Philip Hacking

Early life and career Philip Hacking gained a BA degree in History at St Peter's College, University of Oxford, in 1953 (subsequently also an MA in 1957), and then trained for the Anglican ministry at Oak Hill Theological College, London. written as he was approaching retirement, Philip described himself as "quite unashamedly an Anglican Evangelical, with a stress on the noun". He regarded the greatest privilege of more than 40 years ministry "to have been a parish minister in St Helens, Edinburgh and Sheffield", adding that "there is no greater joy than expounding the Word of God week by week in the local church, and to share in people's homes something of their joys and sorrows".

At the Sunday evening service on 29 December 2013 at Christ Church Fulwood, Philip gave his last sermon announcing that he was "calling it a day for all preaching". The sermon was based on 1 John 4 7-21 'God is Love'.

Personal life and death Hacking was a keen supporter of Sheffield Wednesday football club. He was present at the disaster in the Hillsborough soccer stadium in April 1989 in which 96 spectators were crushed to death. He was also a follower of English cricket, and in earlier years played cricket at "various unambitious levels".

He married his wife Margaret in 1955 at the Church of the Saviour, Blackburn. They have two children, five grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Their son, Stuart, is also an Anglican minister as well as being school chaplain at Immanuel Community College, Bradford.

List of books The Spirit Is Among Us: Personal Renewal and the Local Church, Marshall Pickering, 1987. What He Says, Where He Sends, Marshall Pickering, 1988. Real Science, Real Faith, Monarch Books, 1991 (co-authored with R. J. Berry). Isaiah: Free to Suffer and to Serve (Baker Bible Guides), Crossway Books, 1994. Discovering Isaiah: Free to Suffer and to Serve (Crossway Bible Guides), IVP/Crossway Books, 2001. The Rhythm of the Gospel: 2 Corinthians (Authentic Lifestyle Guides), Authentic Media, 2004 (co-authored with Elizabeth McQuoid). Opening Up Hebrews (Opening up the Bible series), Day One Publications, 2006.