Best Selling Books by A. W. Tozer

The church that lacks power first lacks obedience. Speaking of apathy toward obedience, A. W. Tozer says, "Until this is corrected, we can hope for very little power in our churches…” Obedience is what no revival, no reformation, and no Spirit-filled person has ever been without. It separates true faith from dead faith. It bears fruit and is followed by power. It is costly, but we cannot afford to withhold it. Paths to Power points Christians and churches to the age-old way of obedience, the only road to revival.Delivering a charge to weak churches, A. W. Tozer calls us to rise up, gather the wood, and ascend the mountain. Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness. But His belief cost him something. Does ours?

"The way of the cross is still the pain-wracked path to spiritual power and fruitfulness. So do not seek to hide from it. Do not accept an easy way. Do not allow yourself to be patted to sleep in a comfortable church, void of power and barren of fruit. Do not paint the cross nor deck it with flowers. Take it for what it is, as it is, and you fill find the rugged way to death and life. Let it slay you utterly." - A. W. Tozer, from "Coddled or Crucified?" in The Radical Cross In this collection of short essays, Tozer considers with piercing conviction the offense and power of the cross. May you venture unguarded into this book, that you might be utterly changed.

ARE YOU HUNGRY FOR A DEEPER AND STRONGER RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD? With prophetic vigor and flowing prose, in these pages, Reformed Pastor A. W. Tozer urges us to replace low thoughts of God with lofty ones, to quiet our lives so we can know God''s presence. Throughout this book, he sheds light on practical ways to a closer walk with God. "Arise, O sleeper!" is his word to us, and yet if we heed the call, we will see that to arise is not to stand but to kneel before the God of heaven in humble contemplation. In these pages, Tozer reminds us that life apart from God is really no life at all. To pursue God is to know Him, and in our knowing, be drawn in.

Join A. W. Tozer as He Encounters God the Father Spend a year dwelling on the awesomeness of God with A.W. Tozer. Tozer was a man who walked closely with God, who prayed often and shunned distraction so he could gaze more purely upon his Creator. In these daily meditations on Scripture, Tozer urges you to do the same. He will stir you toward humility and full surrender. He will expand your faith in a God so great that words fall short to describe Him. He will nourish you with truth. Encounter Tozer’s heart and wisdom like never before in this newly revised edition. Continue worshipping alongside Tozer with the rest of his Trinitarian devotions: Tozer on the Son of God and Tozer on the Holy Spirit. With each page, may your heart be filled and your worship increased.

The life of a Christian is packed full of conflict. The Warfare of the Spirit discusses the persistent struggle against the evil forces of the world, the flesh, and even the deceiving ways of Satan. Breaking down the spiritual warfare that is going on all around us, in both the physical and spiritual realms, Tozer examines many aspects of the human experience that can potentially damage us spiritually—like concerns about money, social status, conflict with others, or even confusing the meaning Christmas. Tozer also unapologetically states the dangers of adhering to a theology that absolves the unbeliever of any punishment. For if there is no hell, he warns, there is no heaven either. Beginning this book with a triumphant call to battle, A. W. Tozer inspires the believer to seek and destroy the evil forces working in this world. This book empowers its reader to eradicate complacency and sloth and live actively for the Lord every day.

In "How to be Filled with the Holy Spirit," A. W. Tozer presents a profound exploration of spiritual vitality through the lens of Christian theology. Utilizing a conversational yet theologically dense style, Tozer deftly intertwines scripture with personal anecdote and devotional insight. This work situates itself within the broader context of evangelical literature in the mid-20th century, emphasizing a personal relationship with the Divine that transcends mere intellectual assent to doctrines. Tozer invites readers to embark on a transformative journey toward spiritual fullness, wrestling with the complexities of human will and divine grace in the process. A. W. Tozer (1897–1963) was an influential American pastor and author, known for his deep commitment to the life of faith and pursuit of holiness. His own experiences of spiritual unrest and searching for authentic communion with God profoundly informed his writing. Tozer''s passion for spiritual awakening resonates throughout his oeuvre, fueled by a belief that modern Christianity often falls short of its spiritual potential. I highly recommend this book to anyone seeking to deepen their spiritual life and cultivate a more intimate relationship with God. Tozer''s timeless insights challenge readers to pursue a transformative experience of the Holy Spirit, making this work an essential read for both new believers and seasoned Christians alike.

In "The Pursuit of the Divine: A. W. Tozer Collection," this compilation of Tozer''s profound theological insights illuminates the intricate relationship between the seeker and the divine. Known for his vivid and engaging literary style, Tozer interweaves personal experience with robust scriptural exegesis, presenting an invigorating exploration of spiritual hunger and the quest for a deeper communion with God. Placed within the rich context of 20th-century American evangelicalism, this collection encapsulates Tozer''s fervent belief that true spirituality is a pursuit marked by intense yearning and heartfelt devotion. A. W. Tozer, a notable pastor and theologian, emerged as a voice of spiritual awakening during a time marked by modernization and spiritual indifference. His life''s work was driven by a deep commitment to fostering a genuine and transformative experience of faith. Tozer''s background, as a humble, self-educated man, shaped his writing, imbuing it with an authenticity that resonates across generations. His theological convictions consistently challenge readers to transcend superficial faith and engage with the divine through fervent prayer, introspection, and genuine discipleship. This collection is highly recommended for those yearning for spiritual depth and insight, serving as both a literary artistry and a practical guide to enriching one''Äôs faith journey. Whether you are a lifelong believer or a seeker, Tozer''s timeless wisdom invites you into a transformative relationship with God that will inspire, challenge, and renew.

The best of A. W. Tozer, on one of his favorite subjects Few subjects invigorated A. W. Tozer like the topic of worship. He saw it—like the church has traditionally—as the sole reason for which creation exists. Worship: The Reason We Were Created features collections from the beloved spiritual writer on this important topic. The church''s current worship is emaciated; its thoughts of God are too low. Here is a compilation to raise those thoughts high once more, and provoke the church to true, spiritual worship. Topics include: The act and object of worship The Presence of God Worship throughout the week Feelings and emotion in worship Man as a worshipping creature If it''s true that we are made to worship God, that it is the sole reason that we exist, that we are most alive when we live for His glory, then reading Worship is more than time well spent. It is time invested in the very foundation of your life.

Join A. W. Tozer as He Encounters God the Son Spend a year encountering the Son of God alongside A.W. Tozer. Tozer was a man who abided deeply in Christ and shunned distraction so that he may more fully know his Savior—Jesus Christ. In this 365-day devotional, you too can intentionally pursue Christ daily. Every devotional features God’s Word and Tozer’s insights that invite you into greater knowledge of Jesus Christ. Encounter the character of Christ, His work on the cross, and His limitless love for you. Let the heart and wisdom of Tozer enrich your own faith and relationship with Christ. With each page, may your heart be filled and your worship increased. Tozer on the Son of God is the final installment in Tozer’s Trinitarian devotionals. Know God the Father and God the Spirit, too, in Tozer on the Almighty God and Tozer on the Holy Spirit.

Tozer brings the mystics to bear on modern spirituality, calling for a slow, steady gaze upon God. He urges us to replace low thoughts of God with lofty ones, to quiet our lives so we can know God''s presence.

Salvation is from our side a choice, from the divine side [...] a conquest of the Most High God. - A. W. Tozer With words like these, Tozer shakes the soul. He crumbles the lies we believe and calls us to the more sure way. In these pages, Tozer says what it means to truly be saved. It is not merely to assent to Jesus and go on our same old way, but to be conquered by the Almighty God and invaded by his Spirit. A saved person is a transformed person. Let Tozer upend you in this moving prequel to The Pursuit of God. And being upended, may you be found standing upright in an upside-down world.

Two of Tozer''s best-known volumes are now combined in this beautiful leather-look edition.

The decline of the Knowledge of the Holy has brought on our troubles. A rediscovery of the majesty of God will go a long way toward curing them. It is impossible to keep our moral practices sound and our inward attitudes right while our idea of God is erroneous or inadequate. If we would bring back spiritual power to our lives, we must begin to think of God more nearly as He is.

"Dr. A. W. Tozer, without question, had an ''anointing'' for this generation. As an articulate preacher and perspicuous writer, he assumed the role of a reverent forecaster. His so accurate description of unseemly religious and moral conditions and where they were leading the church are black facts that make one wonder about the ''religion'' of the evangelical church of our day." — Dr. L. L. King, from the foreword The Price of Neglect, a collection of editorials written while Dr. Tozer was the editor of Alliance Life, contains one of Tozer’s most consistent messages: Do not neglect the spiritual life, for you cannot afford to. Tozer warns against rising secularism, which is characterized by a muting or outright compromise of biblical truths, carnal worship, and lifestyles practically identical with that of the world. With a prophetic voice in articulate writing, he pens chapters like: The Price of Neglect Lyric Theology Personal Holiness Is a First Prayer Changes People—And Things The Value of a Good Home On Omitting the Third Stanza Heed Tozer’s warning in The Price of Neglect, and give your spiritual life the attention it demands.

Do you who desire to know God more personally and intimately, and to walk with Him in increasingly warm fellowship? Tozer''s Inspiring Classic on the Nature of God is a thorough but easy-to-understand examination of the attributes of God that will help you recapture a real sense of God�s majesty and uniqueness.Informative and inspiring, Tozer begins each chapter with a prayer and then expounds one of God''s divine perfections. He does so as one who is intimately acquainted with a dear and precious Friend and leaves one with a hunger to know God more intimately.

We are at war. But our biggest problem is that we don’t realize we are at war. We battle “against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.” Yet we foolishly act as if we live in times of peace and feasting without danger in sight. Tozer says it best himself, “People think of the world not as a battleground, but as a playground. We are not here to fight; we are here to frolic. . .The ''worship'' growing out of such a view itself has become a sort of sanctified nightclub without champagne." With the vigorous and poignant style that has made his words timeless, Tozer calls the church to embrace reality. There is a spiritual battle happening all around us. It’s time we fight.

To have found God and still seek Him is a love paradox, rejected by the too-easy-satisfied religious person, but justified by the offspring of the flaming heart in happy experience. This heavenly contradiction was expressed by Saint Bernard of Clairvaux in a musical four-line poem that will be quickly grasped by every worshiping soul: We taste Thee, O Thou Living Bread, And long to feast upon Thee still: We drink of Thee, the Fountainhead And thirst our souls from Thee to fill.

Success and the Christian is a compilation of A.W. Tozer sermons on the subject matter of spiritual maturity--both its cost and criteria for the believer. The overall purpose of this collection is to "promote the personal heart religion"'' among God''s people, something Tozer consistently emphasized. Knowing God deeply and intimately brings purpose and meaning to life and should be the Christian''s highest goal. So what holds us back from authentic spiritual success? A.W. Tozer contends that it is the excess baggage that most Christians carry that prevents them from going further with God. In this insightful and prophetic book, Tozer shows how we can recognize and clear away the stumbling blocks that keep us from a dynamic relationship with our Savior.

Tozer yearned that every assembly of believers would realize its full potential in honoring Christ. Twelve poignant sermons offering hop through the release of the power of the Holy Spirit.

In Let My People Go, A. W. Tozer captures the remarkable life and ministry of Robert A. Jaffray, a Canadian pioneer missionary who dedicated his life to bringing the gospel to the Far East. Through vivid storytelling and personal insights, Tozer reveals Jaffray''s unwavering faith, his deep sense of kinship with the lost, and his tireless efforts to set them free from spiritual bondage. This inspiring biography showcases the power of one person''s commitment to God''s call and the incredible impact it can have on the world.

2010 Reprint of 1943 edition. Albert Benjamin Simpson, founder of The Christian and Missionary Alliance was born December 15, 1843 in Prince Edward Island, Canada. At an early age he felt the call of God on his life to preach and later experienced a dramatic conversion to faith in Jesus Christ. After discovering a line in Walter Marshall''s Gospel Mystery of Sanctification "The first good work you will ever perform is to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ," Simpson committed his life to "Jesus Only"-the anthem that also ignited an unquenchable passion in his heart to reach the lost. This biography by Tozer is one of the few works on this inspirational figure.

In this hour of all-but-universal darkness one cheering gleam appears: within the fold of conservative Christianity there are to be found increasing numbers of persons whose religious lives are marked by a growing hunger after God Himself. They are eager for spiritual realities and will not be put off with words, nor will they be content with correct "interpretations" of truth. They are a thirst for God, and they will not be satisfied till they have drunk deep at the Fountain of Living Water.This is the only real harbinger of revival which I have been able to detect anywhere on the religious horizon. It may be the cloud the size of a man''s hand for which a few saints here and there have been looking. It can result in a resurrection of life for many souls and a recapture of that radiant wonder which should accompany faith in Christ, that wonder which has all but fled the Church of God in our day.

In this hour of all-but-universal darkness one cheering gleam appears: within the fold of conservative Christianity there are to be found increasing numbers of persons whose religious lives are marked by a growing hunger after God Himself. They are eager for spiritual realities and will not be put off with words, nor will they be content with correct "interpretations" of truth. They are a thirst for God, and they will not be satisfied till they have drunk deep at the Fountain of Living Water.This is the only real harbinger of revival which I have been able to detect anywhere on the religious horizon. It may be the cloud the size of a man''s hand for which a few saints here and there have been looking. It can result in a resurrection of life for many souls and a recapture of that radiant wonder which should accompany faith in Christ, that wonder which has all but fled the Church of God in our day.

This is an annotated version of the book1. contains an updated biography of the author at the end of the book for a better understanding of the text.2. This book has been checked and corrected for spelling errorsIn this hour of all-but-universal darkness one cheering gleam appears:within the fold of conservative Christianity there are to be foundincreasing numbers of persons whose religious lives are marked by agrowing hunger after God Himself. They are eager for spiritual realitiesand will not be put off with words, nor will they be content withcorrect "interpretations" of truth. They are athirst for God, and theywill not be satisfied till they have drunk deep at the Fountain ofLiving Water.This is the only real harbinger of revival which I have been able todetect anywhere on the religious horizon. It may be the cloud the sizeof a man''s hand for which a few saints here and there have been looking.It can result in a resurrection of life for many souls and a recaptureof that radiant wonder which should accompany faith in Christ, thatwonder which has all but fled the Church of God in our day.But this hunger must be recognized by our religious leaders. Currentevangelicalism has (to change the figure) laid the altar and divided thesacrifice into parts, but now seems satisfied to count the stones andrearrange the pieces with never a care that there is not a sign of fireupon the top of lofty Carmel. But God be thanked that there are a fewwho care. They are those who, while they love the altar and delight inthe sacrifice, are yet unable to reconcile themselves to the continuedabsence of fire. They desire God above all. They are athirst to tastefor themselves the "piercing sweetness" of the love of Christ about Whomall the holy prophets did write and the psalmists did sing.There is today no lack of Bible teachers to set forth correctly theprinciples of the doctrines of Christ, but too many of these seemsatisfied to teach the fundamentals of the faith year after year,strangely unaware that there is in their ministry no manifest Presence,nor anything unusual in their personal lives. They minister constantlyto believers who feel within their breasts a longing which theirteaching simply does not satisfy.I trust I speak in charity, but the lack in our pulpits is real.Milton''s terrible sentence applies to our day as accurately as it did tohis: "The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed." It is a solemn thing,and no small scandal in the Kingdom, to see God''s children starvingwhile actually seated at the Father''s table. The truth of Wesley''s wordsis established before our eyes: "Orthodoxy, or right opinion, is, atbest, a very slender part of religion. Though right tempers cannotsubsist without right opinions, yet right opinions may subsist withoutright tempers. There may be a right opinion of God without either loveor one right temper toward Him. Satan is a proof of this."Thanks to our splendid Bible societies and to other effective agenciesfor the dissemination of the Word, there are today many millions ofpeople who hold "right opinions," probably more than ever before in thehistory of the Church. Yet I wonder if there was ever a time when truespiritual worship was at a lower ebb. To great sections of the Churchthe art of worship has been lost entirely, and in its place has comethat strange and foreign thing called the "program." This word has beenborrowed from the stage and applied with sad wisdom to the type ofpublic service which now passes for worship among us.Sound Bible exposition is an imperative _must_ in the Church of theLiving God. Without it no church can be a New Testament church in anystrict meaning of that term. But exposition may be carried on in suchway as to leave the hearers devoid of any true spiritual nourishmentwhatever. For it is not mere words that nourish the soul, but GodHimself,

"Then shall we know,if we follow on to know the Lord:his going forth is prepared as the morning."HOSEA 6:3

Here is a masterly study of the inner life by a heart thirsting after God, eager to grasp at least the outskirts of His ways, the abyss of His love for sinners, and the height of His unapproachable majesty--and it was written by a busy pastor in Chicago!Who could imagine David writing the twenty-third Psalm on South Halsted Street, or a medieval mystic finding inspiration in a small study on the second floor of a frame house on that vast, flat checker-board of endless streets?Where cross the crowded ways of life where sound the cries of race and clan, in haunts of wretchedness and need, on shadowed threshold dark with fears, and paths where hide the lures of greed...

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