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To read Knowing God is to experience the reality of God, not simply the reality of J. I. Packer.

Kevin J. Vanhoozer

research professor of systematic theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, from the foreword

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. Filled with theological beauty that lives where we all live, this book will cause you to love your Lord more earnestly, to worship him more deeply, and to serve him more joyfully. This book is so rich, you shouldn’t read it just once but over and over again.

Paul David Tripp

author of New Morning Mercies: A Daily Gospel Devotional

Jesus Christ taught that eternal life is knowing God (John 17:3). This book by J. I. Packer helps us to do just that. Short chapters (originally magazine articles) are arranged to draw us to study more closely various aspects of God’s nature and character. What could be more edifying? Over the last fifty years, I have found countless people who have been informed, encouraged, and brought to worship by the pages of this book. I know I have been and pray that you will be too.

Mark Dever

pastor of Capitol Hill Baptist Church

There are very few books that communicate such glorious truth—and communicate it as succinctly and as well—as Knowing God. Through Packer’s penetrating mind and gifted pen, the majesty of God and the wonder of the gospel shine through on every page. Easily one of the most influential books of the last half century.

Kevin DeYoung

senior pastor of Christ Covenant Church and associate professor of systematic theology at Reformed Theological Seminary, Charlotte

J.I. Packer (1926–2020) is regarded as one of the most well-known theologians of our time.

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