Tony Baker reflects on several decades of friendship with J.I. Packer
The first time I heard Dr Jim Packer must have been at midweek talks he gave to the CU in Oxford (OICCU) in the 1950s.
As a young Christian, I found his rigorous Bible teaching and application just right. Then in 1958, IVP published a series of ‘Pocket Books’, including Stott’s Basic ‘Fundamentalism’ Christianity and Packer’s and the Word of God. I devoured both, and these authors remained at the top of my Christian reading list.
