The Pursuit of God

2011 reprint of 1948 First edition. Full facsimile of the original edition not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Aiden Wilson Tozer (1897-1963) was an American Christian pastor preacher author magazine editor Bible conference speaker and spiritual mentor. Hailing from a tiny farming community in western Pennsylvania his conversion was as a teenager in Akron Ohio. In 1919 five years after his conversion and without formal theological training Tozer accepted an offer to pastor his first church. This began 44 years of ministry.He was also a prolific author. Among the more than 40 books that he authored at least two are regarded as Christian classics: The Pursuit of God and The Knowledge of the Holy. His books impress on the reader the possibility and necessity for a deeper relationship with God.Living a simple and non-materialistic lifestyle he and his wife never owned a car preferring bus and train travel. Even after becoming a well-known Christian author Tozer signed away much of his royalties to those who were in need.Prayer was of vital personal importance for Tozer. His preaching as well as his writings were but extensions of his prayer life comments his biographer James L. Snyder in the book In Pursuit of God: The Life of A.W. Tozer. He had the ability to make his listeners face themselves in the light of what God was saying to them writes Snyder.