Keep in Step with the Spirit

by J. I. Packer

Overview

Keep in Step with the Spirit by late theologian J. I. Packer is a helpful guide to the Holy Spirit that is both conversational in tone and comprehensive in scope, revealing who the Spirit is and how he is active in the lives of believers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781433572807
Publisher:	Crossway
Publication date:	07/27/2021
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

J. I. Packer (1926–2020) served as the Board of Governors’ Professor of Theology at Regent College. He authored numerous books, including the classic bestseller Knowing God. Packer also served as general editor for the English Standard Version Bible and as theological editor for the ESV Study Bible.

Table of Contents

A Preface to the Preface (2005) 11

Preface (1984) 19

Acknowledgments 25

1 Getting the Spirit in Focus 27

2 The Holy Spirit in the Bible 71

3 Mapping the Spirit's Path: The Way of Holiness 117

4 Mapping the Spirit's Path: Versions of Holiness 147

5 Mapping the Spirit's Path: The Charismatic Life 203

6 Mapping the Spirit's Path: Interpreting the Charismatic Life 237

7 Come, Holy Spirit 277

8 Heaven on Earth: A Pentecost Exposition 309

Appendix: The "Wretched Man" in Romans 7 325

Notes 335

General Index 348

Scripture Index 360

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“Packer’s book Keep in Step with the Spirit is polemically irenic. Seeking to promote peace in the church, Packer also desired purity. In this book, he offers an argument against certain opinions on the Spirit with a greater goal in mind: the peace of God’s people as they share a unified understanding of the Holy Spirit’s work. If his irenicism is the end, his polemics are the means. This is the hallmark of classically Reformed treatments on key theological doctrines, and I am thrilled to see this book republished by Crossway.”
—Mark Jones, Senior Pastor, Faith Reformed Presbyterian Church (PCA), Vancouver, British Columbia

“Typically biblical and balanced, the late J. I. Packer gives us a Christian’s field guide to life with the Holy Spirit. In an age marked by confusion and deception, this book helps point us clearly to the Bible’s truth about the Christian life.”
—Mark Dever, Pastor, Capitol Hill Baptist Church, Washington, DC

“When we face a debated theological topic, we need a guide who has no ax to grind, who is fair, honest, reasonable and—above all—carefully biblical. We Christians do debate the ministries of the Holy Spirit. But we have a reliable guide in J. I. Packer and Keep in Step with the Spirit. Reading this book, we feel understood, respected, instructed, and more open to the true powers of the blessed Spirit of God.”
—Ray Ortlund, Pastor to Pastors, Immanuel Church, Nashville, Tennessee