Reading Tozer -- Ch. One

OK gang. Let's get going. Read Chapter One. We'll give it some time for others to get involved but feel free to post your comments when you have read and reflected on Chapter One.

Having read the Preface, what were the different expressions used by Tozer to describe "the loss" that the Church has incurred? Do you believe that what Tozer deemed a "loss" to the Church in the mid 20th century continues into the 21st century? To what extent and in what ways?
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I have found 12 differently worded expressions of this "loss" in the Preface. How many have you found?

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Knowledge Of The Holy -- A. W.Tozer

Knowledge Of The Holy CLICK HERE
Here is our first Christian classic writing. read the preface.
Biography
Aiden Wilson Tozer was born 1897, died 1963. He was an American pastor, preacher, author, and speaker.
Born in western Pennsylvania, he was converted as a teenager in Akron, Ohio, after hearing a street preacher while on his way home from work at a tire company. In 1919, just five years after his conversion, and without formal theological training, he accepted his first pastorate in West Virginia, and commenced a forty-four year ministry.
associated with the Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA) Protestant evangelical denomination.
During the course of ministry, as he observed contemporary Christian living, he regularly expressed that the church was on a dangerous course towards compromising with “worldly” concerns,
In 1950, Tozer was elected editor of the Alliance Weekly magazine, now called, Alliance Life, the official publication of the C&MA.
Tozer authored more than forty books, and at least two of them are regarded as Christian classics: The Pursuit of God and The Knowledge of the Holy. His writings challenge the reader to the possibility and necessity for a deeper relationship with God. He lived a “simple” non-materialistic life with his wife and seven children, as he never owned a car but travelled by bus and train. Even after becoming a well-known Christian author, he signed away much of his royalties to those in need. It was said by his biographer that he had the ability to make his hearers face themselves in the light of what God was saying to them.

Reading Classic Christian Writings Together

One of the activities that I wanted to do with this blog is read, study, and comment on Christian classic writings together online on the blog. Therefore, I am going to select a classic and post it on the blog. From there, each week we will read a chapter or selected portion of the book depending on its format. I will post my review or thoughts on the blog concerning the reading for the week and then all of you who are participating can post comments as to what the author had to say, what I had to say, and/or what you have to say. Then follow-up comments can be made, resulting in an online discussion, hopefully whereby we will all be edified by our cumulative endeavor. Watch for the posting of the book we will be reading and the first week’s reading assignment. Sign in on this post with a comment to show me and others that we are going to have some participants.

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