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Summary: A "Must Read" for all believers!
Review: I read it in two days but it deserves so much more study. The Truths just kept pouring out. God puts in us a desire to go to Him that we can't ignore and Tozer reveals so much about this reality. I can't recommend it too highly. It will help even the most "learned" biblical theologian in living for God.
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Summary: Please Forgive Me But I Don't Like The Second Chapter
Review: I read the second chapter, The blessedness of possessing nothing, for my bible study class. I liked the message of not letting possesions own us, but I had a few problems with some of the things Tozer wrote. Tozer said that, "The pronouns 'my' and 'mine' look innocent enough in print but... ...They are verbal symptoms of our deep disease." Those pronouns show ownership. They are a nessesary part of our language. According to the bible, it was God who introduced the concept of ownership to man in Genesis 1:28-30. It seems clear to me that many people do chase after worldly possesions but words like my and mine are not evidence of this. His statment sounds nice and spiritual but it is not true. I also had a problem with the interpritation of the Abraham and Isaac story. Tozer charecterized the father son relationship as "perilous" and said that God had to save them from the "consequences of an uncleansed love." I have never seen any evidence of this in the scriptures. Was he making this up or did I miss something? Tozer goes on to respectfuly imagine that Abraham wrestled with his self-life in agony all night over wether or not to obey God or save his son from the alter. This may or may not have happened but God saw fit to leave it out of the scriptures if it did. Instead the passage focuses on Abraham's obedience and faith in God. Tozer also puts imagined words in God's mouth explaining the reason for the trial to Abraham, "I wanted to corect the perversoin that existed in your love." Huh??? I can't find anything that implys that in my bible. Tozer respectfuly imagined a story to conveniently fit the point he was trying to make. I guess he wrote it on a train or something, in one sitting. It kind of reads like that. Its like one of my bad english essays that I write off the top of my head and fill with sweet smelling BS because I don't feel like doing the proper reserch.
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Summary: The Shekinah Glory of God
Review: I've been intimidated to review this book for a long time. Why? This book changed my life. I grew up in a conservative Christian church, my father was a pastor, and I was studying for the ministry when I purchased this book as a gift for a good friend. I didn't want to give him a gift that would lead him astray, so I decided to read the first chapter. What I found was nothing like what I had known. This was no dry, moldy, "scholarly" book--this was alive. The blessed truths that had been buried in my heart and mind beneath the drudgery of modern scholarship's debates over dating, authorship and sources came pouring forth in what I can only describe as "rivers of living water" (John 7:38). Through the Spirit-led power and insight of Tozer's writing I was awakened to the reality of the Almighty God and the nearness of His blessed Holy Spirit in an amazing way. The prayer he offers at the end of the first chapter (in which he borrows Moses' prayer from Exodus 33) left me in stunned awe before my Maker. This book (as its author was) is annointed with the presence and power God. I would most highly recommend this book to any person--both those who thirst for more of God and those who know nothing of this deep soul-hunger. Tozer speaks with an authority and passion characteristic of one who has been in the very presence of God. Let the Spirit speak to you through this great saint as you embark upon Man's most noble effort--the Pursuit of God.
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Summary: The Shekinah Glory of God
Review: I've been intimidated to review this book for a long time. Why? This book changed my life. I grew up in a conservative Christian church, my father was a pastor, and I was studying for the ministry when I purchased this book as a gift for a good friend. I didn't want to give him a gift that would lead him astray, so I decided to read the first chapter. What I found was nothing like what I had known. This was no dry, moldy, "scholarly" book--this was alive. The blessed truths that had been buried in my heart and mind beneath the drudgery of modern scholarship's debates over dating, authorship and sources came pouring forth in what I can only describe as "rivers of living water" (John 7:38). Through the Spirit-led power and insight of Tozer's writing I was awakened to the reality of the Almighty God and the nearness of His blessed Holy Spirit in an amazing way. The prayer he offers at the end of the first chapter (in which he borrows Moses' prayer from Exodus 33) left me in stunned awe before my Maker. This book (as its author was) is annointed with the presence and power God. I would most highly recommend this book to any person--both those who thirst for more of God and those who know nothing of this deep soul-hunger. Tozer speaks with an authority and passion characteristic of one who has been in the very presence of God. Let the Spirit speak to you through this great saint as you embark upon Man's most noble effort--the Pursuit of God.
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Summary: I can tell he has been in His presence.
Review: I've come across many books in my lifetime about "chasing God" or "following hard after God" and "Knowing God".But all of them have left me wondering: "Has the author himself been in His presence?" Rev. Tozer had been in His presence, hence the authority with which his words ring out. It is not that he has some great, lofty mysterious wisdom, but rather, his work is sublime in its simplicity. I look at the book not so much as Tozer imparting knowledge to be gained, but rather as a prompt to question my own spirituality (or the lack thereof)and look to Jesus for The Way.
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Summary: This book is for the person who is thirsty for living water.
Review: If you are thirsty and want to drink deep at the fountain of living water read this book. This book is not for the carnal minded but for the spiritual minded person. It will tickle your soul.
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Summary: Absolutely life changing
Review: In my quest to know more about God, I came across this book. Many things Tozer said really helped understand how to have a deeper relationship with God. This book is a must read for anyone who wants to have a closer, more intimate relationship with Him! I highly recommend it!
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Summary: A Book That Will Make You Think
Review: In The Pursuit of God, Tozer explores much of what is wrong with Christianity today. There are an abundance of Christians who don't know exactly what to do. It is not unusual for someone to came back from an altar call thinking "Now what?". This book holds that answer. Especially interesting was the very last chapter dealing with the common separation of spiritual and secular activities, in which Tozer explains that there does not have to be, indeed, should not be any distinction. All acts, whether commonly thought of as spiritual or secular, can and should be holy. These acts, executed with the proper motive will be happily accepted by God as acts of holiness, regardless of their seeming insignificance to others.
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Summary: A Book That Will Make You Think
Review: In The Pursuit of God, Tozer explores much of what is wrong with Christianity today. There are an abundance of Christians who don't know exactly what to do. It is not unusual for someone to came back from an altar call thinking "Now what?". This book holds that answer. Especially interesting was the very last chapter dealing with the common separation of spiritual and secular activities, in which Tozer explains that there does not have to be, indeed, should not be any distinction. All acts, whether commonly thought of as spiritual or secular, can and should be holy. These acts, executed with the proper motive will be happily accepted by God as acts of holiness, regardless of their seeming insignificance to others.
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Summary: Be The Deer...
Review: Like a cool drink of water on hot and humid day, so will your soul drink in the lessons and experiences contained within the pages of this timeless classic. Mr. Tozer challenges us to seek a total relationship with God in all that we do, every moment of every day. The rewards for such a life are sweet peace and communion with Christ, our Saviour and the true joy of our salvation. This book is a jewel among jewels. Read it. You will be glad that you did. "As the deer pants after the water brook, so my soul pants after thee, O God" Be the deer...
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