The Tozer Topical Reader

by A.W. Tozer, Ron Eggert

Tozer, A. W., Eggert, Ron

Genres: Theology

700 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 1999

About the author

Aiden 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.

Reviews

[Jeff Bobin]

Over the last couple years I have heard Tozer quoted by a number of people and authors so I thought I should read some of his works. This two volume set covers a good deal of is work and I believe gives a good overview of his theology. While he died in 1963 I found it fascinating how topics are still relevant today even if we are in a different place as a society. I think you will at times find yourself seeing our society but maybe more advanced in both technology and the fall of man.

I found a lot of food for thought here and the fact he was writing more than 60 years ago about the early days of what we are experiencing now it made me wonder where we are headed.