''Knowing God'' is a book by
J. I. Packer, a British-born Canadian
Christian theologian
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. 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
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'' listed it as fifth on their list of "The Top 50 Books That Have Shaped Evangelicals".
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In the book, Packer explores the character of God
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as revealed in the Bible
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and what he believes are the correct Christian
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responses to it, with chapters on such topics as God's love, grace, majesty and wrath.
Chapters
;*Part I: Know the Lord
#"The Study of God"
#"The People who Know their God"
#"Knowing and Being Known"
#"The Only True God"
#"God Incarnate"
#"He Shall Testify"
*Part II: Behold Your God!
#"God Unchanging"
#"The Majesty of God"
#"God Only Wise"
#"God's Wisdom and Ours"
#"The Word is Truth"
#"The Love of God"
#"The Grace of God"
#"God the Judge"
#"The Wrath of God"
#"Goodness and Severity"
#"The Jealous God"
*Part III: If God Be For Us -
#"The Heart of the Gospel"
#"Sons of God"
#"Thou our Guide"
#"These Inward Trials"
#"The Adequacy of God"
Editions
Foreign-language versions
*German: ''Gott erkennen. Das Zeugnis vom einzig wahren Gott.'' (1977, 4th ed. 2005)
*Chinese: ''Ren shi shen'' (1979, trans. Laiwei Lin; reprinted 2004)
*Spanish: ''Hacia el conocimiento de Dios'' (1979)
*Korean: ''Hananim ŭl anŭn chisik'' (1982, trans. Kang Sŏmun; reprinted 1996)
*Svenska: ''Lär känna Gud'' (1983, trans. Ingemar Fast)
*Polish: ''Poznawanie Boga'' (1989, trans. Konstanty Wiazowski)
*Russian: ''Poznatʹ Boga'' (1992, trans. Vladimir Alekseev) + ''Poznanie Boga'' (''Познание Бога'', trans. O. Lukmanova, 1997, 2007, 2009)
*French: ''Connaître Dieu'' (1994)
*Dutch: ''God leren kennen'' (1995)
*Italian: ''Conoscere Dio'' (1995, trans. G.Manfredi; reprinted 2006; )
*Greek: ''Gnōrise ton Theo'' (1998, trans. Phrosō Dalaka)
*Estonian: ''Jumalat pole keegi näinud'' (2004, trans. Lii Tõrra)
References
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1973 non-fiction books
British non-fiction books
Christian theology books