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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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The Pursuit of God

A.W. Tozer · 1948

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.

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The Necessity of Prayer

E.M. Bounds · 1929

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.

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