Knowing God


Knowing God is a book by J. I. Packer, a British-born Canadian Christian theologian. It is his best-known work, having sold over 1,000,000 copies in North America alone. Originally written as a series of articles for the Evangelical Magazine, it was first published as a book in 1973 and has been reprinted several times. In 2006, the influential evangelical magazine Christianity Today listed it as fifth on their list of "The Top 50 Books That Have Shaped Evangelicals".
In the book, Packer explores the character of God as revealed in the Bible and what he believes are the correct Christian responses to it, with chapters on such topics as God's love, grace, majesty and wrath.

Chapters

;*Part I: Know the Lord
  1. "The Study of God"
  2. "The People who Know their God"
  3. "Knowing and Being Known"
  4. "The Only True God"
  5. "God Incarnate"
  6. "He Shall Testify"
  • Part II: Behold Your God!
  1. "God Unchanging"
  2. "The Majesty of God"
  3. "God Only Wise"
  4. "God's Wisdom and Ours"
  5. "The Word is Truth"
  6. "The Love of God"
  7. "The Grace of God"
  8. "God the Judge"
  9. "The Wrath of God"
  10. "Goodness and Severity"
  11. "The Jealous God"
  1. "The Heart of the Gospel"
  2. "Sons of God"
  3. "Thou our Guide"
  4. "These Inward Trials"
  5. "The Adequacy of God"

Editions

Foreign-language versions

  • German: Gott erkennen. Das Zeugnis vom einzig wahren Gott.
  • Chinese: Ren shi shen
  • Spanish: Hacia el conocimiento de Dios
  • Korean: Hananim ŭl anŭn chisik
  • Svenska: Lär känna Gud
  • Polish: Poznawanie Boga
  • Russian: Poznatʹ Boga + Poznanie Boga
  • French: Connaître Dieu
  • Dutch: God leren kennen
  • Italian: Conoscere Dio
  • Greek: Gnōrise ton Theo
  • Estonian: ''Jumalat pole keegi näinud''