J I Packer's Book and his view on Mother Teresa

Here's something new from Take Heed:

J I Packer and ‘Mother’ Teresa

At the beginning of this year I was contacted by a friend and fellow-believer in England who asked me if I had any information or views on an addition included in the second printing of a book by J I Packer called ‘Rediscovering Holiness’. This addition dealt with Mr Packer’s views of difficulties/doubts experienced by the late ‘Mother’ Teresa. I had not been aware of this addition to Mr Packer’s reprinted book and in the course of my investigations I came across a very helpful article…

Read the rest over HERE @ www.takeheed.net.

Here are a few choice excerpts from this article:

"Packer bases the entire afterword on the premise that Teresa is a genuine believer, in spite of her devotion to Roman Catholic teachings…
the Manhattan Declaration represents another step toward accepting the false notion that being a Christian is demonstrated by doing something about social issues. It seems clear to me that J. I. Packer has taken that step."

And this is an important thing to read because - JI Packer is considered to be one of the most important evangelical theologians of the late 20th century [see: Biographical Sketch of JI Packer @ Monergism].