Knowing God

Amazing book

Excellent book. Really packs a punch and gives a fresh view of the aim of the Christian life. Ideal whether you are a new or mature Christian.

Excellent

This book is renowned as a 'modern Christian classic', although having first been printed in 1973 it is rapidly becoming a classic in the the fullest sense of the word. That being said, its contents are a treasure-trove for the Christian, somehow managing the considerable feat of both explaining the basics and working out the fine detail in one very powerful work. Based on a collection of essays, the twenty-two chapters do have a self-contained feel to them: although Dr. Packer's work builds up a picture of God as a whole, yet the book does not proceed through a single-threaded development. The work is divided into three broad sections, one on the knowing of God, the second on God himself, and the third on the implication of God as he is. Particularly powerful is the treatment given to God as judge, God's wrath, God's Goodness and Severity and God's Jealousy; none of which are popular topics but all of which are treated with clarity and a deep sense of purpose. Throughout this work Dr. Packer reveals himself to be an extraordinarily gifted and orthodox theologian with a rock solid understanding of what the Bible actually teaches. I have no hesitation in recommending this book widely to Christians of types and at all stages within their study of the scripture as I am confident they will not be misled by this time-tested work. The version I refer to in this review is the new Audio version narrated by Simon Vance. The narration is clear and a pleasure to listen to, with Mr. Vance excelling himself yet again. At 9.5 hours it may be a little long for one sitting, however the episodic nature of the work lends itself brilliantly to being spread over a few memorable sittings. This review was made possible by the christianaudio reviewer's programmed who provided the review copy.

Excellent book for all Christians and is really a life changer as it is BRILLIANT

JI Packer teaches us the need to spend more time with God and get together to know Him better. We have to know God and we must know. about God.

This book taught me a lot of things I didn't know about God and I plan on reading it at least once a year.

A MUST for every new Christian, if you ask Theologians what is the number one book to read, what is their favorite, they'd say "Knowing God" by JI Packer

Great book! But the kindle formatting is absolutely terrible and should not be released to the public in this pathetic state. Such poor formatting spoils the reputation of a classic Christian resource.

A little difficult to read, but is really good once you understand it.