November 2020 Blog Posts (8)

Aiden Wilson Tozer (1897 - 1963) railed against the corrupted faith of many in his day. 

To me, this seems to epitomise the “easy believism” of the church’s drift away from Biblical teaching: 

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                    Albrecht Durer  Praying Hands 

 

The LORD is close to all who call on him, yes, to all who call on him sincerely.

PSALM 145:18 NLT 

 

My unsearchable greatness is your practical strength.

     Worthy of highest honor and praise, powerful beyond calculation—

          I am the…

From my archives...

Preacher, Are You a Descendant of a Greek Orator or Hebrew Prophet?

Prophets, not Orators

by A.W.Tozer

And I have put My words in your mouth; I have covered you with the shadow of My hand, that I may plant the heavens, lay the foundations of the earth, and say to Zion, “You are My people.”

Isaiah 51:16

The Christian minister, as someone has pointed out, is a descendant not of the Greek orator but of the…

Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me.

Psalm 138:7 KJV 

 

You are a sojourner in ephemeral time.

     The universal law of human life is summed up in one word—walking.

          Life is a walk, a journey, and constant action…

We sang a song last Sunday in the worship service that I had completely forgotten. It was a song from my youth, written in 1931 by B.B. McKinney, and based on Psalm 100:2, “Serve the Lord with gladness.” As we sang, I found myself wondering if there was any other way to serve the Lord. Could one serve the Lord with sadness? With anger? With indifference? With fear? I suppose so, but why would one want to do that? The kind of gladness that comes from serving the Lord, is greater than any…

                              How can we sing the songs of the LORD while in a foreign land?  PSALM 137:4





When you are in a situation that makes you want to hang up your harp,

     you may wonder how in the world you can ever celebrate again.

Where is that toe-tapping rhythm, that spring…

Yahweh, my heart is not haughty. I do not set my sights too high.

I have taken no part in great affairs, in wonders beyond my scope.

I hold myself in quiet and silence, like a little child in its mother’s arms.

PSALM 131:1-2 TNJB



 

Let…