“God is good” by A.W. Tozer

“That God is good is taught or implied on every page of the Bible and must be received as an article of faith as impregnable as the throne of God.”
–A.W. Tozer, The Knowledge of the Holy (New York, NY: HarperCollins, 1992), 128.

“Twentieth-century Christianity has put God on charity” by A.W. Tozer

“The picture of a nervous, ingratiating God fawning over men to win their favor is not a pleasant one; yet if we look at the popular conception of God that is precisely what we see. Twentieth-century Christianity has put God on charity.”
–A.W. Tozer, The Knowledge of the Holy (New York: HarperCollins, 1961),  p. 34.

“The old self-sins must die” by A.W. Tozer

“An inward principle of self lies at the source of human conduct, turning everything men do into evil. To save us completely Christ must reverse the bent of our nature; He must plant a new principle within us so that our subsequent conduct will spring out of a desire to promote the honor of God [...]

“Every man is a usurper and sits on a stolen throne” by A.W. Tozer

“‘What shall we do?’ is the deep heart cry of every man who suddenly realizes that he is a usurper and sits on a stolen throne. However painful, it is precisely this acute moral consternation that produces true repentance and makes a robust Christian after the penitent has been dethroned and has found forgiveness and [...]

“Sin in its concentrated essence” by A.W. Tozer

“Because man is born a rebel, he is unaware that he is one. His constant assertion of self, as far as he thinks of it at all, appears to him a perfectly normal thing. He is willing to share himself, sometimes even to sacrifice himself for a desired end, but never to dethrone himself.
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“Derived and contingent” by A.W. Tozer

“Man is a created being, a derived and contingent self, who of himself possesses nothing but is dependent each moment for his existence upon the One who created him after His own likeness. The fact of God is necessary to the fact of man. Think God away and man has no ground of existence. That [...]

“There his authority ends” by A.W. Tozer

“The scholar has a vitally important task to perform within a carefully prescribed precinct. His task is to guarantee the purity of the text, to get as close as possible to the Word as originally given. He may compare Scripture with Scripture until he has discovered the true meaning of the text. But right there [...]

“A generation of zombies” by A.W. Tozer

“Secularism, materialism, and the intrusive presence of things have put out the light in our souls and turned us into a generation of zombies. We cover our deep ignorance with words, but we are ashamed to wonder, we are afraid to whisper ‘mystery.’”
–A.W. Tozer, The Knowledge of the Holy (New York: HarperCollins, 1961), p. 18.

“To tread on holy ground” by A.W. Tozer

“To meditate on the three Persons of the Godhead is to walk in thought through the garden eastward in Eden and to tread on holy ground.”
–A.W. Tozer, The Knowledge of the Holy (New York: HarperCollins, 1961), p. 17.

A “low view of God” by A.W. Tozer

“The low view of God entertained almost universally among Christians is the cause of a hundred lesser evils everywhere among us… 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.”
–A.W. Tozer, The Knowledge of the Holy [...]

“The most important thing about us” by A.W. Tozer

“What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us. The history of mankind will probably show that no people has ever risen above its religion, and man’s spiritual history will positively demonstrate that no religion has ever been greater than its idea of God. Worship is pure or [...]

The Tyranny of Things by A.W. Tozer

“There is within the human heart a tough, fibrous root of fallen life whose nature is to possess, always to possess. It covets things with a deep and fierce passion. The pronouns my and mine look innocent enough in print, but their constant and universal use is significant. They express the real nature of the [...]

A.W. Tozer on the Holiness of God

“Neither the writer nor the reader of these words is qualified to appreciate the holiness of God. Quite literally a new channel must be cut through the desert of our minds to allow the sweet waters of truth that will heal our great sickness to flow in. We cannot grasp the true meaning of the [...]