I came to see that Packer had an outsized influence on modern-day Evangelicalism, and for good reason. This biography put his books in their right context and greatly increased my admiration for their author. Packer’s books have been influential in my life, but I knew very little about his life and career. I thoroughly enjoyed getting to know J.I. In the third section he traces some of the themes that have dominated Packer’s life and career: the Bible, the Puritans, Anglicanism, and so on. In the second section he describes Packer as a man, telling about his personality and passions and offering up some interesting anecdotes. In the first section Ryken offers an overview of Packer’s life in standard biographical format. With this goal in mind, he pursues a unique format that tells Packer’s life through three different themes, each of which has its own section. I have not written a history, but a biography. I therefore rejected the model of the documentary history, which so overwhelms readers with factual data about events and people that the subject of the biography disappears from sight. It is the man that I wanted my readers to encounter. Packer and to get a picture of his varied roles and accomplishments. My goal in writing this biography was to enable my readers to know J.I. Ryken dedicates the book’s opening pages to explaining why he wrote this book and why he did so in the way he did. In that way it is quite typical of other biographies of still-living individuals-it describes the subject’s life and influence, but without much emphasis on his weaknesses. This is, as the description says, an appreciative biography, written by someone who knows Packer and who has long been an admirer. Filled with personal anecdotes and little-known facts, this appreciative volume sheds light on the key themes that have given shape to Packer’s life and thought, highlighting his enduring significance for Christians today.”
J I PACKER PROFESSIONAL
In this biography, well-known scholar Leland Ryken acquaints us with Packer’s life, heart, and mind, tracing the outworking of God’s sovereign plan through his childhood, intellectual pursuits, and professional life. Packer has exerted a steady and remarkable influence on evangelicalism.
The publisher’s description does a good job of describing what you’ll encounter in the book’s pages: “Over the last sixty years, J. Sponsor Show Your Support Become a Patron
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