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Whatever Happened to Worship?: A Call to True Worship
A.W. Tozer calls God the "Composer of the Cosmos," the "Chief Musician of the Universe." God signals the birds to chirp their beautiful tune in the coolness and tranquility of a spring morning, simply because that is what He designed them to do. Each note is wonderfully constructed by God, uniquely bringing praise to His name.
With this inspiring perspective on worship, Tozer invites readers to take a deep look at the ways in which we worship and why. He reminds us that we were created solely for this purpose and that worshipping the Father and seeking His fellowship is our primary task. It is also His delight.
The newest revised edition now includes "Worship: The Missing Jewel of the Evangelical Church," first published in the Alliance Life magazine in 1965, and still so profound today.
With this inspiring perspective on worship, Tozer invites readers to take a deep look at the ways in which we worship and why. He reminds us that we were created solely for this purpose and that worshipping the Father and seeking His fellowship is our primary task. It is also His delight.
The newest revised edition now includes "Worship: The Missing Jewel of the Evangelical Church," first published in the Alliance Life magazine in 1965, and still so profound today.
160 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1985
About the author
A.W. Tozer
674 books2,218 followersAiden Wilson Tozer was an American evangelical pastor, speaker, writer, and editor. After coming to Christ at the age of seventeen, Tozer found his way into the Christian & Missionary Alliance denomination where he served for over forty years. In 1950, he was appointed by the denomination's General Council to be the editor of "The Alliance Witness" (now "Alliance Life").
Born into poverty in western Pennsylvania in 1897, Tozer died in May 1963 a self-educated man who had taught himself what he missed in high school and college due to his home situation. Though he wrote many books, two of them, "The Pursuit of God" and "The Knowledge of the Holy" are widely considered to be classics.
A.W. Tozer and his wife, Ada Cecelia Pfautz, had seven children, six boys and one girl.
Born into poverty in western Pennsylvania in 1897, Tozer died in May 1963 a self-educated man who had taught himself what he missed in high school and college due to his home situation. Though he wrote many books, two of them, "The Pursuit of God" and "The Knowledge of the Holy" are widely considered to be classics.
A.W. Tozer and his wife, Ada Cecelia Pfautz, had seven children, six boys and one girl.
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July 7, 2014
“There is no limit to what God can do through us if we are His yielded and purified people, worshipping and showing forth His glory and His faithfulness.”
Whatever Happened to Worship - Revised was Tozer’s last book, published after his death, in which he addresses what to him was a major shortfall in the Christian church of the 1960s: it’s failure to authentic worship.
Tozer’s short, pithy chapters tempt the reader to speed through the book, but a slower approach is more rewarding.
“The God who desires our fellowship and communion is not hard to please, though He may be hard to satisfy. He expects of us only what He has Himself supplied.”
A very good read.
Whatever Happened to Worship - Revised was Tozer’s last book, published after his death, in which he addresses what to him was a major shortfall in the Christian church of the 1960s: it’s failure to authentic worship.
Tozer’s short, pithy chapters tempt the reader to speed through the book, but a slower approach is more rewarding.
“The God who desires our fellowship and communion is not hard to please, though He may be hard to satisfy. He expects of us only what He has Himself supplied.”
A very good read.
August 17, 2026
This book speaks to something in my heart I’ve been wrestling with! Fantastic read about worship
“any man on this earth who is bored and turned off by worship is not ready for heaven…”
“any man on this earth who is bored and turned off by worship is not ready for heaven…”
June 10, 2026
The core of every Tozer book reveals a heart dazzled with Christ and longing to respond - I can’t think of any Christian who wouldn’t want such a heart. Of course, he bites at the heart of the matter here - not for someone looking for a step-by-step, but good for a reminder and vision of the proper attitude to cultivate.
December 8, 2014
A cogent call to worship in the lives of Christians. Tozer powerfully lays out from the Scriptures that a Christian's main focus ought to be the worship & glory of God. Although not as powerful as "The Pursuit of God," this book is still a gem.
He speaks against the substitute of "worship for work" that so many of our churches & Christians have been duped into.
Personally, I believe many of our churches teach/preach an unbalanced approach concerning work/worship. For every ten sermons on the "work" we ought to do for God, we only hear one on "worship."
This book will challenge you to re-examine what the Bible teaches about worship of God and the central role it ought to play in the life of a Christian and a church.
He speaks against the substitute of "worship for work" that so many of our churches & Christians have been duped into.
Personally, I believe many of our churches teach/preach an unbalanced approach concerning work/worship. For every ten sermons on the "work" we ought to do for God, we only hear one on "worship."
This book will challenge you to re-examine what the Bible teaches about worship of God and the central role it ought to play in the life of a Christian and a church.
October 22, 2021
When a person, yielding to God and believing the truth of God, is filled with the spirit of God, even his faintest whisper will be worship.
The title pretty much sums this book up. A.W. Tozer writes about true worship and how it has become like an endangered species in the church. "It is certainly true that hardly anything is missing from our churches these days," he says, "except for the most important thing. We are missing genuine and sacred offering of ourselves and our worship to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ."
Another one of my grandfather's old books, Whatever Happened to Worship? was very insightful and powerful. A.W. Tozer was an amazing, talented author and friend of God. His works are always so eye-opening, and I love reading them.
If we give ourselves to God's call to worship, everyone will do more than he or she is doing now.
This book convicted me of my lack of true worship in my everyday life and showed me just how important it is to "worship Him in spirit and in truth" and be aware of our uncleanness before our Holy and pure God, to be "undone," as Tozer puts it. He explains how we were created and saved for the sole purpose of worship: "to enjoy Him forever…to worship and glorify God—that is the chief end of any man or woman"
All things fit into shape and form when you begin with God.
Ahh! There is just so much good content in this book! I encourage anyone who wants to gain a deeper understanding of God and worship to read this book. Each chapter isn't long and can be read as a bonus to your daily devotions, and it really increases your understanding of worship and our place here on earth.
And since I'm not yet done quoting Tozer, here's one last one (this one is from the last chapter):
The heart that knows God can find God anywhere.
April 27, 2022
Un singur pasaj care mi s-a intipărit în minte : “ nu pot aduce o închinare care să-I fie în întregime plăcută lui Dumnezeu daca știu că în viața mea ascund anumite lucruri care Lui nu ii plac”
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 30, 2018
Being a small book (128 pages) this is a quick and easy read. Tozer's descriptions of the attributes of were powerful and clearly coming from a place of real passion. Based on this small sample I'm definitely interested in reading his popular title "The knowledge of the Holy".
However, overall I wouldn't recommend this book. I have a hard time reading those who choose to start from a place of negativity, what is "wrong" with something.
I'd suggest "Real Worship" for a more pastoral approach to identifying faults in corporate worship.
I'd suggest "Vertical Worship" for someone looking for concrete actions to take towards Christ-centered worship.
However, overall I wouldn't recommend this book. I have a hard time reading those who choose to start from a place of negativity, what is "wrong" with something.
I'd suggest "Real Worship" for a more pastoral approach to identifying faults in corporate worship.
I'd suggest "Vertical Worship" for someone looking for concrete actions to take towards Christ-centered worship.
September 18, 2022
~”Dacă tu nu poți să te închini înaintea Domnului în mijlocul responsabilităților tale în ziua de luni, e prea puțin probabil ca tu să te fi închinat cu adevărat duminică!”
~”Dacă Dumnezeu știe că intenția ta este să te închini înaintea Lui cu fiecare părticică a ființei tale, El a promis că Se va uni cu tine. Din partea Lui vine dragostea, harul, promisiunile și ispășirea, ajutorul constant și prezenta Duhului Sfânt, Din partea ta exista hotărâre, căutare, tânjire și credință. Inima ta devine o odaie, un templu, un altar pe care poate exista comuniune și părtășie neîntreruptă. Închinarea ta se înalța către Dumnezeu în fiecare moment.”
~”INIMA CARE-L CUNOAȘTE PE DUMNEZEU ÎL POATE GĂSI ORIUNDE. Desigur că mă alătur lui Spurgeon în adevărul că o persoana plină de Duhul lui Dumnezeu, o persoană care L-a cunoscut pe Dumnezeu într-o întâlnire vie, poate cunoaște bucuria de a se închina înaintea Lui fie în tăcerile vieții, fieîn furtunile vieții.”
~”Nu există nicio scuză. Știm ceea ce vrea Dumnezeu să fim noi. El vrea ca noi să fim închinători!”
septembrie 2022
~”Dacă Dumnezeu știe că intenția ta este să te închini înaintea Lui cu fiecare părticică a ființei tale, El a promis că Se va uni cu tine. Din partea Lui vine dragostea, harul, promisiunile și ispășirea, ajutorul constant și prezenta Duhului Sfânt, Din partea ta exista hotărâre, căutare, tânjire și credință. Inima ta devine o odaie, un templu, un altar pe care poate exista comuniune și părtășie neîntreruptă. Închinarea ta se înalța către Dumnezeu în fiecare moment.”
~”INIMA CARE-L CUNOAȘTE PE DUMNEZEU ÎL POATE GĂSI ORIUNDE. Desigur că mă alătur lui Spurgeon în adevărul că o persoana plină de Duhul lui Dumnezeu, o persoană care L-a cunoscut pe Dumnezeu într-o întâlnire vie, poate cunoaște bucuria de a se închina înaintea Lui fie în tăcerile vieții, fieîn furtunile vieții.”
~”Nu există nicio scuză. Știm ceea ce vrea Dumnezeu să fim noi. El vrea ca noi să fim închinători!”
septembrie 2022
June 26, 2023
INCREDIBLE READ!! Such a beautiful explanation of what true worship is - that also convicts its readers to ask themselves the question of if they are truly worshiping in spirit and truth.
"I can safely say, on the authority of all that is revealed in the word of God, that any man or woman on this earth, who is bored and turned off by worship, is not ready for heaven."
"I can safely say, on the authority of all that is revealed in the word of God, that any man or woman on this earth, who is bored and turned off by worship, is not ready for heaven."
October 3, 2025
Short and reflective. It encouraged me to re-examine my heart to really see if I had the heart of worship I assumed I had. It also provided a perspective on the unfortunate reality that much of the world has lost its worship.
March 7, 2026
Excellent read. And I highly recommend. Are my thoughts a sanctuary for the Lord to dwell in?❤️
February 10, 2015
There are many helpful statements throughout this book. For example, "Jesus was born of a virgin, suffered under Pontius Pilate, died on the cross and rose from the grave to make worshippers out of rebels!" "Worship, I say, rises or falls with our concept of God." "[Dr. George D. Watson] urged that we go on from gratefulness to a love of God just because He is God and because of the excellence of His character."
However, Tozer's Scriptural support is greatly lacking in his explanations, defining and describing worship and its expressions. Although a discerning reader who is very familiar with the Bible may be able to connect Tozer's thinking to specific passages, Tozer speakers in such a way that might convince the average reader that he has arrived at these conclusions apart from Scripture. I would not recommend this resource on worship.
However, Tozer's Scriptural support is greatly lacking in his explanations, defining and describing worship and its expressions. Although a discerning reader who is very familiar with the Bible may be able to connect Tozer's thinking to specific passages, Tozer speakers in such a way that might convince the average reader that he has arrived at these conclusions apart from Scripture. I would not recommend this resource on worship.
March 10, 2018
The tagline for this book reads, "A Call to True Worship". I don't think that this book did that at all, as Tozer is quite content pointing out every issue he has with Christian worship, while also offering little in the ways of solutions. I saw Tozer contradict himself (in one section, he says that science should stay in its field, and he'll stay in his own, and in the next few pages, he berates scientists and inappropriately speaks into their work). I saw apologetically fundamentalist evangelical theology ("This is the glad truth: God is my God").
This book was honestly a waste of my time. I learned very little from it, except that I know that I will be more skeptical of Tozer the next time I hear a quote or receive a recommendation to look at another one of his books.
This book was honestly a waste of my time. I learned very little from it, except that I know that I will be more skeptical of Tozer the next time I hear a quote or receive a recommendation to look at another one of his books.
May 31, 2012
This is a classic book on worship that should be read and re-read. It is just as relevant for today and tomorrow as it was for when it was written. I must admit that I don't immediately agree with every statement that Tozer makes. However, it is more likely that his statements are just so strong and loaded that I just need to work through them some more. I gave this book 5 stars because Tozer makes you think. He drives you back to "The Word" and he asks honest but hard questions while confronting problems with current thoughts on worship.
This is a book that I will continue to re-read on a regular basis.
This is a book that I will continue to re-read on a regular basis.
September 29, 2026
'Whatever Happened to Worship?', by A.W. Tozer
The text is taken from a series of talks he did over 60 years ago. As with many salvaged notes from well-known authors or scholars that are posthumously turned into a book the reader will need to 'eat the meat, spit out the bones,' as there is much that was contextual. There are many fears that the author has, for example, the book opens with: "Christian churches have come to the dangerous time predicted long ago.." (p11), and he talks about ".. the kind of terrible day in which we live," (p75). He expresses his fear of liberals (p12), deists (p27), communism and 'invasion from some other planet' (p28), evangelical rationalism (p59), zombies (p60), psychologists (p80), nominal Christians (p83), humanists and secularists (p84), and religionists (p85).
But here is the good stuff:
"Remember, we know Christ only as the spirit enables us. How thankful we should be to discover that it is God's desire to lead every willing heart into depths and heights of divine knowledge and communion. As soon as God sends the Spirit of His Son into our hearts we say 'Abba' - and we are worshiping, but probably not in the full New Testament sense of the word. God desires to take us deeper into Himself. We all have much to learn in the school of the Spirit." (p23) [see 1 Corinthians 12:3; John 14:26]
"Because they [Pharisees] thought of God as being as stern and austere and unforgiving as they themselves were, their concept of worship was necessarily low and unworthy " (p25)
"The God we love may sometimes chasten us, it is true. But even this He does with a smile - the proud, tender smile of a Father who is bursting with pleasure over and imperfect but promising son who is coming every day to look more and more like the One whose child he is." (p26)
"When we come into this sweet relationship, we are beginning to learn astonished reverence, breathless adoration, awesome fascination, lofty admiration of the attributes of God and something of the breathless silence that we know when God is near. .. all of those elements in our perception and consciousness of the divine Presence add up to what the Bible calls 'the fear of God'." (p26-27)
"Then go on to the Psalms and you will find David literally dancing with ecstatic delight as he gazes out upon the wonders of God's world. ... always they saw nature as the handiwork of an all-powerful, all-wise, glorious Creator." (p36)
"It is hard for me to rest peacefully at night knowing that millions of cultured, religious people are merely carrying on church traditions and religious customs and they are not actually reaching God at all." (p38)
"I have often wondered why the rabbis and saints and hymnists of those of olden times did not come to the knowledge of the Trinity just from the seraphim's praise, 'Holy, holy, holy!' (Isaiah 6:2-3). ... The more I read my Bible the more I believe in the Triune God." (p57)
"Purification by blood and by fire. Isaiah's lips, symbolic of all his nature, were purified by fire. God could then say to him, 'Thine iniquity is taken away' (6:7). That is how the amazed and pained Isaiah could genuinely come to a sense of restored moral innocence. That is how he instantly found that he was ready for worship and that he was also ready and anxious for service in the will of God. With each of us, if we are to have that assurance of forgiveness and restored moral innocence, the fire of God's grace must touch us. It is only through the depths of the forgiving love of God that men and women can be so restored and made ready to serve Him." (p61-62).
"'O Jesus, Jesus, dearest Lord!
Forgive me if I say,
For very love, They sacred name
A thousand times a day.
Burn, burn, O love, within my heart,
Burn fiercely night and day,
Till all the dross of earthly loves
Is burned, and burned away.' by Fredrick W. Faber." (p68)
"God puts the yearning and desire in our hearts, and He does not turn away and thus mock us. God asks us to seek His face in repentance and love and we then find all of His gracious fullness awaiting. In God's grace, that is a promise for the whole wide world." (p70)
"'There is no beauty [in Him] that we should desire him' (Isaiah 53:2). ... Jesus was fully one of us ... He apparently was so much like his disciples that Judas Iscariot had to make a special arrangement to earn his thirty pieces of silver. 'Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he' (Mark 14:44). (p89)
"I think the prophets of God saw father into the centuries and into the mysteries of God than we can with our great modern telescopes and electronic means of measuring light years and planets and galaxies. The prophets saw the Lord our God. They saw Him in His beauty, and they tried to describe Him. They described Him as radiantly beautiful and fair, a winsome being. They said that He was royal and He was gracious. They described Him as a majestic being; and they noted His meekness. They saw Him as righteous and filled with truth. They tried to describe the manner of His love, with its gladness and joy and fragrance." (p95)
"Study the Bible carefully with the help of the Holy Spirit and you will find that the name and the nature of Jesus are one. ... We worship God as the result of a birth from above in which God has been pleased to give us more than a name. He has given us a nature transformed. (2 Peter 1:4)" (p100)
The text is taken from a series of talks he did over 60 years ago. As with many salvaged notes from well-known authors or scholars that are posthumously turned into a book the reader will need to 'eat the meat, spit out the bones,' as there is much that was contextual. There are many fears that the author has, for example, the book opens with: "Christian churches have come to the dangerous time predicted long ago.." (p11), and he talks about ".. the kind of terrible day in which we live," (p75). He expresses his fear of liberals (p12), deists (p27), communism and 'invasion from some other planet' (p28), evangelical rationalism (p59), zombies (p60), psychologists (p80), nominal Christians (p83), humanists and secularists (p84), and religionists (p85).
But here is the good stuff:
"Remember, we know Christ only as the spirit enables us. How thankful we should be to discover that it is God's desire to lead every willing heart into depths and heights of divine knowledge and communion. As soon as God sends the Spirit of His Son into our hearts we say 'Abba' - and we are worshiping, but probably not in the full New Testament sense of the word. God desires to take us deeper into Himself. We all have much to learn in the school of the Spirit." (p23) [see 1 Corinthians 12:3; John 14:26]
"Because they [Pharisees] thought of God as being as stern and austere and unforgiving as they themselves were, their concept of worship was necessarily low and unworthy " (p25)
"The God we love may sometimes chasten us, it is true. But even this He does with a smile - the proud, tender smile of a Father who is bursting with pleasure over and imperfect but promising son who is coming every day to look more and more like the One whose child he is." (p26)
"When we come into this sweet relationship, we are beginning to learn astonished reverence, breathless adoration, awesome fascination, lofty admiration of the attributes of God and something of the breathless silence that we know when God is near. .. all of those elements in our perception and consciousness of the divine Presence add up to what the Bible calls 'the fear of God'." (p26-27)
"Then go on to the Psalms and you will find David literally dancing with ecstatic delight as he gazes out upon the wonders of God's world. ... always they saw nature as the handiwork of an all-powerful, all-wise, glorious Creator." (p36)
"It is hard for me to rest peacefully at night knowing that millions of cultured, religious people are merely carrying on church traditions and religious customs and they are not actually reaching God at all." (p38)
"I have often wondered why the rabbis and saints and hymnists of those of olden times did not come to the knowledge of the Trinity just from the seraphim's praise, 'Holy, holy, holy!' (Isaiah 6:2-3). ... The more I read my Bible the more I believe in the Triune God." (p57)
"Purification by blood and by fire. Isaiah's lips, symbolic of all his nature, were purified by fire. God could then say to him, 'Thine iniquity is taken away' (6:7). That is how the amazed and pained Isaiah could genuinely come to a sense of restored moral innocence. That is how he instantly found that he was ready for worship and that he was also ready and anxious for service in the will of God. With each of us, if we are to have that assurance of forgiveness and restored moral innocence, the fire of God's grace must touch us. It is only through the depths of the forgiving love of God that men and women can be so restored and made ready to serve Him." (p61-62).
"'O Jesus, Jesus, dearest Lord!
Forgive me if I say,
For very love, They sacred name
A thousand times a day.
Burn, burn, O love, within my heart,
Burn fiercely night and day,
Till all the dross of earthly loves
Is burned, and burned away.' by Fredrick W. Faber." (p68)
"God puts the yearning and desire in our hearts, and He does not turn away and thus mock us. God asks us to seek His face in repentance and love and we then find all of His gracious fullness awaiting. In God's grace, that is a promise for the whole wide world." (p70)
"'There is no beauty [in Him] that we should desire him' (Isaiah 53:2). ... Jesus was fully one of us ... He apparently was so much like his disciples that Judas Iscariot had to make a special arrangement to earn his thirty pieces of silver. 'Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he' (Mark 14:44). (p89)
"I think the prophets of God saw father into the centuries and into the mysteries of God than we can with our great modern telescopes and electronic means of measuring light years and planets and galaxies. The prophets saw the Lord our God. They saw Him in His beauty, and they tried to describe Him. They described Him as radiantly beautiful and fair, a winsome being. They said that He was royal and He was gracious. They described Him as a majestic being; and they noted His meekness. They saw Him as righteous and filled with truth. They tried to describe the manner of His love, with its gladness and joy and fragrance." (p95)
"Study the Bible carefully with the help of the Holy Spirit and you will find that the name and the nature of Jesus are one. ... We worship God as the result of a birth from above in which God has been pleased to give us more than a name. He has given us a nature transformed. (2 Peter 1:4)" (p100)
October 16, 2012
Very helpful book on true worship. Loved it.
June 10, 2008
Like anything else by Tozer, deeply devotional, and amazing.
September 26, 2018
Es triste que el título de este libro nada tenga que ver con su nombre. ¿Que le ha sucedido a la adoración? es un libro que critica la forma en la que los cristianos de Tozer vivían su cristianismo y reflexionaban sobre quién es Dios. No se centra en el tema de cómo la adoración cambió y hacia dónde debe ir, al menos, no de manera explícita.
A parte de eso, este libro es un 80% del libro "diseñados para adorar" ¿Por qué hacer dos libros del mismo material? ¿Para vender más? Es triste que eso suceda. En fin, no es un libro que recomendaría para alguien que busque entender el concepto de adoración, pues acá se centra mucho sólo en la oración y adoración entendida como canto. La adoración colectiva, sólo se ve como la suma de muchas individualidades, clásico del cristianismo occidental de su época.
En fin, creo que deben haber mil y un libros mejores que este sobre la adoración. He escuchado buenas críticas a Tozer en cuanto a su teología propia, pero respecto a su adoración, creo que es muy endeble.
A parte de eso, este libro es un 80% del libro "diseñados para adorar" ¿Por qué hacer dos libros del mismo material? ¿Para vender más? Es triste que eso suceda. En fin, no es un libro que recomendaría para alguien que busque entender el concepto de adoración, pues acá se centra mucho sólo en la oración y adoración entendida como canto. La adoración colectiva, sólo se ve como la suma de muchas individualidades, clásico del cristianismo occidental de su época.
En fin, creo que deben haber mil y un libros mejores que este sobre la adoración. He escuchado buenas críticas a Tozer en cuanto a su teología propia, pero respecto a su adoración, creo que es muy endeble.
March 8, 2021
I know it's a travesty to Tozer and his reputation, but I really couldn't stand this book. Pretty much loathed it. Shaming, talking down to, redundant preaching without real teaching or direction. It was required reading for one of my classes and could not wait to be done with it. Had to write 3 papers on it in a summary analysis and reflection format and it was like trudging through mud to get through. I would've rather had a dental cleaning and casvity filled three times than wrote those papers on this book. Not Tozer's best by far. In fact, probably the worst book on worship I have ever read.
March 8, 2021
This little book of 128 pages is a quick and easy read. It's comprised of Tozer's last sermons on worship that have been compiled and edited.
I don't know if it was lost in the editing process, but at the beginning of each sermon, there is a Scripture text, but then Tozer mainly abandons any explanation or exposition of that text. That's a major problem, as what follows is a somewhat rambling series of Tozer's thoughts on some aspect of worship. BTW, some of those thoughts are very good, they are just not tied to a Scripture text as they should have been, and it would have made his arguments much stronger.
I recommend this book to be read with discernment.
I don't know if it was lost in the editing process, but at the beginning of each sermon, there is a Scripture text, but then Tozer mainly abandons any explanation or exposition of that text. That's a major problem, as what follows is a somewhat rambling series of Tozer's thoughts on some aspect of worship. BTW, some of those thoughts are very good, they are just not tied to a Scripture text as they should have been, and it would have made his arguments much stronger.
I recommend this book to be read with discernment.
August 23, 2021
El pastor Tozer se ha vuelto uno de mis autores favoritos, sus libros apesar de tener varios años de haber sido escritos siguen siendo tan relevantes en la actualidad como lo fueron para su época; sin duda, leer este libro me ayudó a entender y tener una fresca y nueva perspectiva de lo que es la adoración y cómo ésta debe estar involucrada en nuestras vidas, además de cómo ofrecer la verdadera adoración a nuestro señor Jesucristo. La iglesia de la actualidad sin duda a perdido gran parte de lo que significa adoración y en este libro encontramos un llamado de urgencia a ser verdaderos adoradores y que lo hagan en espíritu y en verdad. MUY RECOMENDADO ESTE LIBRO.
December 25, 2021
This was a timely book for myself. Tozer does a great job of reminding the reader of the true purpose of humanity, why God created us and how we fulfill our purpose as individuals as well as corporately. That purpose is to worship God, it is quite simple. If we are not truly worshipping God, then we are not true believers or followers of Christ. If the church is not giving true worship to God, then the church is not a real church.
This is not a 5* book because there were times that he I felt like he went off on issues that I felt weren’t relevant to today. Perhaps this is because it was first published in 1985.
This is not a 5* book because there were times that he I felt like he went off on issues that I felt weren’t relevant to today. Perhaps this is because it was first published in 1985.
December 11, 2023
Another in depth look at the heart of worship. Tozer hits hard here; THIS is what the church is missing.
"God never acts without purpose - never. People act without purpose. I feel that a great deal of what we do in the church today is purposeless. But God never acts without a purpose. Intellect is an attribute of the deity. God has intellect, and this means that God thinks; and so God never does anything without an intelligent purpose. Nothing in this world is without meaning."
Another 10/10.
"God never acts without purpose - never. People act without purpose. I feel that a great deal of what we do in the church today is purposeless. But God never acts without a purpose. Intellect is an attribute of the deity. God has intellect, and this means that God thinks; and so God never does anything without an intelligent purpose. Nothing in this world is without meaning."
Another 10/10.
July 11, 2018
I'd put this right up there with The Pursuit of God as one of Tozer's best and most challenging works. We were made to worship God, and when we lost this because of sin we were redeemed to worship to God, and yet its still so easy to lose sight of true worship and this book was written to address that very thing, and seeks in some way to bring us back to fuller, richer and more life-encompassing worship of God.
July 15, 2022
Quotes from the last chapter (one of my favorites)
“If you cannot worship the Lord in the midst of
your responsibilities on Monday, it is not very
likely that you were worshiping on Sunday!”
“You are not worshiping God as you should if you
have departmentalized your life so that some areas
worship and other parts do not worship.”
"I want to dwell in your thoughts," God has been
saying: “Make your thoughts a sanctuary in which
I can dwell."
“If you cannot worship the Lord in the midst of
your responsibilities on Monday, it is not very
likely that you were worshiping on Sunday!”
“You are not worshiping God as you should if you
have departmentalized your life so that some areas
worship and other parts do not worship.”
"I want to dwell in your thoughts," God has been
saying: “Make your thoughts a sanctuary in which
I can dwell."
March 4, 2021
This is a tremendous book from a man who was in tune with God. The book is all about living a lifestyle of worship and not falling into the trap of mediocre worldly worship. I disagree with a few theological points, however it was still a great read with abundant material.
October 26, 2022
Estoy seguro que no vamos hacer que los incrédulos doblen las rodillas maldiciéndolos. Si somos conducidos por el Espíritu de Dios y si mostramos el amor de Dios que este mundo necesita, nos transformamos en "santos atrayentes".
June 17, 2018
Some good thoughts and points but found the writing to be quite disjointed.
July 8, 2019
This book is very thought provoking and sound. A great start on the Philosophy of Worshiping the almighty.
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December 16, 2019Lovely
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