J. I. Packer and Roger Nicole at ICRS
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Tullian writes about our time with these two heroes of the faith:
Dr. Nicole and Dr. Packer have been close friends for exactly 50 years and being able to watch them together was (and Kim agrees with me) the most moving and meaningful exhibition of Christian friendship I have ever seen. They showed such deep love and respect for each other.One quick story: Kim, Justin, Dr. Packer, Dr. Nicole, and I were walking from the Orlando Convention Center across the street to our hotel. It was the annual gathering of Christian authors and publishers and so as we were walking many people recognized Dr. Packer and stopped to say “hello.” Only one person stopped and recognized Dr. Nicole (who is not nearly as well known as Dr. Packer). However, after that one person stopped Dr. Nicole, Dr. Packer (wanting to make sure his friend knew that he was just as important as he was) said, “You have to expect that people are going to recognize you Roger and want to talk with you. You are a very important man.” It showed just how humble and sensitive to the Holy Spirit Dr. Packer is. He didn’t want Dr. Nicole to feel outshined by him so he made nothing of the many who recognized him, but everything of the one who recognized Dr. Nicole.
posted by JT at Saturday, July 19, 2008
6 Comments:
JT, excellent photos.
Can I say (1) These guys have probably forgotten more than we'll ever know when it comes to theology, and (2) This photo is a good example of egalitarians and complementarians joined together!
And what God has joined together...
I think it is a real shame to reduce these men to 'one trick ponies'.
Or am I wrong in thinking that there is more to these two men than the gender debate.
glennsp,
You are correct that there is more than that one issue. I had the joy of being Roger's pastor for almost 10 years and he is one of the kindest, gentlest and brilliant men I have ever known. He met with our staff every week for about 2 hours teaching us theology. And yes, he dealt with egalitarianism during those times. We didn't agree on that issue, but we agreed on far more issues than we disagreed. I count my time with Roger as one of the highlights of my 37 years of ministry.
Bill
thanks for a great post. what a Christlike example dr. packer has shown and Christian unity-in-diversity these two men of God have demonstrated.
Men like Packer, Nicole, Millard Erickson and the late Carl Henry have been marvelous gifts from God to the church. May evangelicalism be blessed with a continual stream of godly, truth driven, Christ exalting theologians.
Dan Erickson
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