Sadly, Packer himself in a lecture (given a couple of years ago) stated that, ‘Contemporary talk about God is confused.’ He was referring to the Evangelical Church at large. Over those 40 or more years I have noticed a shift in the focus given by the Christian public to the doctrine of God. Packer went to be with the Lord. Fortunately for the Christian world we still have the legacy of that wonderful book that was fixed, centred and grounded in the doctrine of God. With the aid of Packer’s book, the Bible came alive with the majesty of God for who He is. I was confronted with great thoughts, grand thoughts, glorious thoughts, about the God I had now entered into a personal relationship with. In the pages of that book, I was presented with my God in whom I had recently placed my trust and hope. Packer’s best-selling Christian book, Knowing God, had recently come onto the market. I read that book with great intensity, unable to put it down. Knowing God Study Center has free study materials to assist in individual and group study of the book.I remember it well - it was around the time I was converted, 1974 - J. Estonian: Jumalat pole keegi näinud (2004, trans.Vladimir Alekseev) + Poznanie Boga ( Познание Бога, trans. Korean: Hananim ŭl anŭn chisik (1982, trans.Spanish: Hacia el conocimiento de Dios (1979).In the book, Packer explores the character of God as revealed in the Bible and what he believes are the correct Christian responses to it, with chapters on such topics as God's love, grace, majesty and wrath. In 2006, the influential evangelical magazine Christianity Today listed it as fifth on their list of "The Top 50 Books That Have Shaped Evangelicals". Originally written as a series of articles for the Evangelical Magazine, it was first published as a book in 1973 and has been reprinted several times. It is his best-known work, having sold over 1,000,000 copies in North America alone. Packer, a British-born Canadian Christian theologian. JSTOR ( November 2012) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources.
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