The Five Authors Who Have Most Influenced J. I. Packer

When asked, here are the first five books that come to mind for J. I. Packer:

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1. John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion (2 vols.)
2. J. C. Ryle, Holiness
3. John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress
4. Richard Baxter, The Reformed Pastor (+ others)
5. John Owen, Indwelling Sin and The Mortification of Sin (+ his books on Justification, The Holy Spirit, and The Death of Death in the Death of Christ).