![]() ![]() Second, because there is virtually nothing Packer writes in this book that is not immediately relevant to our own context, especially as he calls readers not to stop thinking, but to stop thinking sinfully. It’s also among my favorites for a couple of reasons: First, reading a younger, slightly rougher around the edges Packer is just fascinating to me. ![]() This is actually one of Packer’s earliest books, rooted in the British fundamentalism controversies of the 1950s, but its message is as deeply important for North American evangelicals today. With the news that his writing ministry has come to an end due to his development of macular degeneration in his right eye (a condition that has affected his left eye for the last 10 years), and he is now blind, I wanted to share with you a few of the books I’ve most enjoyed and think every Christian should read: What I’ve learned from his work over the last 10 years has challenged me in my assumptions, brought clarity to my thinking, and sharpened a number of my convictions. ![]() There are few theologians whose work has had as profound an affect on me as J.I. ![]()
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