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'''James Innell Packer''' (born [[July 22]], [[1926]] in [[Gloucester, England|Gloucester]], [[England]]) is a British-born Canadian [[Christian theology|Christian theologian]] in the [[Calvinism|Calvinistic]] [[Anglican Church|Anglican]] tradition. He currently serves as the Board of Governors' Professor of Theology at [[Regent College]] in [[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]]. He is considered to be one of the most important [[Evangelicalism|evangelical]] theologians of the late 20th century.
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* [[Duane Litfin]]<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_im6cSN68wgC&pg=PA246 | title=Disciplines of a Godly Man| isbn=9781433518638| last1=Kent Hughes| first1=R.| date=May 2007| publisher=Crossway}}</ref>
* [[Carl Trueman]]<ref>{{cite web |last=DeYoung |first=Kevin |date=6 June 2014 |title=Bio, Books, and Such: Carl Trueman |url=https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/kevin-deyoung/bio-books-and-such-carl-trueman/ |work=The Gospel Coalition |access-date=18 May 2019}}</ref>
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'''James Innell Packer''' (22 July 1926{{spnd}}17 July 2020) was an English-born Canadian [[evangelicalism|evangelical]] theologian, cleric and writer in the [[Low church|low-church Anglican]] and [[Calvinist]] traditions. Having been considered as one of the most influential evangelicals in North America,<ref>{{cite magazine|date=7 February 2005|title=The 25 Most Influential Evangelicals in America|magazine=Time|url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1993235_1993243_1993310,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100611095206/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1993235_1993243_1993310,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 June 2010|access-date=24 July 2008}}</ref> Packer is known for his 1973 best-selling book ''[[Knowing God]]'', along with his work as the general editor of the [[English Standard Version]] Bible. He was one of the high-profile signers on the 1978 [[Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy]], a member on the advisory board of the [[Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood]], and also was involved in the [[Ecumenism|ecumenical]] book ''[[Evangelicals and Catholics Together]]'' in 1994. His last teaching position was as the board of governors' Professor of Theology at [[Regent College]] in [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]], in which he served from 1996 until his retirement in 2016 due to failing eyesight.
The son of a clerk for the [[Great Western Railway]], Packer won a scholarship to [[Oxford University]]. He was educated at [[Corpus Christi College, Oxford|Corpus Christi College]], obtaining the degrees of [[Bachelor of Arts]] (1948), [[Master of Arts (Oxbridge)|Master of Arts]] (1952), and [[Doctor of Philosophy]] (1955).


== Life and career ==
It was as a student at Oxford where he first met [[C.S. Lewis]] whose teachings would become a major influence in his life. In a meeting of the [[OICCU|Oxford Inter-Collegiate Christian Union]], Packer committed his life to Christian service.


Packer was born on 22 July 1926 in [[Twyning]], Gloucestershire, England to James and Dorothy Packer.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=Dean|first=Jamie|title=Theologian and churchman J.I. Packer dies at age 93 |url=https://world.wng.org/2020/07/theologian_and_churchman_ji_packer_dies_at_age_93|access-date=18 July 2020|website=WORLD |language=en |date=July 17, 2020 |archive-date=20 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200720224745/https://world.wng.org/2020/07/theologian_and_churchman_ji_packer_dies_at_age_93|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web|last=Taylor|first=Justin|title=J. I. Packer (1926–2020)|url=https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justin-taylor/j-i-packer-1926-2020/ |date=July 17, 2020 |access-date=18 July 2020|website=The Gospel Coalition|language=en-US}}</ref> His sister, Margaret, was born in 1929.<ref name=":4" /> His father was a clerk for the [[Great Western Railway]] and his lower-middle-class family was only nominally [[Anglican]], attending the local St. Catherine's Church.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":2" /> When he was seven, Packer suffered a severe head injury in a collision with a bread van, which precluded him from playing sports, so he became interested in reading and writing.<ref name=":4" /> At 11 years of age, Packer was gifted with an old [[Oliver Typewriter Company|Oliver typewriter]].<ref name=":4" /> He went on to cherish typewriters for the rest of his life.<ref name=":0" /> In 1937, Packer went to [[The Crypt School]], where he specialized in [[Classics|the classics]].<ref name=":4" /> At age 14 he was [[Confirmation|confirmed]] at St. Catherine's church.<ref name=":4" />
He spent a brief time teaching [[Greek language|Greek]] at [[Oak Hill Theological College]] in [[London]], and in 1949 entered [[Wycliffe Hall, Oxford]] to study theology. He was [[ordained]] a [[deacon]] (1952) and [[priest]] (1953) in the [[Church of England]], within which he became recognized as a leader in the [[Evangelicalism|Evangelical movement]]. He was Assistant Curate of [[Harborne|Harborne Heath]] in [[Birmingham]] 1952-54 and Lecturer at Tyndale Hall, Bristol 1955-61. He was Librarian of [http://www.latimertrust.org Latimer House, Oxford] 1961-62 and Principal 1962-69. In 1970 he became Principal of Tyndale Hall, Bristol, and from 1971 until 1979 he was Associate Prinicipal of [[Trinity College, Bristol]], which had been formed from the amalgamation of Tyndale Hall with Clifton College and Dalton House-St Michael's.


He won a scholarship to the [[University of Oxford]], where he was educated at [[Corpus Christi College, Oxford|Corpus Christi College]], obtaining his [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in 1948. In a 1944 meeting of the [[Oxford Inter-Collegiate Christian Union]] (OICCU), Packer committed his life to Christian service.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":4" /> It was during this time that Packer became exposed to the Puritans through OICCU's library, which were an influence he carried for the rest of his life.<ref name=":4" /> He also first heard lectures from [[C.&nbsp;S. Lewis]] at Oxford, whose teachings would (though he never knew Lewis personally) become a major influence in his life.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Leland Ryken|title=J. I. Packer, 'Knowing God' Author, Dies at 93 |date=July 17, 2020 |url=https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2020/july/j-i-packer-died-evangelical-theologian-knowing-god.html|access-date=18 July 2020|website=ChristianityToday|language=en}}</ref>
In 1978, he signed the ''[[Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy]]'', which affirmed a conservative position on [[Biblical inerrancy]].


After college, he spent a brief time teaching [[Greek language|Greek]] and [[Latin]] at [[Oak Hill College]] in London.<ref name=":4" /> During this 1949–1950 school year, he sat under the teaching of [[Martyn Lloyd-Jones]] at [[Westminster Chapel]], who also would have a great influence on his thinking, and who he would know and interact with later.<ref name=":4" /> In 1949, Packer went back to [[Wycliffe Hall, Oxford]], in 1949 to study theology.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title=Remembering J.I. Packer|url=https://www.regent-college.edu/about-us/news/2020/remembering-ji-packer|access-date=18 July 2020|website=Regent College |date=July 17, 2020 |language=en}}</ref> He obtained his [[Master of philosophy]] degree in 1954, and [[Doctor of Philosophy]] in 1954.<ref name=":3" /> He wrote his dissertation under [[Geoffrey Nuttall]] on the [[soteriology]] of the Puritan theologian [[Richard Baxter]].<ref name=":3" /> He was [[ordained]] a [[deacon]] in 1952 and [[priest]] in 1953 in the [[Church of England]], within which he was associated with the [[Evangelical Anglicanism|evangelical movement]].<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /> He served as assistant [[curate]] of [[Harborne|Harborne Heath]] in Birmingham from 1952 to 1954.<ref name=":4" /> In 1954, Packer married Kit Mullet, and they had three children, Ruth, Naomi, and Martin.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":0" />
In 1979, Packer moved to [[Vancouver]] to take up a position at [[Regent College]], eventually being named the first Sangwoo Youtong Chee Professor of Theology, a title he held until his retirement. A prolific writer and frequent lecturer, although best known for a single book, "Knowing God," Packer is widely regarded in conservative Protestant circles as one of the most important theologians of the modern era. He is a frequent contributor to and an executive editor of ''[[Christianity Today]]''. In recent years, he has become an outspoken proponent of the [[Christian ecumenism|ecumenical movement]] but believes that unity should not come at the expense of abandoning [[orthodox]] Protestant doctrine. Nonetheless, his advocacy of ecumenicism has brought sharp criticism from some conservatives, particularly after the publication of the book ''Evangelicals and Catholics Together: Toward a Common Mission'' (ed. [[Charles Colson]], [[Richard John Neuhaus|Richard J. Neuhaus]]) in which Packer was one of the contributors.


In 1955, his family moved to [[Bristol]] and Packer taught at [[Tyndale Hall, Bristol]], from 1955 to 1961. He wrote an article denouncing [[Higher Life movement|Keswick theology]] as [[Pelagian]] in the ''[[Evangelical Quarterly]]''.<ref name=":4" /> According to biographer [[Alister McGrath]], it is widely agreed that his critique "marked the end of the dominance of the Keswick approach among younger evangelicals".<ref name=":4" /> It was also during this time that he published his first book, ''Fundamentalism and the Word of God'' (1958), a defense of the authority of the Bible, which sold 20,000 copies in that year and has been in print since.<ref name=":0" /> Packer moved back to Oxford in 1961, where he served as librarian of [[Latimer Trust#History|Latimer House]] in Oxford from 1961 to 1962 and warden from 1962 to 1969, an evangelical research centre he founded with [[John Stott]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":4" /> In 1970, he became principal of Tyndale Hall, Bristol, and from 1971 until 1979 he was associate principal of the newly formed [[Trinity College, Bristol]], which had been formed from the amalgamation of Tyndale Hall with Clifton College and Dalton House-St Michael's.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=A Tribute to John Alexander Motyer|url=http://www.trinitycollegebristol.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Motyer.pdf |website=Trinity College Bristol }}</ref> He became editor of the ''Evangelical Quarterly'' in the 1960s, and eventually published a series of articles he wrote in the journal into a book, ''[[Knowing God]]''.<ref name=":4" /> The book, published by [[Hodder & Stoughton]] in Britain and [[InterVarsity Press]] in the United States in 1973, became a bestseller of international fame and sold over 1.5&nbsp;million copies.<ref name=":4" /> In 1977, he signed the [[Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy]].<ref name=":0" />
Packer served as general editor for the [[English Standard Version]], an Evangelical revision of the [[Revised Standard Version]] of the Bible.

In 1979, one of Packer's Oxford friends persuaded him to teach at [[Regent College]] in Vancouver, eventually being named the first Sangwoo Youtong Chee Professor of Theology, a title he held until he was named a Regent College Board of Governors' Professor of Theology in 1996.<ref name=":3" /> At Regent he taught many classes, including [[systematic theology]] and the [[Puritans]].<ref name=":3" />

He was a prolific writer and frequent lecturer,<ref name=":2" /> and a frequent contributor to and an executive editor of ''[[Christianity Today]]''.<ref name=":0" /> Packer served as general editor of the [[English Standard Version]] (ESV), an evangelical translation based upon the [[Revised Standard Version]] of the Bible, and theological editor of the ''[[ESV Study Bible]]''.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=J. I. Packer|url=https://www.crossway.org/authors/j-i-packer/|access-date=18 July 2020|website=Crossway|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Stec|first=D|date=July 2004|title=Review: The Holy Bible: English Standard Version|journal=Vetus Testamentum|volume=54|pages=421}}</ref>

Packer was associated with [[St. John's Shaughnessy|St. John's Shaughnessy Anglican Church]], which in February 2008 voted to [[schism]] from the [[Anglican Church of Canada]] over the issue of [[blessing of same-sex unions in Christian churches|same-sex blessings]]. The departing church, [[St. John's Vancouver]], joined the [[Anglican Diocese of Canada|Anglican Network in Canada]] (ANiC).<ref>{{Cite journal |title= Anglican congregation votes to split over same-sex blessings | first =Chantal | last = Eustace| journal = The Vancouver Sun |url= http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/story.html?id=55cf38f7-b342-4f85-bb3e-c89057694be7&k=257450 |date= 14 February 2008 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080215083625/http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/story.html?id=55cf38f7-b342-4f85-bb3e-c89057694be7&k=25745 |archive-date= 15 February 2008 |df= dmy-all}}</ref> Packer, on 23 April, handed in his licence from the [[Anglican Bishop of New Westminster|Bishop of New Westminster]].<ref>{{Citation | publisher = Anglican | url = http://www.vancouver.anglican.ca/News/tabid/27/Mode/ViewArticle/ArticleId/666/ | title = Nine priests, two deacons, hand in their licences from the Bishop }}{{dead link|date=March 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> (ANiC eventually co-founded and joined the [[Anglican Church in North America]] in 2009.)<ref>{{Cite web|title=History|url=https://www.anglicannetwork.ca/history|access-date=18 July 2020|website=Anglican Network in Canada (ANiC)|language=en-US}}</ref> In December 2008, Packer was appointed an honorary clerical canon of [[St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney|St Andrew's Cathedral]] in [[Sydney]] in recognition of his long and distinguished ministry as a faithful teacher of [[biblical theology]].<ref>{{Citation | url = http://sydneyanglicans.net/news/stories/packer_and_short_honoured_by_archbishop/ | title = Packer and Short honoured by Archbishop | publisher = Sydney Anglicans}}.</ref>

Packer had been the theologian emeritus of the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) since its creation in 2009, being one of the nine members of the task force who wrote on a trial basis ''Texts for Common Prayer'', released in 2013, and general editor of the task force who wrote for trial use ''To Be a Christian: An Anglican Catechism'', approved on 8 January 2014 by the College of Bishops of the church.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://anglicanchurch.net/?/main/texts_for_common_prayer|title= Texts for common prayer |website= Anglican Church in North America}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://anglicanchurch.net/?/main/catechism |title= Catechism |website= Anglican Church in North America}}</ref> He was awarded the St. Cuthbert's Cross at the Provincial Assembly of ACNA on 27 June 2014 by retiring Archbishop [[Robert Duncan (bishop)|Robert Duncan]] for his "unparalleled contribution to Anglican and global Christianity".<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.anglicanchurch.net/?/main/page/860 |title= Anglican Church in North America}}</ref>

In 2016, Packer's eyesight deteriorated due to [[macular degeneration]] to a point where he could no longer read or write, consequently concluding his public ministry.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{cite news | url=https://www.regent-college.edu/about-us/news/2020/remembering-ji-packer | title=Remembering J.I. Packer|date=17 July 2020 | access-date=17 July 2020}}</ref>

Packer died on 17 July 2020, five days before his 94th birthday.<ref name=":2" />

==Theological views==

===Inerrancy===

He signed the ''[[Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy]]'', affirming the conservative evangelical position on [[biblical inerrancy]].<ref name=":0" />

===Gender roles===
Packer was a [[complementarianism|complementarian]] and served on the advisory board of the [[Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood]]. He thus subscribed to a view of gender roles such that a husband should lovingly lead, protect and provide for his wife and that a wife should joyfully affirm and submit to her husband's leadership. Complementarians also believe the Bible teaches that men are to bear primary responsibility to lead in the church and that as such only men should be elders.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.cbmw.org/Online-Books/Recovering-Biblical-Manhood-and-Womanhood/A-Vision-of-Biblical-Complementarity |title=A vision of biblical complementarity |access-date= 4 April 2017 |url-status=dead | publisher = CBMW |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160303201037/http://www.cbmw.org/Online-Books/Recovering-Biblical-Manhood-and-Womanhood/A-Vision-of-Biblical-Complementarity |archive-date= 3 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Citation | title = Fifty crucial questions | date = January 1992 | publisher = CBMW | type = book | edition = online | url = http://www.cbmw.org/Online-Books/Fifty-Crucial-Questions/Fifty-Crucial-Questions}}.</ref> In 1991 Packer set forth his reasons for this in an influential yet controversial article called "Let's Stop Making Women Presbyters".<ref>''Christianity Today'', 11 February 1991.</ref>

===Calvinism===

Packer held to the [[Soteriology|soteriological]] position known as [[Reformed Christianity|Calvinism]].<ref>{{Citation | last = Packer | type = book | title = Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God}}.</ref>

===Evolution===

Packer endorsed and supported books that have advocated for [[theistic evolution]],<ref>{{Citation | url = https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1854247468/ref=sib_rdr_dp | at = front cover | title = Creation or Evolution}}.</ref><ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.lionhudson.com/detail.php?product_id=2732639 | title = Reclaiming Genesis | first = Lion | last = Hudson | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100823070347/http://www.lionhudson.com/detail.php?product_id=2732639 | archive-date= 23 August 2010}}</ref> but also expressed caution towards the validity of evolution.<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.sydneyanglicans.net/media/audio/creation_evolution_problems/ | type = talk | last = Packer | title = Evolution and creation problems | publisher = Sydney Anglicans | at = 19 min | access-date = 5 December 2009 | archive-date = 1 October 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091001162406/http://www.sydneyanglicans.net/media/audio/creation_evolution_problems/ | url-status = dead }}.</ref>

===Ecumenism===

In recent years, he had supported the [[Christian ecumenism|ecumenical movement]], which drew criticism from other evangelicals. Specifically, Packer's involvement in the book ''[[Evangelicals and Catholics Together|Evangelicals and Catholics Together: Toward a Common Mission]]'' (ECT) was sharply criticised,<ref name=":4" /> but he defended ECT by arguing that believers should set aside denominational differences for the sake of winning converts to Christianity.<ref name=":4" />

Packer took the side of evangelical ecumenism in opposition to [[Martyn Lloyd-Jones]] in 1966, then co-authored a work with two [[Anglo-Catholicism|Anglo-Catholics]] in 1970 (''Growing into Union'') that many evangelicals felt conceded too much biblical ground on critical doctrinal issues.<ref name=":4" /> The publication of that work led to the formal break between Lloyd-Jones and Packer, bringing an end to the Puritan Conferences.<ref name=":4" />


== Works ==
== Works ==
* ''Fundamentalism and the Word of God'' (1958; reprinted 1984) {{ISBN|0-8028-1147-7}}
* ''Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God'' (1961 by Inter-Varsity Fellowship) (reprinted 1991) {{ISBN|0-8308-1339-X}}
* ''Our Lord's Understanding of the Law of God'' (1962) {{ASIN|B0007J7B2Y}}
* ''The Church of England and the Methodist Church: Ten Essays'' (1963)<ref>{{Cite book|last=Packer|first=James Innell|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ouBCMwEACAAJ|title=The Church of England and the Methodist Church. A Consideration of the Report Conversations Between the Church of England and the Methodist Church. Ten Essays Edited by J.I. Packer|date=1963|publisher=Marcham|language=en}}</ref>
* ''God Speaks To Man: Revelation and the Bible'' (1965) {{ASIN|B000K7MIYE}}
* ''Tomorrow's Worship'' (1966) {{Isbn|978-0851900360|}}
* ''Guidelines: Anglican Evangelicals Face the Future'' (1967) {{ISBN|978-0854918027|}}
* ''[[Knowing God]]'' (1973, reprinted 1993) {{ISBN|0-8308-1650-X}}
* ''What did the Cross Achieve? The Logic of Penal Substitution'' (1974) {{ASIN|B0007AJPE0}}
* ''I Want To Be A Christian'' (1977) {{ISBN|978-0-8423-1842-6}}
* ''The Ten Commandments'' (1977) {{ISBN|978-0-8423-7004-2}}
* ''The Evangelical Anglican Identity Problem: An Analysis'' (1978) {{ISBN|978-0-946307-00-5}}
* ''The New Man'' (1978) {{ISBN|978-0-8028-1768-6}}
* ''For Man's Sake!'' (1978) {{ISBN|978-0-85364-217-6}}
* ''Knowing Man'' (1979) {{Isbn|978-0891071754|}}
* ''God Has Spoken'' (1979) {{ISBN|978-0-87784-656-7}}
* ''Beyond the Battle for the Bible'' (1980) {{ISBN|978-0-89107-195-2}}
* ''Freedom and Authority'' (1981: International Council on Biblical Inerrancy) {{Isbn|978-1573830355|}}
* ''A Kind of Noah's Ark? : The Anglican Commitment to Comprehensiveness'' (1981) {{ISBN|978-0-946307-09-8}}
* ''God's Words: Studies of Key Bible Themes'' (1981) {{ISBN|978-0-87784-367-2}}
* ''Freedom, Authority and Scripture'' (1982) {{ISBN|978-0-85110-445-4}}
* ''Keep In Step With The Spirit: Finding Fullness In Our Walk With God'' (1984, reprinted 2005) {{ISBN|0-8010-6558-5}}
* ''The Thirty-Nine Articles: Their Place and Use Today'' (1984) {{ISBN|978-0946307562|}}
* ''Through the Year with J. I. Packer'' (1986) {{ISBN|978-0-340-40141-5}}
* ''Hot Tub Religion'' (1987) {{ISBN|978-0-8423-1854-9}}
* Laid-back Religion?: A penetrating look at Christianity today (1989) ISBN 978-0-8511-0799-8
* ''Among God's Giants: Aspects of Puritan Christianity'' (1991) {{ISBN|978-0-86065-452-0}}
* ''A Passion for Holiness'' (1992) {{ISBN|1-85684-043-3}}
* ''Rediscovering Holiness'' (1992) {{ISBN|0-89283-734-9}}
* ''Concise Theology: A Guide to Historic Christian Beliefs'' (1993) {{ISBN|0-8423-3960-4}}
* ''A Quest for Godliness: The Puritan Vision of the Christian Life'' (1994) {{ISBN|0-89107-819-3}}
* ''Knowing Christianity'' (1995) {{ISBN|978-0-87788-058-5}}
* ''A Passion for Faithfulness: Wisdom from the Book of Nehemiah'' (1995) {{ISBN|978-0-89107-733-6}}
* ''Decisions – Finding God's Will: 6 Studies for Individuals or Groups'' (1996) {{ISBN|978-0-85111-376-0}}
* ''Truth & Power: The Place of Scripture in the Christian Life'' (1996) {{ISBN|978-0-87788-815-4}}
* ''Life in the Spirit'' (1996) {{ISBN|978-0-340-64174-3}}
* ''Meeting God'' (2001) {{ISBN|978-1-85999-480-1}}
* ''God's Plans for You'' (2001) {{ISBN|978-1-58134-290-1}}
* ''Divine Sovereignty and Human Responsibility'' (2002) {{Asin|B0006S2A2W}}
* ''Faithfulness and Holiness: The Witness of J. C. Ryle'' (2002) {{ISBN|978-1-58134-358-8}}
* ''The Redemption and Restoration of Man in the Thought of Richard Baxter'' (2003, based on his 1954 Oxford dissertation) {{ISBN|1-57383-174-3}}
* ''Knowing God Through The Year'' (2004) {{ISBN|978-0-8308-3292-7}}
* ''18 Words: The Most Important Words You Will Ever Know'' (2007) {{ISBN|978-1845503277|}}
* ''Praying the Lord's Prayer'' (2007) {{ISBN|978-1-58134-963-4}}
* ''Affirming the Apostles' Creed (2008) {{ISBN|978-1-4335-0210-1}}''
* ''Weakness Is the Way: Life with Christ Our Strength ''(2013) {{ISBN|978-1433563836|}}
* ''Finishing Our Course With Joy '' (2014) {{ISBN|978-1-4335-4106-3}}


===In the ''Anglican Agenda'' series===
* ''Fundamentalism and the Word of God'' (1958; reprinted 1984) ISBN 0-8028-1147-7
* ''Taking Faith Seriously'' (2006) {{ISBN|978-0-9781653-0-7}}
* ''Keep In Step With The Spirit: Finding Fullness In Our Walk With God'' (1984, reprinted 2005) ISBN 0-8010-6558-5
* ''Knowing God'' (1973, reprinted 1993) ISBN 0-8308-1650-X
* ''Taking Doctrine Seriously'' (2007) {{ISBN|978-1-897538-00-5}}
* ''Taking Repentance Seriously'' (2007) {{ISBN|978-0-9781653-4-5}}
* ''Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God'' (1961 by Inter-Varsity Fellowship) (reprinted 1991) ISBN 0-8308-1339-X
* ''Taking Christian Unity Seriously'' (2007) {{ISBN|978-0-9781653-6-9}}
* ''A Quest for Godliness: The Puritan Vision of the Christian Life'' (1994) ISBN 0-89107-819-3
* ''Concise Theology: A Guide to Historic Christian Beliefs'' (2001) ISBN 0-8423-3960-4
* ''One Faith: The Evangelical Consensus'' with [[Thomas Oden]] (2004) ISBN 0-8308-3239-4
* ''Collected Shorter Writings'' in four volumes
* ''The Redemption and Restoration of Man in the Thought of Richard Baxter'' (2003, based on his 1954 Oxford dissertation) ISBN 1-57383-174-3
* ''Christianity: The True Humanism'' with [[Thomas Howard]] (1985) ISBN 1-57383-058-5
* ''Rediscovering Holiness'' (1992) ISBN 0-89283-734-9


===Collections===
== External links ==
* ''The J. I. Packer Collection'', edited by [[Alister McGrath]] (1999) {{ISBN|978-0-8308-2287-4}}
* ''Collected Shorter Writings of J. I. Packer''
** ''Volume 1: Celebrating the Saving Work of God'' (1998) {{ISBN|978-0-85364-896-3}}
** '' Volume 2: Serving the People of God'' (1998) {{ISBN|978-0-85364-904-5}}
** ''Volume 3: Honouring the Written Word of God'' (1999) {{ISBN|978-0-85364-882-6}}
** ''Volume 4: Honouring the People of God'' (1999) {{ISBN|978-0-85364-905-2}}


===Co-authored===
* [http://www.touchstonemag.com/docs/issues/15.10docs/15-10pg37.html A Stunted Ecclesiology?: The Theory & Practice of Evangelical Churchliness] by J.I. Packer
* ''The Spirit Within You: The Church's Neglected Possession'' with Alan Stibbs (1979) {{ISBN|978-0-8010-8142-2}}
* [http://www.esv.org/translation/philosophy Interview with J.I. Packer about his work on the English Standard Version Bible]
* ''The Bible Almanac'' with [[Merrill C. Tenney]] and William White (1980) {{ISBN|978-0-8407-5162-1}}
* [http://www.sermonindex.net/modules/mydownloads/viewcat.php?cid=302 Free audio sermons by J.I. Packer] (From SermonIndex.net)
* ''Christianity: The True Humanism'' with Thomas Howard (1985) {{ISBN|1-57383-058-5}}
* [http://www.monergism.com/thethreshold/articles/bio/jipacker.html Extensive list of published works and online articles from Monergism.com]
* ''New Dictionary of Theology'' with Sinclair B Ferguson and David F Wright (1988) {{ISBN|978-0-8308-1400-8}}
* ''Knowing and Doing the Will of God'' with LaVonne Neff (1995) {{ISBN|978-0-89283-927-8}}
* ''Great Power'' with Beth Feia (1997) {{ISBN|978-0-85476-836-3}}
* ''Great Grace'' with Beth Feia (1997) {{ISBN|978-0-85476-837-0}}
* ''Great Joy'' with Beth Feia (1999) {{ISBN|978-0-85476-838-7}}
* ''Never Beyond Hope: How God Touches and Uses Imperfect People'' with Carolyn Nystrom (2000) {{ISBN|978-0-8308-2232-4}}
* ''Knowing God Journal'' with Carolyn Nystrom (2000) {{ISBN|978-0-8308-1185-4}}
* ''J. I. Packer Answers Questions for Today'' with Wendy Murray Zoba (2001) {{ISBN|978-0-8423-3615-4}}
* ''Hope, Never Beyond Hope: Six Studies for Individuals or Groups with Leader's Notes'' with Carolyn Nystrom (2003) {{ISBN|978-0-85111-355-5}}
* ''One Faith: The Evangelical Consensus'' with [[Thomas Oden]] (2004) {{ISBN|0-8308-3239-4}}
* ''Battle for the Soul of Canada: Raising up the Emerging Generation of Leaders'' (2006) {{ISBN|978-0-9782022-0-0}}
* ''Praying: Finding Our Way Through Duty To Delight'' with Carolyn Nystrom (2006) {{ISBN|978-0-8308-3345-0}}
* ''Guard Us, Guide Us: Divine Leading in Life's Decisions'' with Carolyn Nystrom (2008) {{ISBN|978-0-8010-1303-4}}
* ''In My Place Condemned He Stood: Celebrating the Glory of the Atonement'' with Mark Dever (2008) {{ISBN|978-1-4335-0200-2}}


== References ==
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==Further reading==
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* Alister E McGrath, ''To Know and Serve God: A Life of James I. Packer'' (1997) {{ISBN|978-0-340-56571-1}}
* Alister E McGrath, ''J. I. Packer: A Biography'' (1997) {{ISBN|978-0-8010-1157-3}}
* Roger Steer, ''Guarding the Holy Fire: The Evangelicalism of John R. W. Stott, J. I. Packer and Alister McGrath'' (1999) {{ISBN|978-0-8010-5846-2}}
* Don J Payne, ''The Theology of the Christian Life in J. I. Packer's Thought: Theological Anthropology, Theological Method, and the Doctrine of Sanctification'' (2006) {{ISBN|978-1-84227-397-5}}
* Timothy F George, ''J. I. Packer and the Evangelical Future: The Impact of His Life and Thought'' (2009) {{ISBN|978-0-8010-3387-2}}
* Leland Ryken, ''J. I. Packer: An Evangelical Life'' (2015) {{ISBN|978-1-4335-4252-7}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.esv.org/translation/philosophy Interview with J. I. Packer about his work on the English Standard Version Bible]
* [http://www.monergism.com/thethreshold/articles/bio/jipacker.html Extensive list of published works and online articles from Monergism.com]
* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20081121205512/http://www.theologynetwork.org/studying-theologyrs/penal-substitution-revisited.htm Penal Substitution Revisited]'' by J. I. Packer, on [https://web.archive.org/web/20081121205512/http://www.theologynetwork.org/studying-theologyrs/penal-substitution-revisited.htm www.theologynetwork.org]

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Latest revision as of 15:58, 2 December 2024

For the Australian media tycoon, see James Packer.

The Reverend Canon
J. I. Packer
Young man with spectacles and Brylcreemed hair
Packer in the 1950s
Born
James Innell Packer

(1926-07-22)22 July 1926
Twyning, England
Died17 July 2020(2020-07-17) (aged 93)
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Nationality
  • Canadian
  • British
Spouse
Kit Mullett
​
(m. 1954)​
[1]
Children3
Parent(s)James Packer, Dorothy Packer
Ecclesiastical career
ReligionChristian (Anglican)
Church
Ordained
  • 1952 (deacon)
  • 1953 (priest)
Academic background
Alma materCorpus Christi College, Oxford (BA)
Wycliffe Hall, Oxford (MPhil, DPhil)
ThesisThe Redemption and Restoration of Man in the Thought of Richard Baxter (1954)
Doctoral advisorGeoffrey Nuttall[2]
Influences
Academic work
DisciplineTheology
Sub-disciplineSystematic theology
School or tradition
Institutions
Notable students
Notable worksKnowing God (1973)
Influenced

James Innell Packer (22 July 1926 – 17 July 2020) was an English-born Canadian evangelical theologian, cleric and writer in the low-church Anglican and Calvinist traditions. Having been considered as one of the most influential evangelicals in North America,[5] Packer is known for his 1973 best-selling book Knowing God, along with his work as the general editor of the English Standard Version Bible. He was one of the high-profile signers on the 1978 Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy, a member on the advisory board of the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, and also was involved in the ecumenical book Evangelicals and Catholics Together in 1994. His last teaching position was as the board of governors' Professor of Theology at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia, in which he served from 1996 until his retirement in 2016 due to failing eyesight.

Life and career

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Packer was born on 22 July 1926 in Twyning, Gloucestershire, England to James and Dorothy Packer.[6][7] His sister, Margaret, was born in 1929.[7] His father was a clerk for the Great Western Railway and his lower-middle-class family was only nominally Anglican, attending the local St. Catherine's Church.[7][6] When he was seven, Packer suffered a severe head injury in a collision with a bread van, which precluded him from playing sports, so he became interested in reading and writing.[7] At 11 years of age, Packer was gifted with an old Oliver typewriter.[7] He went on to cherish typewriters for the rest of his life.[8] In 1937, Packer went to The Crypt School, where he specialized in the classics.[7] At age 14 he was confirmed at St. Catherine's church.[7]

He won a scholarship to the University of Oxford, where he was educated at Corpus Christi College, obtaining his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1948. In a 1944 meeting of the Oxford Inter-Collegiate Christian Union (OICCU), Packer committed his life to Christian service.[6][7] It was during this time that Packer became exposed to the Puritans through OICCU's library, which were an influence he carried for the rest of his life.[7] He also first heard lectures from C. S. Lewis at Oxford, whose teachings would (though he never knew Lewis personally) become a major influence in his life.[8]

After college, he spent a brief time teaching Greek and Latin at Oak Hill College in London.[7] During this 1949–1950 school year, he sat under the teaching of Martyn Lloyd-Jones at Westminster Chapel, who also would have a great influence on his thinking, and who he would know and interact with later.[7] In 1949, Packer went back to Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, in 1949 to study theology.[9] He obtained his Master of philosophy degree in 1954, and Doctor of Philosophy in 1954.[9] He wrote his dissertation under Geoffrey Nuttall on the soteriology of the Puritan theologian Richard Baxter.[9] He was ordained a deacon in 1952 and priest in 1953 in the Church of England, within which he was associated with the evangelical movement.[6][9] He served as assistant curate of Harborne Heath in Birmingham from 1952 to 1954.[7] In 1954, Packer married Kit Mullet, and they had three children, Ruth, Naomi, and Martin.[6][8]

In 1955, his family moved to Bristol and Packer taught at Tyndale Hall, Bristol, from 1955 to 1961. He wrote an article denouncing Keswick theology as Pelagian in the Evangelical Quarterly.[7] According to biographer Alister McGrath, it is widely agreed that his critique "marked the end of the dominance of the Keswick approach among younger evangelicals".[7] It was also during this time that he published his first book, Fundamentalism and the Word of God (1958), a defense of the authority of the Bible, which sold 20,000 copies in that year and has been in print since.[8] Packer moved back to Oxford in 1961, where he served as librarian of Latimer House in Oxford from 1961 to 1962 and warden from 1962 to 1969, an evangelical research centre he founded with John Stott.[8][7] In 1970, he became principal of Tyndale Hall, Bristol, and from 1971 until 1979 he was associate principal of the newly formed Trinity College, Bristol, which had been formed from the amalgamation of Tyndale Hall with Clifton College and Dalton House-St Michael's.[9][10] He became editor of the Evangelical Quarterly in the 1960s, and eventually published a series of articles he wrote in the journal into a book, Knowing God.[7] The book, published by Hodder & Stoughton in Britain and InterVarsity Press in the United States in 1973, became a bestseller of international fame and sold over 1.5 million copies.[7] In 1977, he signed the Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy.[8]

In 1979, one of Packer's Oxford friends persuaded him to teach at Regent College in Vancouver, eventually being named the first Sangwoo Youtong Chee Professor of Theology, a title he held until he was named a Regent College Board of Governors' Professor of Theology in 1996.[9] At Regent he taught many classes, including systematic theology and the Puritans.[9]

He was a prolific writer and frequent lecturer,[6] and a frequent contributor to and an executive editor of Christianity Today.[8] Packer served as general editor of the English Standard Version (ESV), an evangelical translation based upon the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, and theological editor of the ESV Study Bible.[9][11][12]

Packer was associated with St. John's Shaughnessy Anglican Church, which in February 2008 voted to schism from the Anglican Church of Canada over the issue of same-sex blessings. The departing church, St. John's Vancouver, joined the Anglican Network in Canada (ANiC).[13] Packer, on 23 April, handed in his licence from the Bishop of New Westminster.[14] (ANiC eventually co-founded and joined the Anglican Church in North America in 2009.)[15] In December 2008, Packer was appointed an honorary clerical canon of St Andrew's Cathedral in Sydney in recognition of his long and distinguished ministry as a faithful teacher of biblical theology.[16]

Packer had been the theologian emeritus of the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) since its creation in 2009, being one of the nine members of the task force who wrote on a trial basis Texts for Common Prayer, released in 2013, and general editor of the task force who wrote for trial use To Be a Christian: An Anglican Catechism, approved on 8 January 2014 by the College of Bishops of the church.[17][18] He was awarded the St. Cuthbert's Cross at the Provincial Assembly of ACNA on 27 June 2014 by retiring Archbishop Robert Duncan for his "unparalleled contribution to Anglican and global Christianity".[19]

In 2016, Packer's eyesight deteriorated due to macular degeneration to a point where he could no longer read or write, consequently concluding his public ministry.[8][20]

Packer died on 17 July 2020, five days before his 94th birthday.[6]

Theological views

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Inerrancy

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He signed the Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy, affirming the conservative evangelical position on biblical inerrancy.[8]

Gender roles

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Packer was a complementarian and served on the advisory board of the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood. He thus subscribed to a view of gender roles such that a husband should lovingly lead, protect and provide for his wife and that a wife should joyfully affirm and submit to her husband's leadership. Complementarians also believe the Bible teaches that men are to bear primary responsibility to lead in the church and that as such only men should be elders.[21][22] In 1991 Packer set forth his reasons for this in an influential yet controversial article called "Let's Stop Making Women Presbyters".[23]

Calvinism

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Packer held to the soteriological position known as Calvinism.[24]

Evolution

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Packer endorsed and supported books that have advocated for theistic evolution,[25][26] but also expressed caution towards the validity of evolution.[27]

Ecumenism

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In recent years, he had supported the ecumenical movement, which drew criticism from other evangelicals. Specifically, Packer's involvement in the book Evangelicals and Catholics Together: Toward a Common Mission (ECT) was sharply criticised,[7] but he defended ECT by arguing that believers should set aside denominational differences for the sake of winning converts to Christianity.[7]

Packer took the side of evangelical ecumenism in opposition to Martyn Lloyd-Jones in 1966, then co-authored a work with two Anglo-Catholics in 1970 (Growing into Union) that many evangelicals felt conceded too much biblical ground on critical doctrinal issues.[7] The publication of that work led to the formal break between Lloyd-Jones and Packer, bringing an end to the Puritan Conferences.[7]

Works

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  • Fundamentalism and the Word of God (1958; reprinted 1984) ISBN 0-8028-1147-7
  • Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God (1961 by Inter-Varsity Fellowship) (reprinted 1991) ISBN 0-8308-1339-X
  • Our Lord's Understanding of the Law of God (1962) ASIN B0007J7B2Y
  • The Church of England and the Methodist Church: Ten Essays (1963)[28]
  • God Speaks To Man: Revelation and the Bible (1965) ASIN B000K7MIYE
  • Tomorrow's Worship (1966) ISBN 978-0851900360
  • Guidelines: Anglican Evangelicals Face the Future (1967) ISBN 978-0854918027
  • Knowing God (1973, reprinted 1993) ISBN 0-8308-1650-X
  • What did the Cross Achieve? The Logic of Penal Substitution (1974) ASIN B0007AJPE0
  • I Want To Be A Christian (1977) ISBN 978-0-8423-1842-6
  • The Ten Commandments (1977) ISBN 978-0-8423-7004-2
  • The Evangelical Anglican Identity Problem: An Analysis (1978) ISBN 978-0-946307-00-5
  • The New Man (1978) ISBN 978-0-8028-1768-6
  • For Man's Sake! (1978) ISBN 978-0-85364-217-6
  • Knowing Man (1979) ISBN 978-0891071754
  • God Has Spoken (1979) ISBN 978-0-87784-656-7
  • Beyond the Battle for the Bible (1980) ISBN 978-0-89107-195-2
  • Freedom and Authority (1981: International Council on Biblical Inerrancy) ISBN 978-1573830355
  • A Kind of Noah's Ark? : The Anglican Commitment to Comprehensiveness (1981) ISBN 978-0-946307-09-8
  • God's Words: Studies of Key Bible Themes (1981) ISBN 978-0-87784-367-2
  • Freedom, Authority and Scripture (1982) ISBN 978-0-85110-445-4
  • Keep In Step With The Spirit: Finding Fullness In Our Walk With God (1984, reprinted 2005) ISBN 0-8010-6558-5
  • The Thirty-Nine Articles: Their Place and Use Today (1984) ISBN 978-0946307562
  • Through the Year with J. I. Packer (1986) ISBN 978-0-340-40141-5
  • Hot Tub Religion (1987) ISBN 978-0-8423-1854-9
  • Laid-back Religion?: A penetrating look at Christianity today (1989) ISBN 978-0-8511-0799-8
  • Among God's Giants: Aspects of Puritan Christianity (1991) ISBN 978-0-86065-452-0
  • A Passion for Holiness (1992) ISBN 1-85684-043-3
  • Rediscovering Holiness (1992) ISBN 0-89283-734-9
  • Concise Theology: A Guide to Historic Christian Beliefs (1993) ISBN 0-8423-3960-4
  • A Quest for Godliness: The Puritan Vision of the Christian Life (1994) ISBN 0-89107-819-3
  • Knowing Christianity (1995) ISBN 978-0-87788-058-5
  • A Passion for Faithfulness: Wisdom from the Book of Nehemiah (1995) ISBN 978-0-89107-733-6
  • Decisions – Finding God's Will: 6 Studies for Individuals or Groups (1996) ISBN 978-0-85111-376-0
  • Truth & Power: The Place of Scripture in the Christian Life (1996) ISBN 978-0-87788-815-4
  • Life in the Spirit (1996) ISBN 978-0-340-64174-3
  • Meeting God (2001) ISBN 978-1-85999-480-1
  • God's Plans for You (2001) ISBN 978-1-58134-290-1
  • Divine Sovereignty and Human Responsibility (2002) ASIN B0006S2A2W
  • Faithfulness and Holiness: The Witness of J. C. Ryle (2002) ISBN 978-1-58134-358-8
  • The Redemption and Restoration of Man in the Thought of Richard Baxter (2003, based on his 1954 Oxford dissertation) ISBN 1-57383-174-3
  • Knowing God Through The Year (2004) ISBN 978-0-8308-3292-7
  • 18 Words: The Most Important Words You Will Ever Know (2007) ISBN 978-1845503277
  • Praying the Lord's Prayer (2007) ISBN 978-1-58134-963-4
  • Affirming the Apostles' Creed (2008) ISBN 978-1-4335-0210-1
  • Weakness Is the Way: Life with Christ Our Strength (2013) ISBN 978-1433563836
  • Finishing Our Course With Joy (2014) ISBN 978-1-4335-4106-3

In the Anglican Agenda series

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Collections

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Co-authored

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Notes

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  1. ^ When Packer joined the Anglican Network in Canada (ANiC) in 2008, it was autocephalous. ANiC became a diocese of the Anglican Church in North America in 2009.

References

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  1. ^ Bramble, Neil (12 May 2017). "J. I. Packer". Convivium. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  2. ^ Dever, Mark E. (2009). "J. I. Packer and Pastoral Wisdom from the Puritans". In George, Timothy (ed.). J. I. Packer and the Evangelical Future: The Impact of His Life and Thought. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Academic. p. 92. ISBN 978-0-8010-3387-2.
  3. ^ Kent Hughes, R. (May 2007). Disciplines of a Godly Man. Crossway. ISBN 9781433518638.
  4. ^ DeYoung, Kevin (6 June 2014). "Bio, Books, and Such: Carl Trueman". The Gospel Coalition. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  5. ^ "The 25 Most Influential Evangelicals in America". Time. 7 February 2005. Archived from the original on 11 June 2010. Retrieved 24 July 2008.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g Dean, Jamie (17 July 2020). "Theologian and churchman J.I. Packer dies at age 93". WORLD. Archived from the original on 20 July 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Taylor, Justin (17 July 2020). "J. I. Packer (1926–2020)". The Gospel Coalition. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i Leland Ryken (17 July 2020). "J. I. Packer, 'Knowing God' Author, Dies at 93". ChristianityToday. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h "Remembering J.I. Packer". Regent College. 17 July 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  10. ^ "A Tribute to John Alexander Motyer" (PDF). Trinity College Bristol.
  11. ^ "J. I. Packer". Crossway. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  12. ^ Stec, D (July 2004). "Review: The Holy Bible: English Standard Version". Vetus Testamentum. 54: 421.
  13. ^ Eustace, Chantal (14 February 2008). "Anglican congregation votes to split over same-sex blessings". The Vancouver Sun. Archived from the original on 15 February 2008.
  14. ^ Nine priests, two deacons, hand in their licences from the Bishop, Anglican[dead link‍]
  15. ^ "History". Anglican Network in Canada (ANiC). Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  16. ^ Packer and Short honoured by Archbishop, Sydney Anglicans.
  17. ^ "Texts for common prayer". Anglican Church in North America.
  18. ^ "Catechism". Anglican Church in North America.
  19. ^ "Anglican Church in North America".
  20. ^ "Remembering J.I. Packer". 17 July 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  21. ^ "A vision of biblical complementarity". CBMW. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  22. ^ Fifty crucial questions (book) (online ed.), CBMW, January 1992.
  23. ^ Christianity Today, 11 February 1991.
  24. ^ Packer, Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God (book).
  25. ^ Creation or Evolution, front cover.
  26. ^ Hudson, Lion, Reclaiming Genesis, archived from the original on 23 August 2010
  27. ^ Packer, Evolution and creation problems (talk), Sydney Anglicans, 19 min, archived from the original on 1 October 2009, retrieved 5 December 2009.
  28. ^ Packer, James Innell (1963). The Church of England and the Methodist Church. A Consideration of the Report Conversations Between the Church of England and the Methodist Church. Ten Essays Edited by J.I. Packer. Marcham.

Further reading

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  • Alister E McGrath, To Know and Serve God: A Life of James I. Packer (1997) ISBN 978-0-340-56571-1
  • Alister E McGrath, J. I. Packer: A Biography (1997) ISBN 978-0-8010-1157-3
  • Roger Steer, Guarding the Holy Fire: The Evangelicalism of John R. W. Stott, J. I. Packer and Alister McGrath (1999) ISBN 978-0-8010-5846-2
  • Don J Payne, The Theology of the Christian Life in J. I. Packer's Thought: Theological Anthropology, Theological Method, and the Doctrine of Sanctification (2006) ISBN 978-1-84227-397-5
  • Timothy F George, J. I. Packer and the Evangelical Future: The Impact of His Life and Thought (2009) ISBN 978-0-8010-3387-2
  • Leland Ryken, J. I. Packer: An Evangelical Life (2015) ISBN 978-1-4335-4252-7
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