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Review of J.I. Packer's A Quest for Godliness: The Puritan Vision of the Christian Life

By Filings on Tue, 10/27/20
Bible, Theology & Philosophy
Book Reviews
J.I. Packer
Puritans

“A Quest for Godliness, while perhaps not as well-known as Dr. Packer’s most famous works such as Knowing God or Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God, absolutely deserves to be….This book is a collection of essays and writings by Dr. Packer on various subjects related to the Puritans, and taken as a whole; this book is a wonderful introduction to the theology, piety, and ministry of this great generation of believers.” - Nate Weis

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josh p

NewI’ve mentioned this before

Tue, 10/27/20

I’ve mentioned this before here but he also has a series on ItunesU on the puritans which is excellent.

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Paul Henebury

NewIn my opinion this is Packer

Tue, 10/27/20

In my opinion this is Packer’s best book.

Dr. Paul Henebury

I am Founder of Telos Ministries, and Senior Pastor at Agape Bible Church in N. Ca.

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