![]() ![]() ![]() What resulted from their time together is a 72-minute conversation. Packer about life, doctrine, and ministry. ![]() Pastor John traveled to Vancouver to interview Dr. Packer talked about the preciousness of the gospel of Jesus Christ.Īnd those shared convictions bring us back to an earlier date five years ago. Friends close to him in his final weeks and days and hours on this earth confirmed the very same. Packer’s formal ministry had ended and he would no longer preach or teach or write books or articles, he wanted Pastor John to know that the shared convictions he had with us, the convictions that drove his public ministry - convictions about Christ and imputation and personal holiness and the nature of Scripture - those were all convictions he was still clinging to privately. I wanted to voice my gratitude to God for his life and ministry.Īlthough Dr. However, I knew the end of the third call would be my final time speaking with him. These were not formal interviews, just informal chats. I had a short list of topics I wanted to talk with him about over the telephone, and he very kindly agreed to a series of three telephone calls to answer various questions I had about the Puritans, and specifically his thoughts on Puritan theologian Thomas Goodwin. ![]() It was about a year ago that we began to get updates indicating that his race on earth was nearing its end. ![]()
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