Here is a daily guide through one of the most treasured books of Christian spirituality: J. I. Packer's Knowing God . Each day you'll read a Scripture and a brief passage about the glory and joy of being in relationship with God. An idea at the end of each day's reading will help you to respond to God in prayer and reflection. This could be the most significant book you will read this year―or next. "For years I have been asked to list the 'top twenty' Christian books I have read. Knowing God has been on that list since the mid-1970s." -- Chuck Swindoll "Packer's volume says it simply, says it best." -- Joni Earesckson Tada "Dr. Packer has the rare ability to deal with profound and basic spiritual truths in a practical and highly readable way." -- Billy Graham "Dr. Packer has the rare ability to deal with profound and basic spiritual truths in a practical and highly readable way." -- Billy Graham J. I. Packer (1926–2020) is regarded as one of the most well-known theologians of our time. Once named to Time magazine's list of the 25 Most Influential Evangelicals in America, Packer served as Board of Governors' Professor of Theology at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia. His books include Praying , A Quest for Godliness , Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God , and Rediscovering Holiness . Philip Yancey has written twenty-five books. Early on he crafted best-selling books such as Disappointment with God and Where Is God When It Hurts? while also editing The Student Bible . More recently, he has explored central issues of the Christian faith, penning award-winning titles such as The Jesus I Never Knew , What's So Amazing About Grace? , and Prayer: Does It Make Any Difference? Yancey's books have garnered thirteen Gold Medallion Awards from Christian publishers and booksellers. He currently has more than fifteen million books in print, published in over forty languages worldwide. Yancey worked as a journalist in Chicago for some twenty years, editing the youth magazine Campus Life while also writing for a wide variety of magazines including Reader's Digest , Saturday Evening Post , National Wildlife , and Christianity Today . In 1992 he and his wife, Janet, moved to the foothills of Colorado where they live now. J. I. Packer is regarded as one of the most influential evangelicals in North America. He is Board of Governors' Professor of Theology at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia, and his writings include books such as Knowing God , A Quest for Godliness , Growing in Christ (Crossway) and Rediscovering Holiness . He has preached and lectured widely in Great Britain and North America and served as general editor of the English Standard Version of the Bible published in 2001, and theological editor of the Study Bible version. In 2014, Packer was named Author of the Year by the Association of Logos Bookstores. He is a frequent contributor to and an executive editor of Christianity Today and has written numerous articles published in journals such as Churchman, SouthWestern Journal, Reformation and Revival Journal and Touchstone. He received a BA, MA and PhD from Oxford University. Carolyn Nystrom, who compiled and edited this devotional, is a freelance writer living in Illinois and has written over seventy books and Bible studies. She is the coauthor (with J. I. Packer) of Praying and Never Beyond Hope . D. A. Carson is research professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois.