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The Glory of the Grind

- This is part of a series that has been adapted from my study of A. W. Tozer’s spiritual classic, The Pursuit of God. – The tenth chapter of The Pursuit of God is entitled “The Sacrament of Living.” So, a good place to begin is by asking, “What is a sacrament?” Simply put, a [...]

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Do All to the Glory of God

- This is part of a series that has been adapted from my study of A. W. Tozer’s spiritual classic, The Pursuit of God. – If God is light (1 John 1:5), then Tozer’s book, The Pursuit of God, functions much like a prism. Throughout the ten chapters, the author separates out for us a [...]

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The Sacrament of Living

- This is part of a series that has been adapted from my study of A. W. Tozer’s spiritual classic, The Pursuit of God. – “Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.” (1 Corinthians 10:31) The Prism Consider the prism. A prism is a glass [...]

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The Personal Beatitudes

- This is part of a series that has been adapted from my study of A. W. Tozer’s spiritual classic, The Pursuit of God. – Perhaps the following list will prompt you to write out your own personal Beatitudes. • I’m most blessed when I live each moment as though I’m in desperate need of [...]

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The Easy Yoke and the Light Burden

- This is part of a series that has been adapted from my study of A. W. Tozer’s spiritual classic, The Pursuit of God. – Our world is bent low from weight of these triple burdens. And there is only one way to release the load and find rest for our souls, and that is [...]

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The Burden of Artificiality

- This is part of a series that has been adapted from my study of A. W. Tozer’s spiritual classic, The Pursuit of God. – The first two burdens Tozer discussed are those of pride and pretense. The third burden is the burden of artificiality. The burden of artificiality forces us to play a character [...]

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The Burden of Pretense

- This is part of a series that has been adapted from my study of A. W. Tozer’s spiritual classic, The Pursuit of God. – The second burden after pride is the burden of pretense. The burden of pretense superglues our face to the mask of self-importance and hides the inner ugliness of the self. [...]

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The Burden of Pride

- This is part of a series that has been adapted from my study of A. W. Tozer’s spiritual classic, The Pursuit of God. – Tozer highlights three kinds of interior burdens, each one capable of attacking the heart and mind, and eventually the body. The first is the burden of pride. The burden of [...]

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A Taste of the Classics Volume 2

Here is Volume 2 of my new series, A Taste of the Classics. This is available at the KenBoa.org Store. Volumes 3 and 4 will be available in about a month. This series encapsulates and discusses the classic works that helped shape Western civilization. Volume 2 explores The Screwtape Letters (C. S. Lewis), Paradise Lost [...]

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A Taste of the Classics Volume 1

Here is Volume 1 of my new series, A Taste of the Classics. This is available at the KenBoa.org Store. This series encapsulates and discusses the classic works that helped shape Western civilization. Volume 1 explores Mere Christianity (C. S. Lewis), Pilgrim’s Progress (John Bunyan), The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky), and The Imitation of Christ [...]

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