Tozer On Scriptureīut since they could see the man who had been healed standing there with them, there was nothing they could say. Tozer is perhaps best known for The Pursuit of God and The Knowledge of the Holy, which impress upon the reader the possibility and necessity of deepening one’s relationship with God. He authored eight books, and dozens of his sermons and other writings were published posthumously. Tozer succumbed to a coronary thrombosis in May 1963. “The serious who wanted to know what God was saying loved him.”Ī. “The flippant did not like Tozer,” a biographer wrote. Publicly, he constantly pointed out the dangers the church faces when “worldly” concerns distract it. Privately, he, his wife Ida, and their seven children followed a simple and non-materialistic lifestyle. Throughout his career Tozer’s primary concern was the promotion of Christian living. He habitually spent hours in prayer every day in his office, worshiping and communicating with God. “As a man prays,” he said, “so is he.” Indeed, it is accurate to characterize Tozer’s preaching and writings as extensions of his prayer life. Tozer was a deeply spiritual man whose ministry was established upon a solid foundation of prayer. He embarked upon a fruitful forty-four-year career leading Christian and Missionary Alliance congregations in West Virginia, Chicago, and Toronto, Canada. In 1919, five years after his conversion, and despite his lack of formal theological training, Tozer accepted an offer to pastor his first church. Thus began the journey of a man whose life and work would lead some to call him a twentieth-century prophet. just call on God,” by turning over his life to the Lord. Three years later Aiden responded to a street preacher’s exhortation, “If you don’t know how to be saved. Tozer was born into a western Pennsylvania farming family that relocated to the factory city of Akron, Ohio, in 1912. Here’s a brief biography of Tozer and several excerpts from his writings. There are three categories of excerpts- On Scripture, Reflections, and Challenges-and includes introductions to each book of the Bible. This resource produced by Hendrickson Publishers with the KJV version includes excerpts from Tozer’s writings. So, I’m pleased to see that his writings have now been compiled into a single resource-the A.W. I would go on to read several more books written by him and recommend them to others. This book affected my understanding of God profoundly and helped feed the flame to know God and his Word. The first book I read after becoming a Christian (besides the Bible) was The Knowledge of the Holyby A.W.
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