Knowing God with J.I. Packer

J.I. Packer's Knowing God has been called the most important book of the twentieth century by more than one evangelical leader. First published in 1973, it has sold millions of copies and continues to shape Christians around the world — not because it is clever, but because it is clear. Packer writes not to impress but to introduce: to bring the reader face to face with the living God.

Packer's central conviction is startling in its simplicity: the most important thing about any person is what comes to mind when they think about God. If our picture of God is small, distorted, or sentimental, everything else in our spiritual lives will be off-kilter. But if we know God as He truly is — majestic and merciful, wrathful and gracious, incomprehensible yet intimately near — then we have a foundation that nothing can shake.

What This Plan Covers

Over 14 days, we will work through the major themes of Knowing God, pairing Packer's insights with the Scriptures he expounds:

• Days 1-4 — The God Who Is: Knowing versus knowing about, God's incomprehensibility, His unchanging nature, and His overwhelming majesty.

• Days 5-7 — The God Who Loves: God as adoptive Father, the breadth and depth of divine love, and the scandal of grace.

• Days 8-9 — The God Who Judges: The wrath of God and God as Judge — themes the modern world avoids but Scripture insists upon.

• Days 10-12 — The God Who Rules: God's goodness and severity, His sovereign wisdom, and His holy jealousy.

• Days 13-14 — The God Who Is Enough: The sufficiency of God for every trial and the lifelong journey of knowing Him more deeply.

Who This Plan Is For

This plan is for anyone who senses that their knowledge of God has become too small — who wants to move from vague spiritual feelings to robust, Scripture-saturated knowledge of the God who is really there.