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Knowledge of the Holy: The Attributes of God. Their Meaning in the Christian Life by A.W. Tozer
hedwig2's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
griffing217's review against another edition
5.0
Picked up this book and started reading it, but ultimately put it down, deciding to read “The Pursuit of God” first. Subconsciously I think I wanted something more “practical.” I have read books discussing the character of God before, and while I knew intellectually that knowing God intimately is the greatest joy we can have, the book didn’t excite me the way I wanted. I subconsciously chalked this book up to be the “textbook” and Pursuit to be the more practical “manual.” So I read it first.
After reading Pursuit(which is phenomenal), I picked this up again, and man is there so much here. This is a book that you must devote your full attention to, and it is worthy of it. This is a book I know I must come back to, and with an open notebook.
As I should’ve known, this book ended up being immensely practical, and honestly much more practical at times than Pursuit was. I especially enjoyed the rich implications of the simple attributes of God that we take for granted. Simple reflection on his self-existence, self-sufficiency, and infinitude is something I do not do. These simple truths about God produce so much wonder, so much security, so much Joy, etc. This book has given me a greater desire to think deeply on who God is.
After reading Pursuit(which is phenomenal), I picked this up again, and man is there so much here. This is a book that you must devote your full attention to, and it is worthy of it. This is a book I know I must come back to, and with an open notebook.
As I should’ve known, this book ended up being immensely practical, and honestly much more practical at times than Pursuit was. I especially enjoyed the rich implications of the simple attributes of God that we take for granted. Simple reflection on his self-existence, self-sufficiency, and infinitude is something I do not do. These simple truths about God produce so much wonder, so much security, so much Joy, etc. This book has given me a greater desire to think deeply on who God is.
joshuaray's review against another edition
5.0
"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight." Proverbs 9:10 (ESV)
Tozer's classic work on the character of God paints in both broad and delicate strokes the beauty and majesty of God's attributes, stirring the reader to a deeper knowledge of and love for God Almighty. Packed from start to finish with keen insights and a reverent awe, this (relatively) short book is one I already know I'll be revisiting often. Because, if "what comes to our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us" (as Tozer charges in chapter 1), then this is an invaluable reminder that I don't know God as well as I should (YET) and that He's there and waiting/wanting to be known.
Tozer's classic work on the character of God paints in both broad and delicate strokes the beauty and majesty of God's attributes, stirring the reader to a deeper knowledge of and love for God Almighty. Packed from start to finish with keen insights and a reverent awe, this (relatively) short book is one I already know I'll be revisiting often. Because, if "what comes to our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us" (as Tozer charges in chapter 1), then this is an invaluable reminder that I don't know God as well as I should (YET) and that He's there and waiting/wanting to be known.
kylejrodriguez's review against another edition
5.0
Beautiful. Captures a spirit of overwhelming majesty unfamiliar to most of our day-to-day musings about religion.
sreymey's review against another edition
5.0
God brought his creatures into being that he might enjoy them and they rejoice in him.
josiahrichardson's review against another edition
4.0
Good stuff. Hits the major communicable and incommunicable attributes of God in short, digestible chapters. A more in-depth and possibly better treatise on the same subject is Matthew Barrett's "None Greater".
jenknierim's review against another edition
5.0
" Here, and in all our mediations upon the qualities and content of God, we pass beyond our power of fit conception, nor can human eloquence put forth a power commensurate with His greatness."
fluegel's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
I listened to this, but I think it would be a much better experience to slowly take this time over months.
thrillhouse1313's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
5.0