J. I. Packer: An Evangelical Life, by Leland Ryken
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Over the last sixty years, J. I. Packer has exerted a steady and remarkable influence on evangelicalism. In this biography, well-known scholar Leland Ryken acquaints us with Packer’s life, heart, and mind, tracing the outworking of God’s sovereign plan through his childhood, intellectual pursuits, and professional life. Filled with personal anecdotes and little-known facts, this appreciative volume sheds light on the key themes that have given shape to Packer’s life and thought, highlighting his enduring significance for Christians today.
J. I. Packer: An Evangelical Life, by Leland Ryken- Amazon Sales Rank: #391752 in Books
- Published on: 2015-10-31
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.10" h x 1.60" w x 5.90" l, 1.55 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 432 pages
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“This book offers a full and balanced portrait of a diligent and faithful theologian. But because J. I. Packer’s theology has always been pastoral, practical, catechetical, and eminently readable—instead of recondite, esoteric, or merely academic—it is appropriate that this welcome volume is itself down-to-earth, accessible, and reader friendly. Leland Ryken, as a veteran student of the Puritans, is the ideal author to write about the most influential Puritan of our time.”—Mark A. Noll, Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History, University of Notre Dame; author, Protestantism: A Very Short Introduction
“This book is a fascinating, insightful, and, to my mind, precisely accurate portrait of the same Jim Packer whom I have known for more than thirty-five years. What a joy to read this book and be challenged by Packer’s remarkable life!”—Wayne Grudem, Research Professor of Theology and Biblical Studies, Phoenix Seminary
“Without a doubt, this is now the definitive, most up-to-date biography of J. I. Packer, and it deserves high praise. With the sensitivity, wisdom, and sheer humanity that a fine biographer needs, Leland Ryken allows us to see the life, mind, and heart of this quiet but highly influential man. Traversing the notoriously complex and hazardous terrain of UK and US evangelicalism with impressive sure-footedness, Ryken not only helps us understand the man and his context, but ourselves as evangelicals.”—Michael Reeves, President and Professor of Theology, Union School of Theology, Oxford, England; author, Delighting in the Trinity, The Unquenchable Flame, and Rejoicing in Christ
“A friendly portrait of a great evangelical, the man behind the headlines, full of insight into Packer’s genius as a brilliant communicator of the Reformed faith.”—Andrew Atherstone, Tutor and Latimer Research Fellow, Wycliffe Hall, University of Oxford
“It is such a pleasure to read Leland Ryken’s biography of Dr. Jim Packer. Personally, I have been deeply blessed by Dr. Packer’s writing and teaching ministry for over fifty years since, as a student, I picked up “Fundamentalism” and the Word of God. I can also testify that his Knowing God was most often nominated by my seminary students as a work that profoundly influenced them. To be able to read about the man himself and to understand how God gifted and shaped him has been a moving and edifying experience. This is a good book about a great man.”—Peter Jensen, Former Archbishop, Sydney, Australia; Former Principal, Moore College
“J. I. Packer is chief among the cadre of impressive British thinkers who have had a shaping influence on evangelical Christianity in North America over the past half-century. Indeed, his influence girdles the globe, and it shows no sign of abating as this great theologian approaches his tenth decade. This new biography builds on earlier Packer studies, but it offers distinctive insights into the humanity and ministry of a life lived well, with grace abounding and wisdom from above.”—Timothy George, Founding Dean, Beeson Divinity School; General Editor, Reformation Commentary on Scripture
“For evangelicals, J. I. Packer stands as one of the foremost theological leaders of this generation. His writings have illuminated the minds of countless Christians with the clarity of the Bible’s teaching. He has answered our questions, provoked our thinking, expanded our understanding, and always pointed us to Christ. I’m so glad that Crossway has produced this biography of the man behind the words.”—Phillip D. Jensen, Evangelist and Bible Teacher, Two Ways Ministries
“Not every life warrants a book-length biography. But then, J. I. Packer’s is no ordinary life. Widely and justifiably regarded as one of the most influential evangelical theologians and Christian statesmen of the last one-hundred years, this meticulously written and remarkably insightful biography of one of my personal heroes deserves a wide reading. Packer’s impact on the Church will be felt and seen for years to come and I happily applaud Leland Ryken’s perceptive portrait of this truly great Christian man. I cannot recommend this too highly.”—Sam Storms, Lead Pastor for Preaching and Vision, Bridgeway Church, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
About the Author
Leland Ryken (PhD, University of Oregon) served as professor of English at Wheaton College for nearly 50 years. He has authored or edited over fifty books, including The Word of God in English and A Complete Handbook of Literary Forms in the Bible. He is a frequent speaker at the Evangelical Theological Society's annual meetings and served as literary stylist for the English Standard Version Bible.
J. I. Packer (DPhil, Oxford University) serves as the Board of Governors’ Professor of Theology at Regent College. He is the author of numerous books, including the classic best-seller Knowing God. Packer served as general editor for the English Standard Version Bible and as theological editor for the ESV Study Bible.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful. Packer is fascinating, but the book is a bit clunky at times. By Adam Shields I have read several of JI Packer’s books but I really did not know anything about him. I knew he taught at Regent University and was an Anglican. But beside those facts everything else that I had assumed about him was wrong.JI Packer grew up in a working class home in before showing his strong academic skills and winning a scholarship to Oxford. There he quickly became a Christian and soon was pursuing training to become a pastor. But after spending a year teaching between his undergrad and graduate degrees teaching has always been a part of his focus.As was traditional in earlier generations, Packer served as a pastor early in his career before becoming a full time seminary professor. Packer has always primarily focused on the training of pastors and that has meant that he has not taken teaching positions that were as high profile as he could have.After several years teaching and writing, Packer became the director of Latimer House. Latimer House was designed to give Packer and others space to write and think and speak without giving them teaching responsibilities. It seems similar to a Christian version of the idea of Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton that was initially directed by J Robert Oppenheimer and included luminaries such as Albert Einstein.At Latimer, Packer was a prominent figure in British Christianity. But the pace of speaking and writing about current events and the huge number of committees and study groups that Packer was asked to serve on left him exhausted. After nearly 10 years he left Latimer he went back to teaching (after a brief stint as a college president). Packer taught at Trinity College and then at Regent College in Canada.In addition to his teaching, Packer has been known for his work around the bible. He was general editor for the ESV bible, a huge undertaking. Packer has been known as a key figure in the inerrancy debates and a member of the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood.Packer has also been known for his ecumenical work. Packer worked hard early in his career to keep the Evangelical wing of the Anglican church inside the Anglican church and active in ecumenical work and to keep it from splintering off. Later Packer played an important part in the Evangelicals and Catholics Together statements. More recently Packer left the Canadian Anglican church and helped to form what is now the Anglican Church in North America.Ryken knows Packer well, has worked with him often and greatly respects him. That admiration shows through clearly in the book and helps to make Packer a likeable figure throughout. Ryken resists a lot of analysis, which I think is a disservice to the book. He explicitly says he has made the choice to simply tell the story and illustrate his ideas, but it seems to me that part of the role of a biographer is to do the analysis.Where Ryken was willing to do analysis is on Packer’s writing style and methods. This was an unusual section for a biography. But given Ryken’s own background and Packer’s wide ranging writing, a long look at the themes and style of Packer’s writing was probably helpful. Ryken also is willing to say that although Packer is against topical sermons and for a strictAs much as this biography has helped me understand more about JI Packer, the the actual writing seems to be more clunky than I would expect from Ryken. The same phrases were repeated over and over again. Maybe this was more noticeable because I listened to it as an audiobook, but it was distracting. He also kept saying, ‘a random sample from his writing’ and then listing examples to prove a particular point. It was clearly not a random sample. I know this is a small point, but Ryken knows better than this and I can’t understand why he said this (at least a dozen times). The same with ‘it is not in my purposes of this book to discuss X, but,…’. The result sounds like Ryken just did not spend enough time editing the book.Ryken also heavily borrowed from Alister McGrath’s previous biography of Packer during the first section of the biography. Certainly McGrath and Ryken had different goals in their books, and Ryken was right to be citing McGrath when he was borrowing from him, but it seemed to me that it was a sign of inadequate preparation more than anything else. And in many ways it made me wish I had picked up McGrath’s biography instead, although it is almost 20 years old at this point.Ryken divided this biography into three sections. The first section was the traditional narrative of Packer’s life. The second section was an attempt to illustrate who Packer was as a thinker and man. I think this was the weakest section of the book. The third section looked the main themes Packer’s work, his work around the bible, his academic study of Puritans, his work in the Anglican church, his theology, his thoughts and teaching on Preaching and the role of the Pastor among other topics.The third section was helpful but uneven. I respect Packer and his work even though I have many areas of disagreement. And it is in this third section that the disagreement comes up frequently. Ryken is helpful in cataloguing his research, but that lack of analysis, and too much reliance on lists of data points really keeps this biography from being great.This will probably be the last full biography of Packer while he is still alive. Ryken interviewed him for the biography and those interviews featured prominently and were very helpful. But I think it will probably be only after Packer passes away that a full biography that can look at his life and legacy be fully written. There is certainly a place for biographies like this one. Biographers that know the subject well have great insight into their subjects. But more distant biographers also have greater objectivity.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Enjoyable By Tim Challies I have often expressed my love of biography. It’s not only that I enjoy peering into people’s lives, but also that there is so much to learn about life and faith by reading about other people. Biography, and Christian biography in particular, shows Christianity lived, realized in God’s people.New from Leland Ryken is J.I. Packer: An Evangelical Life. The publisher’s description does a good job of describing what you’ll encounter in the book’s pages: “Over the last sixty years, J. I. Packer has exerted a steady and remarkable influence on evangelicalism. In this biography, well-known scholar Leland Ryken acquaints us with Packer’s life, heart, and mind, tracing the outworking of God’s sovereign plan through his childhood, intellectual pursuits, and professional life. Filled with personal anecdotes and little-known facts, this appreciative volume sheds light on the key themes that have given shape to Packer’s life and thought, highlighting his enduring significance for Christians today.”This is, as the description says, an appreciative biography, written by someone who knows Packer and who has long been an admirer. In that way it is quite typical of other biographies of still-living individuals—it describes the subject’s life and influence, but without much emphasis on his weaknesses.Ryken dedicates the book’s opening pages to explaining why he wrote this book and why he did so in the way he did. "My goal in writing this biography was to enable my readers to know J.I. Packer and to get a picture of his varied roles and accomplishments. It is the man that I wanted my readers to encounter. I therefore rejected the model of the documentary history, which so overwhelms readers with factual data about events and people that the subject of the biography disappears from sight. I have not written a history, but a biography."With this goal in mind, he pursues a unique format that tells Packer’s life through three different themes, each of which has its own section. In the first section Ryken offers an overview of Packer’s life in standard biographical format. In the second section he describes Packer as a man, telling about his personality and passions and offering up some interesting anecdotes. In the third section he traces some of the themes that have dominated Packer’s life and career: the Bible, the Puritans, Anglicanism, and so on.I thoroughly enjoyed getting to know J.I. Packer through this account of his life. Packer’s books have been influential in my life, but I knew very little about his life and career. This biography put his books in their right context and greatly increased my admiration for their author. I came to see that Packer had an outsized influence on modern-day Evangelicalism, and for good reason. He is a remarkably gifted man who has maintained a lifelong commitment to understanding, defending, and explaining the Christian faith.My favorite parts of the biography are the ones that simply tell little facts about his life. I loved hearing about his first meeting with Kit, the woman who would eventually become his wife. Packer went for a Sunday afternoon walk with a church group and watched as Kit kicked off her shoes and walked barefoot. This free-spirited gesture intrigued and attracted Packer who very quickly realized he was drawn to her. Isn’t that exactly the stuff life is made of?For all the biography’s strengths, there are also some significant holes, and I am not sure if they are intentional or unintentional. Is there a reason that we never learn anything about Packer’s children apart from the briefly-mentioned fact that they were adopted? Why is nothing said about J.I. Packer the father? And whatever happened to Kit? Ryken tells of their courtship and marriage, but then she almost disappears from the narrative. Is she still living? Is there nothing to say about Packer the husband? Did he manage to be an effective husband and father even with his rigorous travel schedule and all his other responsibilities? Surely if there are several pages dedicated to his love of jazz music there could have been some discussion of his family life.It has long been my observation that the best biographies are written after the subject has died and the story of his life has been completed. There will be time enough to provide a deeper analysis of Packer’s life and influence. For now, J.I. Packer: An Evangelical Life gives us a glimpse into the mind, heart, and life of one of modern-day Evangelicalism’s most formative figures. My few frustrations aside, I was still glad to read it and glad to have encountered its subject within its pages. I thank God for J.I. Packer.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. So-so. By Julia I'm an admirer of J.I. Packer, and reading this book hasn't changed that fact, as the author is obviously and explicitly also an admirer. But frankly getting bogged down in all the minutiae of squabbles between Anglicans and evangelicals and such is wearisome. Also, the author tells us that Packer got married, but there is absolutely nothing about his family life as an adult. Did he have children? Maybe I should Google that, because this book certainly doesn't tell me!Also, the book needs a good editor. The author repeats himself far too often. I kept getting the feeling that I'd read a certain fact told in a certain way before--and I had.
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