Packer, the Board of Governors’ Professor of Theology at Regent College, was hailed by TIME as “a doctrinal Solomon” among Protestants. Packer, Billy Graham and Richard John Neuhaus have in common? Each was recently named by TIME magazine as among the 25 most influential evangelicals in America.ĭr. This guide leads readers into a greater understanding of God while providing advice to gaining a closer relationship with him as a result. 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. Written in an engaging and practical tone, this thought-provoking work seeks to transform and enrich the Christian understanding of God.

Knowing God through the context of a close relationship with the person of Jesus Christ. Stemming from Packer's profound theological knowledge, Knowing God brings together two important facets of the Christian faith:Ģ. This edition is updated with Americanized language and spelling and a new preface by the author. In 2006, Christianity Today voted this title one of the top 50 books that have shaped evangelicals. Packer's classic has been an important tool to help Christians around the world discover the wonder, the glory and the joy of knowing God.

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