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Please try again.Please try again.Please try again. Please try your request again later. Originally preached as sermons at Southside Alliance Church in Chicago, this first volume of The Attributes of God examines ten attributes of God. It also includes a study guide for an in-depth look at each attribute: Infinite Immense Good Just Merciful Gracious Omnipresent Immanent Holy Perfect Steeped in Scripture and filled with the Spirit, Tozer preached with striking clarity and power.Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. Register a free business account This new edition has been published with a beautiful new cover to reach a whole new generation of readers. Also available: The Attributes of God Volume 2 with Study Guide.Originally preached as sermons at Southside Alliance Church in Chicago, this first volume of The Attributes of God examines ten attributes of God. It also includes a study guide for an in-depth look at each attribute: Infinite Immense Good Just Merciful Gracious Omnipresent Immanent Holy Perfect Steeped in Scripture and filled with the Spirit, Tozer preached with striking clarity and power. The sense of his sermons comes through on every page, bringing the Word of God to bear upon you. A self-taught theologian, Tozer was a pastor, writer and editor whose powerful use of words continues to grip the intellect and stir the soul of today's reader. Among his best-loved books are the classics The Pursuit of God and The Attributes of God.Full content visible, double tap to read brief content. Videos Help others learn more about this product by uploading a video. Upload video To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. Please try again later. Daryl W. 5.http://gdwtechnology.com/fckeditor/koss-ks4101-manual.xml
0 out of 5 stars Every book written by him or written from his sermons after his death, are inspirational, challenging and straight to the point. We live in a world where everyone seems to consider themselves a spiritual authority and wants to write masses of books based on their own ideas and philosophy, or what they think you want to hear. If you're sick of that and want the real deal that you can trust, that lines up with the Bible: You are in the right place. I recommend all of Tozers work. I trust no other author like this one.But don't let that deceive you. The author presents God's perfections in a systematic and profound way. This is not the fluffy devotion of the modern era. It is the theological introspection of a man who is captivated by God and then offers his wisdom to us. Great for a study on God's perfections and with the study notes, you have everything you need for a thorough Bible Study, Sunday School, or family worship.The material is basically a transcript of Tozer's sermons on the subject. Interesting and have some helpful pointers, but more sermonic than academic. Enjoyable read with some good insights. Adds nothing new to the study of the attributes of God and I would not recommend as one's first study source on the subject. Easy to read and probably beneficial on a devotional level. I say the same thing for volume 2.Thank you in advanceThese aren’t tedious writings that only a scholar can decipher. They are packed with powerful and beautiful imagery.Each attribute is like another color in the spectrum of light.Each attribute is supported by scriptureNot a book to just sit and read - must take time to let what you read, be absorbed. Perfect bible study material.The depth of HIS description of GODs attributes has motivated, inspired and reignited my desire to seek GOD deeper with each day that goes by. I loved it, plan to reread it many more times.http://imancasing.com/userfiles/imancasing/file/koss-ks4192-manual.xml
I highly recommend this book to those who want, desire and hunger to know the One True Living GOD of the Bible!!! GOD bless you all ??His writing is so easy and straight forward that you forget the word around you and feel the embrace of God as you devour this book. No one beats A W Tozer!They are so helpful for those who want to know God. Please try again.Please try again.Please try again. Please try your request again later. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. Register a free business account Full content visible, double tap to read brief content. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. Please try again later. Bob M 5.0 out of 5 stars It is an amazing book.He backs up all his teaching with Scripture--book, chapter, and verse. Also he is so easy to follow, easy to enjoy reading, not dull and dry. I highly recommend this book.Buy it! Read it! It is more than worth your time!!:)Enjoy because we sure did.I ordered eight copies and each book arrived in good time and in nice condition. Thank you!His subject is beyond astounding! Just think, all that Pink describes are only the attributes that God's chosen to display to us. This is one of the few books that I would describe as satisfying. In this first of two books on the subject, the author invites us to look more deeply into God's grace, mercy, justice, holiness and goodness, among other things. Each chapter is centered around appropriate Scripture and enables the reader to refocus on the essential character of God. With no formal Bible training, Tozer became pastor of Southside Alliance in Chicago in 1928. He was pastor there for thirty years. He was also the editor of Alliance Weekly. Many of his articles and sermons have been compiled and published as books. Originally preached as sermons at Southside Alliance Church in Chicago, this first volume of The Attributes of God examines ten attributes of God.
It also includes a study guide for an in-depth look at each attribute: Infinite Immense Good Just Merciful Gracious Omnipresent Immanent Holy Perfect Steeped in Scripture and filled with the Spirit, Tozer preached with striking clarity and power.A self-taught theologian, Tozer was a pastor, writer and editor whose powerful use of words continues to grip the intellect and stir the soul of today's reader. Among his best-loved books are the classics The Pursuit of God and The Attributes of God. Are there pages in the book with answers to fill in and write about from posed questions?There is not a fill in answers sections. Ask us here. Please enter your name, your email and your question regarding the product in the fields below, and we'll answer you in the next 24-48 hours. Groups Discussions Quotes Ask the Author In fact, Tozer's desire to know God and His fullness consumed his entire life and ministry. Originally preached as sermons at Southside Alliance Church in Chicago, this first volume of In fact, Tozer's desire to know God and His fullness consumed his entire life and ministry. Originally preached as sermons at Southside Alliance Church in Chicago, this first volume of The Attributes of God examines ten attributes of God. A study guide has been added for an in depth look at each attribute. This all important book deals with the most important subject matter of God's traits. We should esteem Him stricken, smitten and afflicted, yet see Him as our Creator and King in awe, wonder, and fear with righteousness and amazement. How can we even be allowed to have a glimpse of His beauty, compassion, and grace? To see what your friends thought of this book,It is probably one of the first Tozer books I ever bought. However, it has remained unread for years. Even after discovering Knowledge of the Holy, a book that I loved, loved, loved. The first few attempts, for better or worse, I found a bit intimidating. The timing just wasn't right. But it was right this time.
It was JUST RIGHT. The Attributes of God turned out to be an amazing--absolutely amazing--read for me. Tozer's Attribut It is probably one of the first Tozer books I ever bought. Tozer's Attributes of God is published as two volumes. I have only read the first one. So far. In this first volume, Tozer explores: God's Infinitude God's Immensity God's Goodness God's Justice God's Mercy God's Grace God's Omnipresence God's Immanence God's Holiness God's Perfection Each chapter begins with Scripture. Each chapter closes with prayer. These are contemplative, devotional readings. Tozer never lets readers forget that it is KNOWING GOD and not KNOWING ABOUT God that truly matters. His enthusiasm is contagious. His approach is passionate and demanding. He invites readers into theology. He encourages them to take God seriously, to take God at his word, to earnestly and passionately seek GOD for themselves. Some of what he says could be considered harsh, but, it could also be taken as truth--pure truth revealing the ugliness of our sin condition and just how far we've fallen. Tozer takes sin just as seriously as he takes God. I'd argue that Tozer took sin so very seriously precisely because he took God at his word, because he treasured God's word in his heart, because he believed that Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life, because he trusted that Jesus is the same yesterday and today and forever. Tozer calls believers to a deeper life, a holier life, a called apart life. I absolutely loved this one!!!! I had four favorite chapters. I loved the chapters on God's Goodness, on God's Justice, on God's Mercy, and on God's Grace. While all the chapters are excellent, some of them are more WOW than others. I would definitely recommend this one!!! I'm glad I took the time to read this book. I'm glad I took the time to read this book. This book spoke strongly to me; it is so easy to create God in our own image and limit Him because we as creatures cannot really fathom Him.
Tozer's language is straightforward, and sets forth a higher view of God. I need to reread this book every so often to recalibrate.This book spoke strongly to me; it is so easy to create God in our own image and limit Him because we as creatures cannot really fathom Him. I need to reread this book every so often to recalibrate.I think that's why I liked it though. It felt more personal than a lot of theological books I've read, though I did notice not much scripture was referenced throughout. He seems a little discouraged about the state of Christianity and frequently referenced the lack of real Christianity. While I totally agree, I felt his message could have been balanced with a little more positive and encouraging I think that's why I liked it though. While I totally agree, I felt his message could have been balanced with a little more positive and encouraging thoughts. I totally agree with him though and wish I could have more of this sense of the reverence and excitement about the majesty of God.Not sure I have words. This is a book that I hope to re-visit in the future. This is a book that I hope to re-visit in the future. I listened to the audio but it would be great to read and mark up a copy. 2020 A book of theology His works are always jam-packed with pearls of wisdom. In this book, Tozer tackles ten attributes of God: infinitude, immensity, goodness, justice, mercy, grace, omnipresence, immanence, holiness, and perfection. As always, his presentation is thoughtful, his words are simple, and his subject deep. Parts of the book made me rethink my own assumptions.His works are always jam-packed with pearls of wisdom. Parts of the book made me rethink my own assumptions. God does what He does because of what He is.” And later, “Justice is not something that God has. Justice is something that God is.” Tozer tackles tricky issues like the coexistence of justice and mercy within God and the differences between God’s presence and God’s felt presence.
My one critique is that Tozer can jump topics a bit within the chapters. His more famous work Knowledge of the Holy has many short chapters; this work has few long chapters (at about 20 pages apiece). The result is occasional veering--yet even the rabbit trails are wise. This book is readable for the layman, but it takes effort. It is no light reading. But as Tozer boldly writes, “An individual Christian will be a success or a failure depending upon what he or she thinks of God.” The reward from this book is worth the effort. Each chapter discusses and teaches about an attribute of God. Different aspects of Gods character. My favorites were the chapters on God's Mercy and God's omnipresence. Each chapter discusses and teaches about an attribute of God. My favorites were the chapters on God's Mercy and God's omnipresence. Written from the heart of a man hard after God. Tozer is always a good choice. And I insist upon this and I have said He is the main actor and the main point. Many Christians have a small god theology because they do not know who God is; they wrongly put themselves as the main character of the Bible. Tozer rightly reminds us who God is and why he is rightly to be praised. God's infinity and immensity means that his attributes are complete, whole, 100% God. He is not 20% mercy, 30% love, 10% Justice and so on. His attributes are complete, not lacking anything; nothing could added or removed. If anything were to be changed in God, he would not be God. Tozer does not go too far in trying to explain God's attributes. There is still much mystery that exists in God. In speaking of the mystery of God suffering of Isaiah 63:9, Tozer acknowledges that he does not know how God can suffer but encourages his readers to not deny truth because we don't understand it. There are many truths we experience on a daily basis that we cannot explain.
Reading the old books draws you out of a modern context and allows you to view Christianity without modern presuppositions. I have found this to be helpful to understand there are struggles that are common to all Christian generations and also see perspectives outside of my own generation. Every few books I try to read one from the early church, the puritans, or early-modern American timeframe. There is a popularity of religion in our time. We have to our advantage better systems of communication: radio, television (if you like it), telephone and all other modern means of communication. I was thinking that there isn't a single linguistic group, ethnic group or social group anywhere that doesn't have somebody bent on evangelizing it. We have lost from our gospel Christianity almost altogether what people use to call religious fear. At the end of the book, there is a 12 week study. An introduction, one week per attribute and a review. This is perfect for a small group study or Sunday School. The lesson plan includes a weekly liturgy of reading, prayer, Scripture reading, questions and exposition of the text, meditation, and closing in prayer. The study guide makes for a great way to discuss theology with others. It is important to not only read about theology but to discuss it with others and to put your understanding into your own words. I recommend this book to anyone who desires to grow their affection of God as well as their knowledge of who he is. God always feels this overwhelming plentitude of goodness and He feels it in harmony with all His other attributes. There is no frustration in God. Everything that God is He is in complete harmony, and there is never any frustration in Him. The opinions I express are my own and I was not required to write a positive review. The book is a collection of sermons and includes a helpful study guide (not written by Tozer).
After discussing each attribute, the Study Guide suggests asking two questions: How does my understanding of this particular attribute have implications for my relationship with Go The book is a collection of sermons and includes a helpful study guide (not written by Tozer). After discussing each attribute, the Study Guide suggests asking two questions: How does my understanding of this particular attribute have implications for my relationship with God. If I truly believed this attribute of God, how would it change the way I live. Following are some quotes that stood out to me from each chapter. God’s Infinitude: “Christianity is a gateway into God. There is no limit and no place to stop.” “We mean by infinite that God knows no limits, no bounds and no end. What God is, He is without boundaries. All that God is, He is without bounds or limits.” “We ought to stop thinking like scientists and start thinking like psalmists.” God’s Immensity: “God is above, but He’s not pushed up. He’s beneath, but He’s not pressed down. He’s outside, but He’s not excluded. He’s inside, but He’s not confined. God is above all things presiding, beneath all things sustaining, outside of all things embracing and inside of all things filling. That is the immanence of God. God doesn’t travel to get anywhere.” “Why aren’t Christians the happiest, the most easeful people in all the world. God out of His kindness willed it.” God’s Justice: “When God justifies a sinner everything in God is on the sinner’s side.” God’s Mercy: “It was the mercy of God that gave us Calvary, not Calvary that gave us mercy.” “There is only one answer to why God loved you: because God is love.” God’s Grace: “Atonement was made in his death, but how was atonement made in His death. Let’s not vulgarize it by trying to understand it. They’re trying to by happy without a sense of the Presence. We are praying for a manifestation of the presence. Not the presence, but the manifestation of the presence.
Christ is God manifest to mankind.” God’s Holiness: “Holiness means purity. But it is not possible for it to be beautiful. Only that which is holy can be beautiful ultimately.” Specifically, I wanted to understand how God's goodness, wisdom, sovereignty, and faithfulness worked together. As part of preparing for this journey, I picked up A.W. Tozer's two volumes on the Attributes of God and Arthur Pink's as well. I started off by reading both of their chapters on one attribute and found that for those attributes, I appreciated Tozer's style. He was sure to get practical with the theolog Specifically, I wanted to understand how God's goodness, wisdom, sovereignty, and faithfulness worked together. He was sure to get practical with the theology. He used examples from his day to show how belief in that attribute of God changes everything in your life. Tozer would go on for twenty pages defining an attribute and its practical implications. Pink, on the other hand, would talk for about three pages and would only talk about the theology of it. Both of these had a place on my shelf then. Pink for the early work, and priming my meditational process, and Tozer as an example of how some of the practicology might work out. More recently though, our Life Group opted to do this book as a study, and I found it somewhat wanting. Part of the reason for that is that Tozer didn't write this. The book wasn't planned by him at all, but instead is the work of another bringing all his sermons on God's Attributes together. This became problematic as you read it straight through. Issues he would reference in one chapter that ought to be addressed by the next chapter were entirely ignored. And on the other hand, some of the chapters weren't really on the attribute they were titled after at all, but just a repeating of a previous chapter. As a result, some of the chapters prompted great discussions about who God is and how we ought to respond when thinking about that attribute.
But other chapters only prompted confusion. Why did Tozer spend the bulk of this chapter on that sub point. Why did he use such a sexist analogy (parts of the book did not age well). Our group discussions were definitely useful and beneficial to us all, making this book an easy recommendation (it comes with a study guide too), but we did spend more time confused at the way the chapters leaned and some of the stories than we did being excited about it. Given that, I would recommend this be one resource and not the only resource for the person wanting to learn more about who God is. The original goal of my study was to learn how the attributes of God apply to us individually and how they could be used to help the distressed counselee. One of the books that I found during this time was A Theology of Biblical Counseling by Heath Lambert. While this was not the main thrust of Lambert's book, I did find his book to be extremely helpful in this regard. Heath's book would be an excellent addition to your study on God's attributes if you too are trying to think through the practical responses in your life to who God is. If God is good, He is perfectly good. If God is wise, He is perfectly wise. If God is holy, He is perfectly holy. He is those things and He embodies them perfectly. Where we think things are less than perfect in our lives, it is not because God lacks goodness or graciousness or righteousness. Because God cannot be anything without being perfectly that thing. He is the standard by which we measure our own moral convictions. Nobody ever got anything from God on the grounds that he deserved it. Having fallen, man deserves only punishment and death. So if God answers prayers it's because God is good. From His goodness, His lovingkindness, His good-natured benevolence, God does it. That's the source of everything. (Pg. 47) Your good morals, as fantastic as they may be, will get you no eternal reward.
You cannot work your way into heaven, only one person ever has lived a life perfect enough to attain heaven, and you and I are nothing like Jesus. So when your prayers are answered, you can be assured it's not God rewarding your behavior, but instead be reminded that it is God expressing His love toward you. He felt how unutterably vile he was; he couldn't stand the dingy gray which was the whitest thing he had set over against the unapproachable shining whiteness that was God. (Pg. 165) This, to me, is a great picture of what our hearts should look like. We should recognize how unutterably vile our sin is and how that taints every part of us making us unable to stand before a diving and perfect God. When, one day, we see God face to face the only response anyone will be able to have is to fall on their face before a perfectly holy God. We'll be overcome by the weight of our sin, and crushed beneath it we'll fall before Him. I want Him to be and remain THE HOLY. I want His heaven to be holy and His throne to be holy. I don't want Him to change of modify His requirements. Even if it shuts me out, I want something holy left in the universe. (Pg. 172) I love the sentiment here. I want the God. The perfect God. The only God. I don't want a lesser God, one that my mind can understand and fathom, but only the immense and beautiful God. I want a God that is more that I can understand and attain to. And when it comes to His holiness, I want a God that doesn't compromise with sin. Who doesn't change His requirements for heaven to sneak in borderline cases, but stands by His exacting requirements. Because a God who is wishy washy with what He wants is not better than the politician that changes his alliances every couple years. We all hate it because we don't know where that politician stands. While this quote is great and shows a deep passion from Tozer for a God that is above it all, what I don't like about this quote is what comes next in the book.
This is an example of something I said above, where he says something that doesn't quite hold up. He says he doesn't want gangsters to be able to attend church. That would be against the holiness of God. What is troubling about that sentiment, is that we're all imperfect and far from holy and we all have areas of our lives that are rampant with sin. In a sense, we're all gangsters. None of us deserves to be in the presence of God. By this standard, none of us should be allowed in church. And if that were the case, where then would we hear the message of God. Now, I think what Tozer is trying to say is that those who are unrepentant should not be allowed in God's presence.Something that I've always liked about Tozer is that he takes an extensive and complex topic and explains it so well in simple terms; the everyday vernacular that the average high school educated layman can understand. Tozer has given me much to c. Tozer discusses ten attributes of God: infinitude, immensity, goodness, justice, mercy, grace, omnipresence, immanence, holiness, and perfection. Something that I've always liked about Tozer is that he takes an extensive and complex topic and explains it so well in simple terms; the everyday vernacular that the average high school educated layman can understand. Tozer has given me much to chew on and process with this one. As Christians, we know about God's attributes but Tozer makes you really meditate on who we thought God was and takes it a step further. He puts our human thought and compares it to the elevated perspective of God, we then realize that it's one thing to know about God and another to know God. This is a great book on the attributes of God that is great for all- Christians of many years and babies in the faith. I flipped through the study guide and found it interesting. I don't like book study guides but this one contains some good stuff. Each chapter is discussed more in-depth and makes you dig deeper.
There are also questions and a short guide to follow with a group or individually. I received a copy of this book from Moody in exchange for an honest review. All opinions expressed here are entirely my own. So much of this spoke straight to my heart. So much of it was feelings I've had but didn't know how to express. So much of this was what I needed to hear; quiet reminders of all that God is, all that He does for me, all the ways He loves and cares for me. Not easy to hear, when our best skills are beating ourselves up, but oh so needed. Favorite quote(s): God is not an absentee engineer running His world by remote control. I don't know how God can So much of this spoke straight to my heart. I don't know how God can suffer. That is a mystery I may never know.And I know that in all my sickness, He'll make my bed because his name is goodness and His name is mercy. Everybody receives in some degree God's grace: the lowest woman in the world; the most sinful, blood man in the world; Judas; Hitler. How can a kind Savior feel perfectly at home with a harsh Christian. On a side note, I'd also highly recommend the audio book version of this, as read by Michael Kramer. His central premise, which is established early and then built upon, is that our faith (both personal and communal) is determined by our concept of God. Small, limited concept of God - small, limited faith. His central premise, which is established early and then built upon, is that our faith (both personal and communal) is determined by our concept of God. Small, limited concept of God - small, limited faith. By walking through 10 of the major aspects of God's character, Tozer attempts to raise our concept of God, and by it, the strength and breadth of our faith. Overall, I'd say that he succeeds. Each chapter is thought-provoking and edifying. Given the herculean task which Tozer undertakes, I'd say he does a bang-up job, attempting to describe an indescribable God.
It's nice that this volume includes study questions at the back, both for a personal study and for a group study. Thanks for taking the time to read my review! Given such priming, I found this work good, but not overwhelmingly so. There are some places where Tozer starts with human understanding of familiar situations, and uses those to extrapolate towards what God is like. In other sections, he emphasizes God’s all-together otherness that is beyond comprehension. I think where it falls flat is that some assumptions from half a century ago are no longer assumptions, and the shelf-life of the anal Given such priming, I found this work good, but not overwhelmingly so. I think where it falls flat is that some assumptions from half a century ago are no longer assumptions, and the shelf-life of the analogies has passed expiration. Despite that unpredictable miscommunication to a future audience, his main thesis seems apt. As Christians and churches have focused more on growth through a pacified theology, the depth of spiritual roots seems insufficient for the storms of real life. When having something to show is more important than having something of substance, the numbers look good, but the hearts can remain broken. Surely I am oversimplifying. He deftly addresses deeper and more complicated issues many Christian's and the church have avoided for decades. I wish someone had shown me his work earlier in my life. It's really his intellect explaining who God is that has helped me the most in my faith. When I have gone through some dry spells spiritually I can read his work with an intellectual curiosity and stand in awe of who God is and how Tozer explains this through scripture. Thi He deftly addresses deeper and more complicated issues many Christian's and the church have avoided for decades.