A Passion for God The Spiritual Journey of A. W. Tozer

by Dorsett, Lyle

• ISBN13: 9780802481337
• ISBN10: 0802481337
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-05-01
• Publisher: Moody Publishers

Summary

"I fear we shall never see another Tozer. Men like him are not college-bred but Spirit-taught."Leonard Ravenhill, 20th century British evangelist Pastor A. W. Tozer, author of the Christian classicsThe Pursuit of GodandThe Knowledge of the Holy, was a complex, intensely private, deeply spiritual man, and a gifted preacher whose impact for the kingdom of God is immeasurable. In this thoughtful biography, bestselling author Lyle Dorsett traces Tozer's life from his humble beginnings as a Pennsylvania farm boy to his heyday as a Chicago pastor- when hundreds of college students would travel to his South Side church to hear him preach and thousands more heard his Sunday broadcasts on WMBI- to his final pastorate in Toronto. From his conversion as a teen to his death in 1963, Tozer remained true to one passion: to know the Father and make Him known, no matter what the cost. The price he paid was loneliness, censure from other, more secular-minded ministers of the times, and even a degree of estrangement from his family. Read the life story of a flawed but gifted saint, whose works are still impacting the world today.

Author Biography

Lyle W. Dorsett is a professor at the Beeson School of Divinity at Samford University. He's a former faculty member of Wheaton college, and a bestselling author. His books include A Passion for Souls: The Life of D. L. Moody and The Essential C. S. Lewis. Lyle and his wife, Mary, founded Christ for Children International, a mission to economically impoverished children in Mexico.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. 9
Foreword	p. 13
"I've Had a Lonely Life"	p. 15
"A Deep Strain of the Country": Early Years in Rural Pennsylvania (1897-1912)	p. 23
"I Heard His Voice-Ever So Faintly": Called to Surrender, Preach, and Marry (1912-1918)	p. 41
"I Got My First Awful, Wonderful, Entrancing Vision of God": Discovering God's Will (1918-1928)	p. 57
"It May Be a Good Thing I Never Went to Seminary": The Chicago Years (1928-1941)	p. 83
"A Growing Hunger after God Himself": Ministry of the Deeper Life (1941-1958)	p. 111
"I Do Not Believe There Is Any Color Line in the Kingdom of God": Toronto and Beyond (1958-1963)	p. 145
"If My Fire Is Not Large It Is Yet Real": Legacy	p. 161
Notes	p. 165
A Note on Sources	p. 175
Bibliography of A. W. Tozer's Works	p. 177
"Restoring Dignity to Christian Worship"	p. 179
"The Decline of Godly Leadership"	p. 185
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