God is here. He was here just a minute ago, is here as I type this and will be here when I’m done. God is here. It is such a simple thing that it almost seems silly to state it. But in this chapter of The Pursuit of God, Tozer does a masterful job of [...]
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The Pursuit of God: Apprehending God
I have never seen gravity, but I believe it exists and live accordingly. I believe in gravity because I have repeatedly seen the effects that gravity has on this world. I believe in gravity because its nature has been explained to me by people I consider smarter than myself. I believe in gravity because it [...]
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The Pursuit of God: Removing the Veil
In the ancient temple, a thick veil used to separated common men from entering into the Holy of Holies, the place where God dwelt with His people. Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross did away with that veil and made God accessible to everyone that would believe. We can, in a sense, enter into the Holy [...]
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The Pursuit of God: The Blessedness of Possessing Nothing
I have everything I could ever ask for, and many more I never would have thought to ask for. From my wife to my kids to my friends and health and talents and house and cars and clothes, etc, etc. The list goes on and on. God gave them to me to enjoy. And I [...]
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The Pursuit of God: Following Hard After God
The first chapter of Tozer’s classic deals with a fact too seldom considered by Christians around the world: we are saved to follow hard after God. We are not saved for comfort or for a get-out-of-hell-free card. We are saved to follow God with everything we have so that we can know Him and be [...]
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The Pursuit of God
Check out the back cover from a book I just started reading: The spiritual masterpiece exposes the roadblocks that keep us from fully knowing God, reveals our responsibility of the pursuit, and ultimately leads us into the very presence of God Himself. This book has been on my shelf for a long time. It is [...]
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The Twilight Zone
On the the windowsill in our kitchen, Michele has a set of index cards with verses written on them. They are there so that the verse can always be visible for the person (I’ll admit, usually her) that is doing dishes. She’ll leave one up for a few days and then flip to the next [...]
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