Samuel G. Parkison's Reviews > J. I. Packer: An Evangelical Life

A really interesting approach at biography. Ryken essentially squishes together a few different kinds of biographies, so the timeline gets bunched up. It could get repetitive for some, but I really appreciated the different angles Ryken takes. He considers Packer's life from the vantage point of simply telling the story of the events throughout, but he also considers Packer's life from the vantage point of literary influences, theological influences, ecclesial influences, and controversies. It was written before Packer died, which means a revision is probably appropriate now.

I recommend. But not to any baptists who are thinking about crossing the Tiber over into Anglicanism. If there's a more compelling voice to sing that siren song than J.I. Packer, I don't know who it is!