Keeping the Ten Commandments
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
In Keeping the Ten Commandments, Packer probes the purpose and meaning of the commandments, which he believes are often mistakenly viewed as a legalistic list of dos and don’ts. Under Packer’s guidance, readers discover that these precepts are God’s blueprints for the best life possible—containing the wisdom everyone needs for relational, spiritual, and societal blessing.
Delivered in brief, readable segments with discussion questions and ideas for further study at the end of each chapter, Keeping the Ten Commandments will challenge you to view the commandments with new eyes and appreciate the heritage of health and hope that they offer.
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Key Features
- Presents a key work on the Christian life by renowned Bible scholar J.I. Packer
- Offers questions and suggested Scripture passages for further study
- Addresses contemporary, spiritual issues through a biblical lens
Contents
- The Way to Life
- Blueprint for Behavior
- I and You
- Law and Love
- The Lord Your God
- Who Comes First?
- Imagination
- Are You Serious?
- Take My Time
- God and the Family
- Life Is Sacred
- Sex Is Sacred
- Stop, Thief!
- Truth Is Sacred
- Be Content
- Learning from the Law
- The Cement of Society
Top Highlights
“Your god is what you love, seek, worship, serve, and allow to control you.” (Page 47)
“The ten directives, which embody the Creator’s intention for human life as such, are here presented as means of maintaining a redeemed relationship already given by grace.” (Page 31)
“Heart-loyalty is the soil out of which holy living grows.” (Page 48)
“Because Scripture calls God’s Ten Commandments ‘law’ we assume they are like the law of the land, a formal code of dos and don’ts, restricting personal freedom for the sake of public order. But the comparison is wrong. Torah (Hebrew for ‘law’) means the sort of instruction a good parent gives his child. Proverbs 1:8 and 6:20 actually use torah for parental teaching.” (Page 24)
“First, the Commandments show what sort of people God wants us to be” (Page 109)
Praise for the Print Edition
Packer is lucid, often illustrates well, and is orderly. A good brief discussion appears on what would be true for Christianity if Jesus had not risen. Packer also has good reasons Christians can validly believe that Jesus did rise. A number of other fine discussions are helpful, such as what heaven means, Christ’s public future coming, the Holy Spirit, forgiveness, bodily resurrection, everlasting life, baptism, baptism in the Spirit.
—James E. Rosscup, professor of Bible exposition, The Master’s Seminary
Maturity in the spiritual life, like its counterparts in the social and emotional realms, requires conscious effort. Renowned author J.I. Packer gives the benefit of his extended experiences in achieving growth in Christ. Don’t expect a book of doctrines that only theologians can understand. Packer clothes doctrine with practical everyday living applications.
—Glen H. Jones, Pulpit Helps
About J.I. Packer
J.I. Packer, is considered one of the most influential evangelicals in North America. Packer committed his life to Christ after hearing lectures from C.S. Lewis at Oxford. In the 1950s, Packer was ordained a deacon and priest in the Church of England. Before moving to Canada, he lectured at several schools, including Tyndale Hall in Bristol, Latimer House at Oxford, and Oak Hill Theological College in London.
Packer is currently a professor of theology at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia, and serves as the honorary president of the Latimer Trust. Packer has written and edited numerous books, including Illustrated Manners and Customs of the Bible and Concise Theology. He is also the editor of the English Standard Version of the Bible, the New Bible Dictionary, and New Dictionary of Theology.