
Tozer's call to seek God himself. Short chapters on hunger for God, the presence of God, and a faith that wants more than religious habit.
13 sections · about 2.2 hours
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We have seen that the human mind has been constituted with a special reference to the knowledge of God. It was made to know Him. It contains elements of faith, or laws of intelligence, which, when normally applied to the phenomena of experience, necessitate the inference that there is a God, and, apart from all disturbing influences, would conduct to a just apprehension and a true worship of His name.
James Henley Thornwell, The Collected Writings of James Henley Thornwell, Vol. I (Lecture III, “Man's Natural Ignorance of God”).
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Tozer's call to seek God himself. Short chapters on hunger for God, the presence of God, and a faith that wants more than religious habit.
13 sections · about 2.2 hours

Bounds argues that prayer is not optional equipment for the Christian life but its essential breath. The chapters press the reader toward habitual communion with God.
15 sections · about 2.4 hours

Bounds on what must be true of the person who prays: faith, desire, humility, and a life that agrees with the request.
16 sections · about 2.4 hours
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