"The Pursuit of God" is an inspirational guide for Christians seeking to get closer to God. The author identifies one of the major problems of the Christian Church. He suggests that the Church is making a new type of Christian who understands the Christian doctrine better than ever throughout the history, but still fails to understand what it really means to be a follower of Christ. Having identified the problem, Tozer offers a beautiful solution that is more practical and mystical than theological. He encourages the Christian to take the seeking of God and make it the foundation upon which their life is built. Being a mystic, he focuses on experience, feeling and hearing God's voice as important to faith. "The Divine Conquest" was written as a sequel to «The Pursuit of God» with the aim of assuring the believers that if they want to know the power of Christ, they must be invaded by God.
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A. W. Tozer. The Pursuit of God
The Pursuit of God
Table of Contents
The Pursuit of God
Preface
I. Following Hard after God
II. The Blessedness of Possessing Nothing
III. Removing the Veil
IV. Apprehending God
V. The Universal Presence
VI. The Speaking Voice
VII. The Gaze of the Soul
VIII. Restoring the Creator-creature Relation
IX. Meekness and Rest
X. The Sacrament of Living
The Divine Conquest
Preface
I. The Eternal Continuum
II. In Word, or in Power
III. The Mystery of the Call
IV. Victory through Defeat
V. The Forgotten One
VI. The Illumination of the Spirit
VII. The Spirit as Power
VIII. The Holy Spirit as Fire
IX. Why the World Cannot Receive
X. The Spirit-filled Life
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A. W. Tozer
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Every age has its own characteristics. Right now we are in an age of religious complexity. The simplicity which is in Christ is rarely found among us. In its stead are programs, methods, organizations and a world of nervous activities which occupy time and attention but can never satisfy the longing of the heart. The shallowness of our inner experience, the hollowness of our worship, and that servile imitation of the world which marks our promotional methods all testify that we, in this day, know God only imperfectly, and the peace of God scarcely at all.
If we would find God amid all the religious externals we must first determine to find Him, and then proceed in the way of simplicity. Now as always God discovers Himself to "babes" and hides Himself in thick darkness from the wise and the prudent. We must simplify our approach to Him. We must strip down to essentials (and they will be found to be blessedly few). We must put away all effort to impress, and come with the guileless candor of childhood. If we do this, without doubt God will quickly respond.
