The Pursuit of God by Aiden W. Tozer Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Pursuit of God
Book Review: Powerful and Life Changing!
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is awesome. It gave me a better understanding on what to pursue, how to pursue and most importantly why to pursue God. This is a must read for any Christian who desires an initmate relationship with God.Book Review: Pursuit of God
Summary: 5 Stars
A.W. Tozer is someone who knew God very personally and he leaves
us a very intimate account of his relationship with God in this
book. This is one of the 5 most influential books I have ever
read as a Christian. I believe this book should be on everyone's reading list if they desire to know more about God
and how they can know Him better. Dr. Tozer's books still tell the deep spiritual truths that all believers need to have a closer walk with God. Most highly recommended.
Book Review: Simple, with an elegance that will enkindle your affections
Summary: 3 Stars
There is no doubt that the Evangelical and Fundamentalist movements have and will gain much by way of Tozer, who brings much of the simple and intense devotion of some of the great mystics with their poetic vision of God and Man to these very young groups, which can grow stronger and wiser in being nourished by them.Tozer clearly caught fire with the flame that is essential and so often put out, and defends and articulates that vision jealously against anything he sees as compromising it. He is also an excellent wordsmith. His language paints pictures, take on flesh and run ahead of you, drawing you towards a deeper attention and devotion to the Triune God. This book reinforced to me a point championed by Mark Allen McIntosh, that theology should never be separated from spirituality.
So why only 3 stars?
Just to name one reason, Tozer lets the individualism of our modern, secular culture influence his thoughts about discipleship too much, so that he believes that men create holy communities by being holy in private and then coming together. Christianity values community more than that, we grow into holiness (which comes from the same root as the word "wholeness") as a part of a community. It is only in a community where we can learn true discipleship, since Christ dwells among _us_, and in each of us by virtue of our being part of His Body, His Community, in which He dwells.
Recommended reading, though. Tozer has done quite a bit of homework, and he's sharing his notes with the class. I would pick up William Law's "A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life" along with this (ISBN: 0809121441), it will challenge you like few other books will. C.S. Lewis, by the way, was familiar with Law's "Serious Call", and had a well-worn copy of his own.
Book Review: Speaking to now from fifty years ago
Summary: 5 Stars
This book, written in 1949, places it's finger on the struggles of the church even now. Tozer's deep understanding of the starving Christian in today's "spiritual" society tugs at my heartstrings in a way that I have never felt with a book before. I have been forced to read while holding a pencil so that I can write in the book my thoughts as I go through it, something I have never done with any book that didn't have fill in the blank spots. There is no word wasted in this book, and it is truely a joy to read. I would recommend it to any starving Christian Soul searching for more.Book Review: The Aroma of Heaven Clings to the Pages of this Book
Summary: 4 Stars
Tozer speaks as one who has been in the presence of the King and the aroma of heaven clings to the pages of his book. The Pursuit of God was one of the first really great books I read. One of my mentors loaned it to me when I was nineteen years old and facing a period of decisive surrender in important areas of my life. The second chapter, called "The Blessedness of Possessing Nothing," was especially meaningful to me. Everything Tozer wrote was good and I could give a blanket recommendation to his other works. His books are brief, but not shallow. I highly recommend The Pursuit of God. Follow it up with Man: The Dwelling Place of God, another of Tozer's great books.