More than 350 friends and admirers of J.I. Packer celebrated the famed theologian, writer and scholar’s 80th year during a conference sponsored by Samford University’s Beeson Divinity School Sept. 25–27.
As participants from 19 states and Canada honored Packer’s decades as a "theologizer," they also considered the current and future status of evangelicalism. Packer is the author of the modern theological classic "Knowing God" and other writings that have established him as a theological voice for the evangelical movement.
Along with Beeson dean Timothy George, other speakers included Charles W. Colson, Mark E. Dever, David Neff, D. Bruce Hindmarsh, Edith M. Humphrey, Richard John Neuhaus and James Earl Massey.
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