Knowing God by J. I. Packer Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Knowing God
Book Review: Brilliant
Summary: 5 Stars
Next to the Bible this is my favorite book. I have read it several times and each time I learn something new. It will definately increase your knowlege of the true nature and character of God. You will not only learn more about God but you will truely know God better..Tell me what you think of my Christain fiction novel The Palace Theatre..The Palace TheatreBook Review: Convicting
Summary: 5 Stars
this is not and easy to digest book. It will take some time to process all the information, which is awesome.
read this book with your Bible in hand and take ALL the time necessary to read, check your Bible and meditate about it. YOU WILL NOT REGRET READING THIS BOOK. Highly recommended to make a book study with other Christians
Book Review: Creature, Behold Your Creator
Summary: 5 Stars
If you only read one book other than the Bible, make it this one. Packer is an extraordinary theologian (arguably the greatest of the late 20th century) and this book is a distillation of the heart of his theology.
The focus of the book is the attributes of God and how they shape the way He relates to us. While you might be worried that the book will read like the second chapter of a systematic theology, you'll find no such dryness here. Packer's writing is passionate and lively. He discusses his Creator with the intimacy and excitment of a son talking about his beloved Father. His discussions of God's wrath and the "goodness and severity" of God are particularly stirring (possibly because they are all but absent from the theological vocabulary of our post-modern churches).
Packer is not content to objectively point out the attributes of God--instead he insists on making God's nature applicable to us as His creation. This fervor for the relationship between creature and Creator naturally flows into the final section of the book--a discussion of God's wonderful plan of redemption through Christ Jesus and our adoption as sons and daughters of the Most High.
His passion for the gospel and unwavering love for the Lord are highly contagious. You may find yourself in tears while reading this book (either with sorrow or joy). When I first read this book, God used it to teach me of the reality and significance of His divine anger toward sin. Now I turn to it when I need to be reminded of just how precious I am in the sight of my God. My only advice: read this book.
Book Review: Deep and thoughtful book about who God is
Summary: 5 Stars
Packer has written a book here that is deeper than 90% of the books out there on theology. This books makes us take a serious look at who God is. This includes God's unchanging nature, God's majesty, God wisdom, love, grace, judgment, wrath and goodness and jealousy. Packer makes the statement that there is a big difference between knowing about God and knowing God. A key quote for me would be on page 41 "What matters supremely, therefore, is not, in the last analysis, the fact that I know God, but the larger fact which underlies it-the fact that he knows me." You'll be reading this book over and over again and getting new info out of it each time.Book Review: Defies Time
Summary: 5 Stars
'Knowing God' is a great resource for anyone is either beginning their walk with the Lord and desires to know Him more and desires to know more about God's attributes or someone who is aged and never studied theology. You don't need to be a theologian to understand this book. Although written in 1973, this work holds up incredibly well and stands the test of time. It is still culturally relevant, pointed and clear. Read 'Knowing God' and be in awe of the Lord.