Joni Eareckson Tada Here is a theologian who puts the hay where the sheep can reach it?plainly shows us ordinary folks what it means to know God. -- Elisabeth Elliot [Packer's] style is succinct, vivid, and epigrammatic. His perspective is mind stretching, as he surveys the whole biblical scene. And the truth he handles fires the heart. At least it fired mine and compelled me to turn aside to worship and to pray. -- John R. W. Stott Knowing God is a masterpiece by a master theologian. It serves as a wake-up call for those who are asleep to the majesty of God. -- R. C. SproulMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Hodder & Stoughton
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 214 mm
Width: 134 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
360 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-3998-0960-3 (9781399809603)
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Person
J. I. Packer is an eminent theologian. Professor Emeritus at Regent College, Vancouver, he is a bestselling author known the world over for such classics as Knowing God. He is considered to be one of the most important evangelical theologians of the late 20th century.