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172–176.Ī rare self-reflective account by Dr. Timothy George (Baker Academic, 2009), esp. Packer, "Reflections and Response," in J.

Packer offers a thorough but accessible account of the Apostles' Creed, the Lord's Prayer, and the Ten Commandments. Packer, Growing in Christ (Crossway, 1994 a reprint of I Want to Be a Christian 1977).Ī pre-cursor to the new Anglican Catechism, in this work, Dr. As such it carefully lays out the biblical imperative of catechesis, as well as provides a vision for its practical aim. This book, co-authored with Gary Parrett of Gordon Conwell, is especially written to convince evangelicals of the need to renew catechetical teaching within local churches. Packer's most recent and fullest accounts of a vision for catechesis. Packer and Gary Parrett, Grounded in the Gospel: Building Believers the Old-Fashioned Way (Baker, 2010). We hope to encourage some here.īelow are a several video clips, articles, quotes, and references to books by or about Dr. "Where are my successors as adult catechists?" Dr. Packer was the “Robin Hood” of Evangelicalism-stealing from the Church’s historical treasures to give to the spiritually impoverished. Or, as Regent Professor Bruce Hindmarsh puts it, J. Packer saw his task as a translator of the church’s wisdom, helping believers come to a greater understanding of their life in faith. Much exists for absolute beginners or skeptics, as well as academic specialists. But there’s not much for folks in between. One of the problems behind the contemporary failure to catechize, Packer recognized, was the dearth of literature addressing this middle-ground audience. That is, he produced literature for those engaged in adult catechesis. Lewis, Francis Schaeffer, and John Stott-who wrote for a higher-level but still non-specialist audience. Packer stands among a small cadre of pastoral theologians-he named near contemporaries such as C. A self-described "latter-day catechist," Dr.

PackerĪmong evangelical pastors and theologians today, few have written more passionately and persuasively on the need to restore catechesis in the church today than the late J.