Toward a More Perfect Faith: 4 Stages in Your Pursuit of God

by A.W. Tozer

There has hardly ever been in my ministry a series of sermons to which I have given more time, more pain and more prayer than I did to this series from Philippians 3.

A. W. Tozer called these sermons the most important he ever preached. Looking closely at Philippians 3, he describes the Christian as a modern-day Lazarus who hears the call to arise—but can't escape the grave clothes. In this new series of sermon transcriptions, Tozer shows us how to live with freedom.

Toward a Deeper Faith gives us Tozer’s sermons on:


Considering Perfection in the Christian Life
Four Kinds of Christians
Discovering the Loveliness of Jesus Christ
The Will of God and Its Relationship to Our Cross
The Obstacle of Self Trust
Living in His Righteousness . . . and more.


We are heirs to the King, and Tozer wants us to reclaim our heritage. Return again and again to Tozer’s twelve sermons that will bring you into a deeper life of love and maturity in Jesus Christ.

Genres: Christian

192 pages, Paperback

Published March 7, 2023

About the author

Aiden 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.

Reviews

[Lidia · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is not for lukewarm Christians it is for the Christians that really want more in knowing God and not resuming to their every routine day. I had some moments that the reading seemed hard but the lessons are well worthy, this author is very close to God and it shows in his writing.

I believe this book resumes all the solid food (meat) that Paul speaks in Corinthians:

[Beth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thank you so much to @moodypublishers for a copy of the book in exchange for my honest review!

A.W. Tozer has an incredibly unique voice that truly speaks to the reader from the page. There’s just something about his voice that causes one to sit up and pay attention. In Toward a More Perfect Faith, we read a collection of sermons that center around Philippians 3.

Tozer begins with the assertion that the modern Christian is not Christlike and is not pursuing oneness with Christ. He goes on to say that the heroes of the faith who we read about in the Bible were continually seeking to know God more and more every single day of their lives. Tozer asserts, “And the difference between them and us, and between the tone of their lives and our lives, is that they sought Him and found Him and sought Him still and found Him and sought Him again and found Him and sought Him more. But we believe on Him, accept Him, and seek Him no more. Now there’s the difference.”

Tozer also calls Christians to identify and overcome whatever is pulling focus away from knowing God more. “In the yearning within you there is something bigger than you are. And you may not be quite clear about it intellectually, but your heart cries for God, and you want to know what Paul knew, and you want to know what God has revealed and given to the experience of the saints down through the years. You need to seek God for the spiritual courage and faith to rise and put behind you and under your feet whatever it is- whether friendships or ambitions or hopes or plans or gifts or victories or anything that prevents you from knowing the Lord Jesus Christ.”

Such an inspiring word! May I truly seek Him and know Him more every single day.

I really enjoyed this book and highly recommend it!

[Rachel Shanks · Rating 2 out of 5]

I listened to this as an audiobook on my short commutes, which I never prefer--it's too disjointed and confusing, and takes a long time. Because I listened, I honestly have no idea what I specifically disliked about this book. I do feel like I differed on some theological standpoints from Tozer, but there were a couple of good nuggets in there.

[Rick Farlee · Rating 5 out of 5]

CHIRP AUDIOBOOK

Love this book. 12 chapters… and they are all very deep. The key is to take a break between the chapters and to meditate on the insight and wisdom of Tozers interpretation of scripture. It’s an important step in understanding how faith works in the spiritual realm… and RECOMMENDED for mature disciples of Christ.

[Rance Rushing · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really think every Christian would benefit from the beautiful articulation of what real faith looks like in Christ. This may be my number one of all time favorites.