Pointing to the Pasturelands (Best of Christianity Today)
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Pointing to the Pasturelands (Best of Christianity Today)

Reflections on Evangelicalism, Doctrine, & Culture

  1. 320 pages
  2. English
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  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Pointing to the Pasturelands (Best of Christianity Today)

Reflections on Evangelicalism, Doctrine, & Culture

About this book

"Pointing to the Pasturelands recovers several decades of Packer's contributions to the pages of Christianity Today. This includes his editorial columns, longer articles, and brief answers to readers' theology questions. The book concludes with a profile of Packer from Mark A. Noll. Enjoy timeless insights from a man whose life was devoted to knowing God and making him known"--

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Foreword
  6. Part 1: Columns
  7. Chapter 1: Satan Scores Twice
  8. Chapter 2: ’Tecs, Thrillers, and Westerns
  9. Chapter 3: A Bad Trip
  10. Chapter 4: The Unspectacular Packers
  11. Chapter 5: Great George
  12. Chapter 6: All that Jazz
  13. Chapter 7: An Accidental Author
  14. Chapter 8: Decadence Ă  la Mode
  15. Chapter 9: What Lewis Was and Wasn’t
  16. Chapter 10: It’s Wrong to Eat People
  17. Chapter 11: Nothing Fails like Success
  18. Chapter 12: John’s Holy Sickness
  19. Chapter 13: Hype and Human Humbug
  20. Chapter 14: Mistaking Rome for Heaven
  21. Chapter 15: The Prayboy Club
  22. Chapter 16: Klaus Bockmuehl’s Rich Legacy
  23. Chapter 17: Why I like My Pie in the Sky
  24. Chapter 18: Humor Is a Funny Thing
  25. Chapter 19: Fan Mail to Calvin
  26. Chapter 20: How Will I Be Remembered?
  27. Chapter 21: Surprised by Graphics
  28. Chapter 22: God’s Plumber and Sewage Man
  29. Chapter 23: Bungee-Jumping, Anyone?
  30. Chapter 24: Packer the Picketed Pariah
  31. Chapter 25: The Whale and the Elephant
  32. Chapter 26: Fear of Looking Forward
  33. Chapter 27: When Prayer Doesn’t “Work”
  34. Part 2: Articles
  35. Chapter 28: Fundamentalism: The British Scene
  36. Chapter 29: Christianity and Non-christian Religions
  37. Chapter 30: Charismatic Renewal: Pointing to a Person and a Power
  38. Chapter 31: Walking to Emmaus with the Great Physician
  39. Chapter 32: Poor Health May Be the Best Remedy
  40. Chapter 33: How to Recognize a Christian Citizen
  41. Chapter 34: What Do You Mean When You Say “God”?
  42. Chapter 35: The Reality Cure
  43. Chapter 36: Rome’s Persistent Renewal
  44. Chapter 37: Why I Left
  45. Chapter 38: What Is at Stake?
  46. Chapter 39: The Devil’s Dossier
  47. Chapter 40: Pleasure Principles
  48. Chapter 41: Why I Signed It
  49. Chapter 42: Thank God for Our Bibles
  50. Chapter 43: Still Surprised by Lewis
  51. Chapter 44: Wisdom in a Time of War
  52. Chapter 45: Why I Walked
  53. Chapter 46: The Joy of Ecclesiastes
  54. Part 3: Good Questions
  55. Chapter 47: Can the Dead Be Converted?
  56. Chapter 48: Did God Die on the Cross?
  57. Chapter 49: Is Satan Omnipresent?
  58. Chapter 50: Hell’s Final Enigma
  59. Chapter 51: Text Criticism and Inerrancy
  60. Chapter 52: Prayers for Salvation
  61. Chapter 53: Experiencing God’s Presents
  62. Chapter 54: Reflected Glory
  63. Chapter 55: Incarnate Forever
  64. Chapter 56: All Sins Are Not Equal
  65. Chapter 57: Salvation Sans Jesus
  66. Conclusion: Count Your Surprises
  67. Epilogue: The Last Puritan
  68. The Making of the Wordsmith
  69. The Packing of Words
  70. The Peripatetic Packer
  71. Packer the Practical Theologian
  72. Sources
  73. Scripture Index
  74. Old Testament