A tribute to Jim by students, clergy, colleagues, and friends.
Quintessential Christian Humanist
As tributes to J. I. Packer have arisen from all over the world, people clearly remember him for many different things, demonstrating both the breadth of his scholarship and the profound personal impact he made on so many. more
Retrieval for the Sake of Renewal
On his eightieth birthday, I described Jim Packer as the Robin Hood of evangelicalism, stealing from the rich and giving to the poor. more
Anglicanism is a Pastoral Form of Christianity
Everybody acknowledges that Anglicanism is a pastoral form of Christianity. more
A Tribute to Dr. Packer
Dear Jim was my longest friend, dating from our first meeting at the Oxford Inter-Collegiate Union, or Inter-Varsity, in October 1947, where I was the senior member, just commencing to lecture there, and Jim was an undergraduate student in Classics. more
Better a Creative Mess: An Interview With Dr. Cindy Aalders
Some years ago Dr. Packer contacted me to say he was ready to donate more of his books to the library at Regent. more
Remembering
I came to Regent as a student in 1985, primarily to study with Jim Packer and Klaus Bockmuehl. I took several courses with Jim, most memorably his seminars on the atonement and on the Puritans. more
J.I. Packer, John Bunyan, and Me
It was an enormous privilege to have served with Dr. Packer for a few of his many years at Regent. Our deep caring about the writings of John Bunyan and the seventeenth century. Puritans created a bond between Dr. Packer and me. more
Preferring Perelandra
To talk with Jim Packer was quickly to discover that he was a lover of words, spoken in sentences so clear we could almost see the punctuation. more
Wagner, Louis Armstrong, and Fish Pie
Kit Packer and my wife, Susan, share an enthusiasm for bird-watching; Jim and I had a similar shared passion for steam trains, and upon these two loves, the four of us entered upon an enduring friendship. more
The View from a Jacuzzi
The other day I was one of a crowd who spent much of a wet Saturday afternoon in a jacuzzi. My advisees, who formed the crowd, had advised me to try it; you'll like it, they said. Till then I had not even known how 'jacuzzi' is pronounced. I had taken it to rhyme with the name of Beachcomber's memorable operatic soprano, Rustiguzzi. more
Gift Beyond Measure
The truth is that the first time I worshipped at St. John’s Anglican Church, I was stalking J. I. Packer. more