“When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have ordained; what is man, that You take thought of him? And the son of man, that You care for him?” From the time David wrote those words until the invention of the telescope in the early seventeenth [...]
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This is another installment in a series that has been adapted from my 11-part CD teaching series on A. W. Tozer’s spiritual classic, The Pursuit of God. The absolute nature of reality is so deeply built into the universe that no one can consistently live without acknowledging it. To hold a view which says, “What [...]
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Longing to see God and to enter His consummate presence is an oft-repeated theme in the writings of the great saints in the history of the church, but it is rarely seen in the Christian literature of this century. Six hundred years ago, for instance, Julian of Norwich, in her Revelations of Divine Love asked [...]
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This is another installment in a series that has been adapted from my 11-part CD teaching series on A. W. Tozer’s spiritual classic, The Pursuit of God. It is obvious that in this day and age, the biblical definition of reality has become the minority view. We can observe the denial of objective reality in [...]
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C. S. Lewis in his autobiography, Surprised by Joy, related true joy to what he called Sehnsucht or longing. He spoke of the stab and pang of acute longing as a homesickness for a place and a time we have not yet visited that is beyond the edge of the imagination. “The sense that in [...]
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Dear Lord, may I frequently review the many acts of deliverance You have accomplished in my life. When I remember Your saving acts, I gain a renewed perspective on Your graciousness and involvement in my life. When I forget to do this, I sink back into a temporal perspective and lose the cutting edge of [...]
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27Apr10
The Return of the Prodigal Son
Henri Nouwen in his perceptive book, The Return of the Prodigal Son, describes his encounter with Rembrandt’s painting of this parable and the remarkable affect this painting had on his self-understanding. “It had brought me into touch with something within me that lies far beyond the ups and downs of a busy life, something that [...]
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This is another installment in a series that has been adapted from my 11-part CD teaching series on A. W. Tozer’s spiritual classic, The Pursuit of God. Exactly how do we “turn on” our receivers and “tune in” to God? The answer is what the ancients, and specifically Brother Lawrence, referred to as “practicing the [...]
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26Apr10
The Humility of God
- This is part of a leadership series on the theme of humility – Let us first examine the supreme biblical example of humility: the incarnate God who made himself known in our world. In Philippians 2, we learn about Christ’s self-emptying servant nature. Here we find an important principle in Scripture: before honor comes [...]
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26Apr10
Apprehending the Spiritual World
This is another installment in a series that has been adapted from my 11-part CD teaching series on A. W. Tozer’s spiritual classic, The Pursuit of God. Every second you are being bombarded by a multitude of radio and television waves. All manner of frequencies, channels, and signals are being beamed your way. But, you [...]
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