Knowing God
by J. I. Packer · 286 pages · English
A modern classic on the doctrine of God that combines theological rigor with pastoral warmth, exploring who God is and how knowing Him transforms the Christian life.
Grown out of a series of articles for a British Christian magazine, this book became in 1973 one of the most widely read classics of twentieth-century evangelicalism. Packer argues that knowing about God and knowing God are different things, and that only the latter truly transforms a life.
With sections devoted to God's character, his covenant, his wrath, and his mercy, the book combines theological precision with unusual pastoral warmth, and has introduced generations of readers to a doctrine of God that is both robust and deeply practical.
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J. I. Packer
British-Canadian theologian (1926–2020), author of the classic 'Knowing God' and a central figure of twentieth-century Reformed evangelicalism.
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There are very few books that communicate such glorious truth—and communicate it as succinctly and as well—as Knowing God... Easily one of the most influential books of the last half century.
I don't often endorse a book this way, but I will for Knowing God. If there is one book that every single Christian should read alongside the Bible, it is this book.
Knowing God is one of the best books I have ever read.
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.
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.