The Pursuit of God Study Hub
Explore A. W. Tozer’s classic through Scripture, chapter resources, spiritual application, abiding in Christ, and disciple-making.
A. W. Tozer, The Pursuit of God, its chapters, themes, history, editions, study tools, and book-specific spiritual application.
What Does ‘Seek the Lord’ Mean in the Bible?. A focused biblical and practical article about the biblical command to orient the whole person toward God,…
Read the complete guide →Short answer: In Chapter 2 of The Pursuit of God, Tozer uses Abraham's willingness to offer Isaac in Genesis 22 as a picture of surrendered love. Isaac was a precious…
Read the complete guide →What Does Hebrews 11:6 Teach About Seeking God?. A focused biblical and practical article about faith in God’s reality and character as the foundation for…
Read the complete guide →What Does It Mean to Follow Hard After God?. A focused biblical and practical article about the meaning of active spiritual pursuit as a grace-enabled…
Read the complete guide →A biblical explanation of the Great Commission, relational disciple-making, spiritual multiplication, and the model of 2 Timothy 2:2.
Read the complete guide →What Does It Mean to Make God the Gaze of Your Soul?. A focused biblical and practical article about faith as the habitual direction of inner attention…
Read the complete guide →What Does James 4:8 Mean by Drawing Near to God?. A focused biblical and practical article about repentance, humility, divided loyalty, and restored…
Read the complete guide →What Does Jeremiah 29:13 Mean?. A focused biblical and practical article about Jeremiah 29:13 in its exilic context and its enduring call to wholehearted…
Read the complete guide →What Does John 15 Teach About Abiding in Christ?. A focused biblical and practical article about dependence on Christ, fruit, pruning, love, obedience,…
Read the complete guide →What Does Matthew 6:33 Mean by Seeking God First?. A focused biblical and practical article about kingdom priorities, righteousness, worry, and trust in…
Read the complete guide →What Does Philippians 3 Teach About Knowing Christ?. A focused biblical and practical article about Paul’s surpassing desire to know Christ, share His…
Read the complete guide →What Does Psalm 42 Teach About Thirsting for God?. A focused biblical and practical article about spiritual thirst, lament, memory, and hope in Psalm 42,…
Read the complete guide →What Does Psalm 63 Teach About Desiring God?. A focused biblical and practical article about seeking God in wilderness, satisfaction, remembrance, and…
Read the complete guide →Short answer: The Pursuit of God presents spiritual transformation as a God-centered reordering of the inner life that becomes visible in surrender, faith, humility, worship, and ordinary obedience. Tozer does…
Read the complete guide →Short answer: The Pursuit of God teaches surrender as the willing release of every rival claim to God's rightful place in the believer's heart. Surrender does not necessarily mean giving…
Read the complete guide →The Pursuit of God presents the Holy Spirit as essential to genuine spiritual life and perception. Tozer does not write a complete doctrine of the Spirit, but his spirituality is…
Read the complete guide →Short answer: In The Pursuit of God, the self-life is the inward tendency to make the self the center—to possess, control, defend, exalt, pity, admire, or rely upon itself instead…
Read the complete guide →The Pursuit of God is devotional rather than systematic, but its God is unmistakably Trinitarian. Tozer speaks of the Triune God, treats Christ as the eternal divine Word, and understands…
Read the complete guide →Short answer: In Chapter 4, Tozer uses “apprehending” God to mean recognizing and knowing God as a living spiritual reality through faith, spiritual receptivity, and the work of the Holy…
Read the complete guide →Short answer: When Tozer speaks of exercising the “spiritual faculties” in Chapter 4, he means that regenerate believers should actively respond to God’s revealed reality through faith, Scripture, prayer, obedience,…
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Study pathways
Study Tozer’s themes alongside Scripture and apply the declarative, imperative, and application method.
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