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Welcome! This site is dedicated to getting as
many people as possible to seriously interact with J. I. Packer's
seminal book on the Christian life,
Knowing God. For how this study came
to be see Background.
!!!
Important Announcement: The Knowing God Study Guides and
Teacher's/Personal Study Editions are now complete
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Section One, Two, and
Three of both editions are now finished. A
combined download of all six editions is now available. Thank you to
everyone for their support and prayers.
Online
Knowing God Study Available -
I am exploring the use of this
technology for future open studies let by me with students from anywhere in
the world. If you are interested in joining a study using this
approach contact me at
4 1 0 - 4 6 1 - 6 3 8 7 or
william-nospam-@meisheid.com
(remove "-nospam-" from the email address)
Knowing God by J. I. Packer
An Exercise in Spiritual Growth
and Discipleship
Subject:
Chapter by chapter study of the book
Knowing God
by J. I. Packer.
If
you need a copy of the book and can't afford it or if you cannot print
out the study guide, let me know. If you want to order a copy (or many
copies for your group) please use the link in my
Books'n Stuff page. I get a small commission and you pay the same
amount for the book. Thanks.
Duration: At least 27 weeks (study is divided into three
sections, which follow the structure of the book) using one week per
chapter and a section review.
Mentor: William Meisheid
Contact information: 4 1 0 - 4 6 1 - 6 3 8 7 or
william-nospam-@meisheid.com
(remove "-nospam-" from the email address)
Resources: Lessons for each chapter and section reviews.
Audio Book
Knowing God
Audiobook now on iTunes - You can now
get
Knowing God from the iTunes store. It has the Blackstone
Audiobooks version from Audible.com (see below). It was recorded in
1990 by Rob Gregory. You must have iTunes on your computer or be
willing to put it on your computer to get the book, or you can use
your iPod or iPhone.
The book is available as
a digital download from
audible.com.
Some people will find listening to the book an additional help.
Online Book Text
You
can get the text of the book online. The online text
for Knowing God is
available from E4 in Vol.3 of their E4 Bible
Study Library. It also contains materials from 9 other classic
authors
Lessons
Completed lessons are listed below.
An Adobe PDF
version of each each section allows you use directly or print out the
study materials for your personal or group Bible study use. Please
respect the copyright on these materials if you incorporate them in
another publication. For information regarding use of these materials in
other contexts, please
contact me.
Course Materials
Study Files in
PDF format
For self
study you will need both the Study Guide and Teacher's/Personal
Study edition so that you have the workbook to fill in your answers
and the Teacher/Self Study edition with the supporting notes.
To download the desired PDF file, right-click on the link
and select "Save target as..." Some features are not available in
the browser.
-Section 1 (Intro & Chapters 1-6) >>
Click Here
-Section 1 (Teacher's/Personal Study)
>> Click
Here
-Section 2 (Chapters 7-17)
>>
Click Here -Section 2 (Teacher's/Personal
Study)
>>
Click Here
-Section 3 (Chapters 18-22 and closing lessons)
>> an>
Click Here
-Section 3 (Teacher's/Personal Study) >>
Click Here
-The Complete Study (6 books) as a single download >>
Click Here
To download the desired PDF file, right-click on the
link and select "Save target as..."
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Printing Concerns:
Some users have reported problems
printing the web links in the document (e.g., all scriptures are
linked to BibleGateway.com) when printing grayscale (not color). To
correct this, in the PDF Print dialog, select the
Advanced
option at the bottom left of the window. In the Advanced Print
Options dialog, in the Color Management
section, check the "Let
printer determine colors" option, and then click OK.
That should solve your unreadable or missing links problems. If you
are still having problems, contact
me
and I will try to help.
This effort grew out of my over
thirty year history with the book and my continuing interaction with
the challenges it makes on my life as well as everyone who seriously
engages it. The Study Center came to fruition due to three
intersections:
1.
A group study with men
from the church of which I was a member.
2. My decision to do a weekly study through the
Knowing God on my blog
Beyond The Rim....
3. My decision to try and create a Knowing God
weekend seminar (which I later
decided to put on hold).
The Knowing God's group study
framework is part presentation and part discussion, using probing
questions designed to illuminate the underlying message of the text.
These question are different from those supplied by InterVarsity at
the end of some editions of the book (including the
one I
reference) or their stand-alone study guide. These materials are free for your use. Please
contact me
if you want to use portions of the materials in another work or need
assitance for a group or church-wide
study. Your cooperation is appreciated.
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Meanderings...
Items of interest
post-christian
- n. A view that Christianity is no longer the dominant civil
religion of society, and where the prevailing values, culture, and
worldviews are no longer Christian and may even be antithetical to
it.
For more
terminology.
refdesk.com -
The single best source for facts on the web.
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