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That Incredible Christian
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A.W. Tozer
664 books2,102 followersAiden Wilson Tozer was an American evangelical pastor, speaker, writer, and editor. After coming to Christ at the age of seventeen, Tozer found his way into the Christian & Missionary Alliance denomination where he served for over forty years. In 1950, he was appointed by the denomination's General Council to be the editor of "The Alliance Witness" (now "Alliance Life").
Born into poverty in western Pennsylvania in 1897, Tozer died in May 1963 a self-educated man who had taught himself what he missed in high school and college due to his home situation. Though he wrote many books, two of them, "The Pursuit of God" and "The Knowledge of the Holy" are widely considered to be classics.
A.W. Tozer and his wife, Ada Cecelia Pfautz, had seven children, six boys and one girl.
Born into poverty in western Pennsylvania in 1897, Tozer died in May 1963 a self-educated man who had taught himself what he missed in high school and college due to his home situation. Though he wrote many books, two of them, "The Pursuit of God" and "The Knowledge of the Holy" are widely considered to be classics.
A.W. Tozer and his wife, Ada Cecelia Pfautz, had seven children, six boys and one girl.
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August 26, 2014
A.W.Tozer is an oldie but a goodie. I've read him for many years and have found him useful to refresh my memory on the basic tenets of the Christian faith. I went overseas and took this slim volume with me to have as a guide and touchstone in my travels.
His chapters give an indication of the content.'How important is creed?', 'The inadequacy of instant Christianity','The freedom of the will','Why the Holy Spirit is given'...There are twenty chapters in all and in his careful and well thought out way Tozer is a great read.
I appreciate this book because it helps me keep grounded in the basics, the cornerstones of my faith and helps to give perspective to a lot of issues surrounding my spiritual journey in a modern world.
His chapters give an indication of the content.'How important is creed?', 'The inadequacy of instant Christianity','The freedom of the will','Why the Holy Spirit is given'...There are twenty chapters in all and in his careful and well thought out way Tozer is a great read.
I appreciate this book because it helps me keep grounded in the basics, the cornerstones of my faith and helps to give perspective to a lot of issues surrounding my spiritual journey in a modern world.
January 15, 2009
Tozer directs the reader beyond the daily grind into the eternal purposes of the Christian life; That Incredible Christian is always a challenge to my soul no matter how many times I read it--and I have read it more than once . . . a timeless treasure.
December 27, 2016
Tozer, as always, gets straight to the grain of truth. Sometimes I wonder how a simple man can demonstrate such heavenly wisdom trough his writings.
July 27, 2020
This is a collection of Tozer's editorials that he wrote for The Alliance Witness in the early 1960s. The book begins with the title essay, "That Incredible Christian," which details the wonderful paradoxes that are true of the believer in Christ. It ends with "Meditating on God," an activity to which Tozer argues that Christians who wish to grow spiritually must devote time, and he gives good tips on how and how not to do so. In between are another 40 or so 3-page editorials, almost all of them excellent. Examples include, "How Important Is Creed?", in which he argues that salvation does involve believing certain truths about Christ. There's "Truth Has Two Wings", where he helpfully points out that truth is found in "It is written" AND "Again it is written." "Believing or Visualizing" points out that faith is not dependent on our ability to visualize what is promised. "Love's Final Test" is obedience.
I first read this in 2000. It was good then (that's why I re-read it), but it packed a more powerful punch this 2nd time through.
A couple excerpts from the 2nd essay, "Time Cannot Help Us":
"Many a lost man is putting off the day of salvation, vaguely hoping that time is on his side, when actually the likelihood of his ever becoming a Christian grows less day by day. And why? Because the changes taking place in him are hardening his will and making it more and more difficult for him to repent." (15-16)
"Time can help us only if we know that it cannot help us at all. It is change we need, and only God can change us from worse to better." (16)
I first read this in 2000. It was good then (that's why I re-read it), but it packed a more powerful punch this 2nd time through.
A couple excerpts from the 2nd essay, "Time Cannot Help Us":
"Many a lost man is putting off the day of salvation, vaguely hoping that time is on his side, when actually the likelihood of his ever becoming a Christian grows less day by day. And why? Because the changes taking place in him are hardening his will and making it more and more difficult for him to repent." (15-16)
"Time can help us only if we know that it cannot help us at all. It is change we need, and only God can change us from worse to better." (16)
February 16, 2018
I feel, after having read this short but very worthwhile book, that this book somehow has the wrong title. Although the author has a lot of very pointed things to say about what makes someone an incredible Christian, that does not appear to be the main focus of this book. Rather, this book consists of a thoughtful and sustained critique of the sort of Christianity that was contemporary in the time of the author (the early 1960's) and that is still extant today, if not even worse. The book reads like a classic and not like a dated work, which reflects the way that the author looks at his time through eternal truths rather than writing in a way that sought to make his book wholly relevant to his own times, which would have made them largely irrelevant to our own. As someone who enjoys reading rather critical works [1], this book was certainly an appealing one, taken from the author's editorials for The Alliance Witness from 1960-1963, along with one longer piece taken from Moody Monthly, a periodical it sounds like it would have been enjoyable to read if one had the chance to do so. Readers expecting a lengthy and sustained argument will likely be a bit disappointed, but those who enjoy short and punchy editorials of a high order will find much to appreciate here.
In terms of its contents, most of the book consists of short essays of about three pages apiece. One gets the feeling that the author had some strict word counts for his editorials, as the works are all nearly identical in length, totaling to just about 140 pages of powerful material. The book takes its title from its opening essay, but many of the essays involved deal with subjects of lasting relevance like the challenge of holiness and godliness for the unregenerate and rebellious heart and mind, the need for balance in the life of a believer, the importance of faith, putting our beliefs into practice through obedience, the struggles and difficulties of the godly life, the importance of taking theology seriously, spiritual warfare, the importance of knowledge of God and relationship with God, as well as the need to overcome partial understanding that leads to doctrines of half-truths. As is fairly common in Tozer's work, this is a book that challenges the reader, and can be taken as somewhat bracing for those who do not come to books to be confronted with the flabbier parts of their nature.
When one deals with a book like this, it is worthwhile to ponder whether one gets more out of wrestling with those who, like the author, are rather tough-minded, or whether one is in need of tenderheartedness. I think, ultimately, that we need both approaches at different times or sometimes even the same time. While the author himself discusses the need for balance often here as a writer, one can see that he clearly has an approach that wishes to challenge others where they are weak, and that it is the sort of attitude that could trouble and offend. Yet precisely because of that it is important to read books like this, not only because we live in an age where to offend others through challenging them is to be viewed as the worst kind of sinner. We need to be challenged, as those who flatter us about the way we are ultimately do not have our best interests at heart, and if one might doubt about the author being a particularly sympathetic person, there is no doubt in reading this that the author does want a great deal out of the reader as a person of faith as well as sound intellect and obedience, at least as the author understands it.
[1] See, for example:
https://edgeinducedcohesion.blog/2018...
https://edgeinducedcohesion.blog/2018...
https://edgeinducedcohesion.blog/2017...
https://edgeinducedcohesion.blog/2017...
https://edgeinducedcohesion.blog/2017...
In terms of its contents, most of the book consists of short essays of about three pages apiece. One gets the feeling that the author had some strict word counts for his editorials, as the works are all nearly identical in length, totaling to just about 140 pages of powerful material. The book takes its title from its opening essay, but many of the essays involved deal with subjects of lasting relevance like the challenge of holiness and godliness for the unregenerate and rebellious heart and mind, the need for balance in the life of a believer, the importance of faith, putting our beliefs into practice through obedience, the struggles and difficulties of the godly life, the importance of taking theology seriously, spiritual warfare, the importance of knowledge of God and relationship with God, as well as the need to overcome partial understanding that leads to doctrines of half-truths. As is fairly common in Tozer's work, this is a book that challenges the reader, and can be taken as somewhat bracing for those who do not come to books to be confronted with the flabbier parts of their nature.
When one deals with a book like this, it is worthwhile to ponder whether one gets more out of wrestling with those who, like the author, are rather tough-minded, or whether one is in need of tenderheartedness. I think, ultimately, that we need both approaches at different times or sometimes even the same time. While the author himself discusses the need for balance often here as a writer, one can see that he clearly has an approach that wishes to challenge others where they are weak, and that it is the sort of attitude that could trouble and offend. Yet precisely because of that it is important to read books like this, not only because we live in an age where to offend others through challenging them is to be viewed as the worst kind of sinner. We need to be challenged, as those who flatter us about the way we are ultimately do not have our best interests at heart, and if one might doubt about the author being a particularly sympathetic person, there is no doubt in reading this that the author does want a great deal out of the reader as a person of faith as well as sound intellect and obedience, at least as the author understands it.
[1] See, for example:
https://edgeinducedcohesion.blog/2018...
https://edgeinducedcohesion.blog/2018...
https://edgeinducedcohesion.blog/2017...
https://edgeinducedcohesion.blog/2017...
https://edgeinducedcohesion.blog/2017...
October 1, 2021
The diverse topics mentioned in this book lead to a singular point and that is how the life of the Christian should be. Amazing book and for a devotional it can also apply. Now I realize why they called Tozer the modern day prophet.
February 2, 2019
Tozer's classic writings are gathered from editorials where every word counted and each essay is masterful in convicting and inspiring. He writes strongly- not by use of powerful punctuation but of potent principles. This small book is a treasure and worth owning and re-reading frequently to encourage and galvanize authentic relationship with Christ.
November 4, 2015
My Korean church gave me a second place prize for writing a good book review for this one. Second prize only due to length. I say, brevity is better! ;D
열 여섯살 청년 Tozer 는 거리에서 전도사의 이러한 메시지를 듣고 하나님을 영적으로 찾기 시작하였다. “하나님께 구원 받고 싶다면…그저 그에게 여쭤보세요.” 당시 Tozer 는 Ohio주에 있는 Akron 도시에 살고 있었으며 집의 다락방을 자신만의 성소로 여겼다. 대학교를 곧 입학한 19살의 내가 기숙사에서 하나님이 진짜면 만나게 해달라고 기도했던 모습이 떠올랐다.
Tozer 의 “나는 진짜인가, 가짜인가 (That Incredible Christian)” 책은 참된 그리스도인은 어떤 성향을 가지고, 무슨 가치를 믿고 행하는지에 대해 적혀있다.
이제 하나님은 진짜 인줄 아니까 내 자신이 진짜로 하나님을 올바르게 믿고 있는지 객관적으로 되돌아볼 수 있 게 도와준 책 이였다. Tozer가 말하기에 복음은 우리의 입맛에 달달한 솜사탕 같은 것이 아니라 우리 가슴 정통을 찌르는 가시면류관 같은 것이라 하였다. 자기 입맛을 따르는 가짜는 인격의 변화를 소홀이 하고, 행함으로 죄용서 받으려 하며, 영적 균형감이 없어 인스턴트 식품에 비유를 한다. 이에 비해 진짜는 행복보다는 거룩을 열망하고, 기본에 충실하다. 여기서 기본이란 기도, 성경묵상, 순종, 겸손, 신앙, 그리고 성령님의 내적 조명이 담긴 사색이다. 또한 이 6가지들이 영정미몽에서 벗어나는 길이며 사단에게 큰 위협되는 도구들이라 하였다. 이 책을 읽고 계속 생각나서 서너번 다시 읽었던 부분은 시간에 관한 개념이다. 다들 ‘세월이 약이다 (Time heals)’ 라고 말들 한다. 이것은 시간에 책임을 떠넘기거나 시간에 신비로운 힘이 있다고 착각하는 셈이다. Tozer가 말하기에, “바보를 현인으로 죄인을 성인으로 만드는 것은 시간이 아니고 변화이다. 오직 그리스도께서 일으키시는 마음 속 변화” 라고 하였다. 박해자 사울이 하나님의 종 바울이 된 것은 시간이 아니라 그리스도이셨다. 지각 왕 정효진이 새벽이로 변한것은 수많은 언니의 잔소리도 볼품없는 성적표도 아니라 성령님의 이끄심이였다.
당신 그리스도인의 삶이 세상사람들의 삶과 구별되지 못하거나 신앙에 스며든 가식적인 거품을 걸어내고 싶다면 이 책을 적극적으로 추천한다. 특히 68쪽에 나와있는 ‘진짜 그리도스인의 자가 진단법’으로 자기발견에 도움이 되는 질문들을 해보길 바란다.
열 여섯살 청년 Tozer 는 거리에서 전도사의 이러한 메시지를 듣고 하나님을 영적으로 찾기 시작하였다. “하나님께 구원 받고 싶다면…그저 그에게 여쭤보세요.” 당시 Tozer 는 Ohio주에 있는 Akron 도시에 살고 있었으며 집의 다락방을 자신만의 성소로 여겼다. 대학교를 곧 입학한 19살의 내가 기숙사에서 하나님이 진짜면 만나게 해달라고 기도했던 모습이 떠올랐다.
Tozer 의 “나는 진짜인가, 가짜인가 (That Incredible Christian)” 책은 참된 그리스도인은 어떤 성향을 가지고, 무슨 가치를 믿고 행하는지에 대해 적혀있다.
이제 하나님은 진짜 인줄 아니까 내 자신이 진짜로 하나님을 올바르게 믿고 있는지 객관적으로 되돌아볼 수 있 게 도와준 책 이였다. Tozer가 말하기에 복음은 우리의 입맛에 달달한 솜사탕 같은 것이 아니라 우리 가슴 정통을 찌르는 가시면류관 같은 것이라 하였다. 자기 입맛을 따르는 가짜는 인격의 변화를 소홀이 하고, 행함으로 죄용서 받으려 하며, 영적 균형감이 없어 인스턴트 식품에 비유를 한다. 이에 비해 진짜는 행복보다는 거룩을 열망하고, 기본에 충실하다. 여기서 기본이란 기도, 성경묵상, 순종, 겸손, 신앙, 그리고 성령님의 내적 조명이 담긴 사색이다. 또한 이 6가지들이 영정미몽에서 벗어나는 길이며 사단에게 큰 위협되는 도구들이라 하였다. 이 책을 읽고 계속 생각나서 서너번 다시 읽었던 부분은 시간에 관한 개념이다. 다들 ‘세월이 약이다 (Time heals)’ 라고 말들 한다. 이것은 시간에 책임을 떠넘기거나 시간에 신비로운 힘이 있다고 착각하는 셈이다. Tozer가 말하기에, “바보를 현인으로 죄인을 성인으로 만드는 것은 시간이 아니고 변화이다. 오직 그리스도께서 일으키시는 마음 속 변화” 라고 하였다. 박해자 사울이 하나님의 종 바울이 된 것은 시간이 아니라 그리스도이셨다. 지각 왕 정효진이 새벽이로 변한것은 수많은 언니의 잔소리도 볼품없는 성적표도 아니라 성령님의 이끄심이였다.
당신 그리스도인의 삶이 세상사람들의 삶과 구별되지 못하거나 신앙에 스며든 가식적인 거품을 걸어내고 싶다면 이 책을 적극적으로 추천한다. 특히 68쪽에 나와있는 ‘진짜 그리도스인의 자가 진단법’으로 자기발견에 도움이 되는 질문들을 해보길 바란다.
October 19, 2014
Classic Tozer - this book is not one long narrative, but rather a compilation of short discourses on various subjects relating to the Christian life. Imagine a blog in book form, and you've got the idea. This particular book hits on some of Tozer's favorite themes - the loveliness of God, the need for obedience in the Christian life, and how one grows as a Christian. Less "focused" than some of his other works, such as The Knowledge of the Holy or The Pursuit of God, it is nonetheless a practical and soul-stirring read.
I used it as a supplement to my daily Bible reading - almost like a daily devotional. It served that purpose well, as I think it would be difficult to read more than 3 or 4 of the chapters at a time, due to the wide range of topics Tozer covers. One to keep for sure, even if I won't read it every year like I do Knowledge of the Holy.
I used it as a supplement to my daily Bible reading - almost like a daily devotional. It served that purpose well, as I think it would be difficult to read more than 3 or 4 of the chapters at a time, due to the wide range of topics Tozer covers. One to keep for sure, even if I won't read it every year like I do Knowledge of the Holy.
March 13, 2007
"Deep inside every man there is a private sanctum where dwells the mysterious essence of his being. This far-in reality is that in the man which is what it is of itself without reference to any other part of the man's complex nature. It is the man's "I Am," a gift from the I AM who created him."
So begins the book, where Tozer explores man, the way God had created him and intended him to be. There are other selected topics such as "Does God Always Answer Prayer" and "Religious Boredom." All in all, along with C.S. Lewis, Tozer is one of those writers that is able to articulate faith in terms that will capture the minds and hearts of his readers.
So begins the book, where Tozer explores man, the way God had created him and intended him to be. There are other selected topics such as "Does God Always Answer Prayer" and "Religious Boredom." All in all, along with C.S. Lewis, Tozer is one of those writers that is able to articulate faith in terms that will capture the minds and hearts of his readers.
July 5, 2012
This collection of essays are really good. They were written in the early sixties and I have found so many of his words to resonate with my soul. While you may or may not agree with all of this theological positions, I appreciate his honest presentation. Not quite as heady as Oswald Chambers. It is a short book and easy to read one or two essays a day.
July 1, 2017
Any work I have found by AW Tozer is full of treasure and I would recommend.
I have to listen to audio-books almost always, and with Tozer's books, find I repeat, repeat, and repeat again, parts I have heard already.
He was a Man of God, and he just gives God's treasure away freely to us.
I have to listen to audio-books almost always, and with Tozer's books, find I repeat, repeat, and repeat again, parts I have heard already.
He was a Man of God, and he just gives God's treasure away freely to us.
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October 25, 2008All of Tozer's books are enlightening and convicting.
November 30, 2010
Just a little way in and already really enjoying Tozer's insight
January 25, 2011
Another outstanding work from Tozier.
January 19, 2017
Yet another gem!
December 20, 2012
This was an excellent and practical teaching on living the full Christian experience...all that God intended for us.
May 26, 2014
This is a great book.
November 4, 2014
Good stuff.
August 23, 2015
How do I become this incredible Christian I must decrease HE must increase
January 9, 2016
Especially good on the art of true worship
June 27, 2016
I want to read this book again.
April 11, 2016
Excellent and stretching short editorials collected from magazines.
September 18, 2016
This was a good book filled with short discussions on knowing God rightly and how we live this out in our lives.
July 28, 2021
Don’t Set a Chair for God
https://stephen-l-france.com/
One of the final quotes of this book summarised the content with a satirical wit.
“Don’t set a chair for God – He is Spirit and dwells in your heart.”
‘That Incredible Christian’ is one of those pieces of literature that retells the Truth of the Christian life in hard, raw fashion.
Simultaneously, it exposes human attempts to make the Christian life softer and easier.
Following the leading of the Holy Spirt—full submission to Christ—is the most difficult path to take in this world, and A W Tozer knew it well.
This is principally because we are called to turn away from our survival instinct—our inclination to preserve self—and be transformed into reflections of the sacrificial Jesus Christ.
Currently, I’m going through a slight crisis of mind.
I have been a Christian for 6 years and 6 months.
I’ve met all kinds of professing believers and witnessed the wise Truth of the Bible come to life in ecstatically uplifting and horribly discouraging ways.
My questions about God are no longer about His existence, His wisdom, or His Truth – my queries centre around His love.
Even an hour ago, I might have written down in this review that my central question is:
Does he love me?
But this isn’t accurate.
My real, transparent, vulnerable question is actually this:
Will I enjoy this life here on Earth or not?
In asking such a question, I expose my self-righteous attitude and so as I’ve continued in this journey, my growing fear has been the selfish attitude I’m unable to shake from my psyche.
I’m not talking about self-righteous behaviour; God deals with me in that regard, putting me though circumstances that have brought the hammer of humility and chisel of chastisement.
I’m talking about an internal, etched self-righteousness that makes its appearance through self-pity and ‘worldly sorrow.’
It’s times like these that I turn to hard preaching of the Scriptures, because I require the reminder that I’m actually on the right path, despite what my flesh whispers to me.
Enter A W Tozer and his prose: ‘That Incredible Christian.’
This book explains how we are to live on Earth with the raw, holy convictions that God grants.
I’m not talking about the basics of Christianity. I’m talking about those harrowing moments when we realise it’s impossible to follow God.
I’m talking about those moments when we realise that we’re being stepped on over and over, and that there’s NOTHING that can be done, but endure, or alternatively break from following God’s lead.
I’m talking about those moments when we feel so alone that no one can console us, because our need can only be met by God Himself.
The hard Christian will say: “go get a job, make money, or find a spouse” in relation to our unmet desires.
They will spout a few verses to support their claims, asserting that this is indeed Godly conduct and leave you with a touch of frost that comes from the coldness of their own souls.
The soft Christian will say: “you’ll be fine,” only because they’ve already acquired the prosperous, ‘allegedly’ stable career and spouse, and have no clue about what you’re really wrestling with.
We are left with a deep pain; the seriously profound battle that they’ve failed to discern underneath.
It’s not about our unmet desires.
It’s actually our agonising recognition that we shouldn’t be thinking these things at all!
What we’re seeking is a purifying of the self-righteousness, that provokes such distractions as unmet desires.
This deeper battle hurts like the fires of hell, because we can’t do anything, but wait on the Lord’s sanctification process.
This time in a Christian’s life is commonly termed the ‘night of the soul’ as Tozer’s book illuminates and is period that may feel savagely hopeless and extremely lonely.
The aforementioned is why I read this book and it helped, because this season is definitely a hard one.
If you’re looking to find out what the real Christian journey is like, this book is for you as it expounds the hardiness of the disciple’s plight.
https://stephen-l-france.com/
https://stephen-l-france.com/
One of the final quotes of this book summarised the content with a satirical wit.
“Don’t set a chair for God – He is Spirit and dwells in your heart.”
‘That Incredible Christian’ is one of those pieces of literature that retells the Truth of the Christian life in hard, raw fashion.
Simultaneously, it exposes human attempts to make the Christian life softer and easier.
Following the leading of the Holy Spirt—full submission to Christ—is the most difficult path to take in this world, and A W Tozer knew it well.
This is principally because we are called to turn away from our survival instinct—our inclination to preserve self—and be transformed into reflections of the sacrificial Jesus Christ.
Currently, I’m going through a slight crisis of mind.
I have been a Christian for 6 years and 6 months.
I’ve met all kinds of professing believers and witnessed the wise Truth of the Bible come to life in ecstatically uplifting and horribly discouraging ways.
My questions about God are no longer about His existence, His wisdom, or His Truth – my queries centre around His love.
Even an hour ago, I might have written down in this review that my central question is:
Does he love me?
But this isn’t accurate.
My real, transparent, vulnerable question is actually this:
Will I enjoy this life here on Earth or not?
In asking such a question, I expose my self-righteous attitude and so as I’ve continued in this journey, my growing fear has been the selfish attitude I’m unable to shake from my psyche.
I’m not talking about self-righteous behaviour; God deals with me in that regard, putting me though circumstances that have brought the hammer of humility and chisel of chastisement.
I’m talking about an internal, etched self-righteousness that makes its appearance through self-pity and ‘worldly sorrow.’
It’s times like these that I turn to hard preaching of the Scriptures, because I require the reminder that I’m actually on the right path, despite what my flesh whispers to me.
Enter A W Tozer and his prose: ‘That Incredible Christian.’
This book explains how we are to live on Earth with the raw, holy convictions that God grants.
I’m not talking about the basics of Christianity. I’m talking about those harrowing moments when we realise it’s impossible to follow God.
I’m talking about those moments when we realise that we’re being stepped on over and over, and that there’s NOTHING that can be done, but endure, or alternatively break from following God’s lead.
I’m talking about those moments when we feel so alone that no one can console us, because our need can only be met by God Himself.
The hard Christian will say: “go get a job, make money, or find a spouse” in relation to our unmet desires.
They will spout a few verses to support their claims, asserting that this is indeed Godly conduct and leave you with a touch of frost that comes from the coldness of their own souls.
The soft Christian will say: “you’ll be fine,” only because they’ve already acquired the prosperous, ‘allegedly’ stable career and spouse, and have no clue about what you’re really wrestling with.
We are left with a deep pain; the seriously profound battle that they’ve failed to discern underneath.
It’s not about our unmet desires.
It’s actually our agonising recognition that we shouldn’t be thinking these things at all!
What we’re seeking is a purifying of the self-righteousness, that provokes such distractions as unmet desires.
This deeper battle hurts like the fires of hell, because we can’t do anything, but wait on the Lord’s sanctification process.
This time in a Christian’s life is commonly termed the ‘night of the soul’ as Tozer’s book illuminates and is period that may feel savagely hopeless and extremely lonely.
The aforementioned is why I read this book and it helped, because this season is definitely a hard one.
If you’re looking to find out what the real Christian journey is like, this book is for you as it expounds the hardiness of the disciple’s plight.
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February 23, 2021
What is there to say about Tozer? Reading his books is challenging, and not just because grammar rules have changed so his punctuation and capitalization are weird (by today's standards). His insights reveal so much about your heart and faith. He provides new perspectives and understandings. He seriously makes you re-evaluate yourself.
This book is a collection of mostly 3-page essays, which is just about perfect. I read one or two a day. That was about all my brain and heart could handle on a daily basis as I thought about Tozer's ideas and tried to apply them to my life.
Overall, a great book. I will definitely reread this in the future.
This book is a collection of mostly 3-page essays, which is just about perfect. I read one or two a day. That was about all my brain and heart could handle on a daily basis as I thought about Tozer's ideas and tried to apply them to my life.
Overall, a great book. I will definitely reread this in the future.
May 28, 2025
This is really just a collection of editorials Tozer wrote in the early 60's.
Long story short for me, this is a must read for any believer in Christ. Many of the themes Tozer discusses are prevalent today (if not more so) and will make you look at your own personal dedication, life, and love of God.
Long story short for me, this is a must read for any believer in Christ. Many of the themes Tozer discusses are prevalent today (if not more so) and will make you look at your own personal dedication, life, and love of God.
March 31, 2020
This book is a testimony to how a man can be used of God to inspire many generations.
I have listened to it multiple times and his deep insight into the nature of man and the intentions of God continue to astound and compel me to reach for "higher ground".
I have listened to it multiple times and his deep insight into the nature of man and the intentions of God continue to astound and compel me to reach for "higher ground".
November 29, 2021
I love everything this man writes!
July 20, 2023
Such a great book for understand your connection with God.
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