Just recently, I've again come across the writings of Dr J. I. Packer, now in his 80s, who has been a pastor and academic.
He was once a great hero of mine when I was an orthodox Calvinist decades ago. He was an Anglican but recently left the Canadian church because of its well-publicised slide into liberalism.
Interestingly, although he classed himself as an evangelical he had a great love for The Book of Common Prayer (BCP: 1662). (Being an evangelical Anglican and having a love for the BCP seems rare today.)
Packer was brought up on the BCP and I can understand his strong affection for its rhythms and its implicit piety. (I was not nurtured in it but first encountered Anglicanism through An Australian Prayer Book (AAPA: 1978).)
Interestingly, although he classed himself as an evangelical he had a great love for The Book of Common Prayer (BCP: 1662). (Being an evangelical Anglican and having a love for the BCP seems rare today.)
Packer was brought up on the BCP and I can understand his strong affection for its rhythms and its implicit piety. (I was not nurtured in it but first encountered Anglicanism through An Australian Prayer Book (AAPA: 1978).)
