false 2315300 1 If the modern world can be characterised by one thing it is probably the enormous increase in the number of words around but that increase has also been accompanied by a seemingly corresponding decrease in understanding. It is the irony of the information age that instead of bringing clarity it has raised uninformed opinion to the same level as truth. The church has also not been faultless. Rather than discuss ideas in order to come to some settled agreement, the church has been characterised as trying to make words mean different things in order to accommodate differences. But the church should be a beacon of light to the world. The church has the words of eternal life. J. I. Packer is a master wordsmith. He is also gifted with the ability of showing where truth lies in complicated reasoning. These skills combine to make Words from God a fascinating read and a lifechanging one. The 18 words are Death, Devil, Election, Faith, Fellowship, Grace, Holiness, Justification, Lord, Mediator, Mortification, Reconciliation, Regeneration, Revelation, Sanctification, Scripture, Sin & World. 2321814 1 3 2008 18 Words: The Most important Words you will ever know 0 0 8 0 0 0 false false Wed Aug 19 19:12:05 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 19:12:05 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jun 27 11:46:48 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 11:46:48 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jun 03 11:54:47 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 11:54:47 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Feb 24 10:17:39 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 10:17:52 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jan 28 11:39:39 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 11:40:21 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jul 25 14:36:03 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 25 14:41:24 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sat Apr 26 11:12:24 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 26 11:12:36 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Fri Apr 25 02:43:36 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 25 02:43:43 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2315300