A. W. Tozer

1897-1963 20th century

The thirst for God kept alive, and the refusal to settle for a lukewarm faith.

Who was A. W. Tozer?

The son of Pennsylvania farmers, converted as a teenager before a street preacher, he became a self-taught pastor in Chicago. Severe toward comfortable religion, he called tirelessly to seek God for his own sake; The Pursuit of God, written in one sitting on a night train, remains his best-known book.

In their own words

The impulse to pursue God originates with God himself.

The Pursuit of God, ch. 1

What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.

The Knowledge of the Holy, ch. 1

God waits to be wanted.

The Pursuit of God