The Knowledge of the Holy

Contemplate the words of A.W. Tozer in the preface of his book The Knowledge of the Holy.

The low view of God entertained almost universally among Christians is the cause of a hundred lesser evils everywhere among us. A whole new philosophy of the Christian life has resulted from this one basic error in our religious thinking.

With our loss of the sense of majesty has come the further loss of religious awe and consciousness of the divine Presence. We have lost our spirit of worship and our ability to withdraw inwardly to meet God in adoring silence. Modern Christianity is simply not producing the kind of Christian who can appreciate or experience the life in the Spirit. The words, "Be still and know that I am God," mean next to nothing to the self-confident, bustling worshipper in this middle period of the twentieth century.

By the way, this book was written in 1961. I wonder what Tozer's assessment would be today.

stay of the paved road...

--craig

The Pursuit of God

I just discovered that you can buy A.W. Tozer's Pursuit of God for $4.99. check out the Link.

Here is a brief quote from Chapter 1 which is called Following Hard After God.

When religion has said its last word, there is little that we need other than God Himself. The evil habit of seeking God-and effectively prevents us from finding God in full revelation. In the `and' lies our great woe. If we omit the `and', we shall soon find God, and in Him we shall find that for which we have all our lives been secretly longing.

This book will make a great gift.

stay off the paved road...

--craig