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A Quest for Godliness: The Puritan Vision of the Christian Life, by J. I. Packer. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books, 1990. 367 pages. Hardcover. $15.95. (Reviewed by the Editor.) Those who like J. I. Packer and those who like the Puritans will like this book. It should sell well. It deserves to. It is a
Yet the point is not to focus on Packer and criticize him, but to focus on what we should learn from the legacy of his life and work. Sadly, his compromise of justification by faith alone demands criticism and a negative emphasis when we evaluate Packer’s life and work. As Clark points out, the Refo
Yet the point is not to focus on Packer and criticize him, but to focus on what we should learn from the legacy of his life and work. Sadly, his compromise of justification by faith alone demands criticism and a negative emphasis when we evaluate Packer's life and work. As Clark points out, the Refo
Book Reviews J. I. Packer, A Biography, by Alister McGrath. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1997. Pp.xii-340. (Price unknown, cloth.) [Reviewed by Herman C. Hanko.] Although it seems strange to publish a major biography of a man while he is still living and working, and although this strange- n
Packer insists that he has not gone soft on his serious disagreements with Roman Catholic doctrines and practices. He lists some of the major differences he continues to have with Roman Catholicism to prove this. Nevertheless Packer strongly maintains that Evangelicals should consider Roman Catholic
saving ministry of Christ, as me- diator and federal head of His people." Packer (rightly) ascribes the subsequent decline in the doc- trine of justification by faith alone to the influence of Arminianism. The Arminians denied some of the essential el- ements of the Reformed faith, which led to