This past Sunday, you may have noticed some books on the shelves of the welcome desk in the foyer. These are resources we would like to highlight to the congregation for a period of time.
The theme for these resources is Heaven Help Our Worship: Worship and the Christian Life. They have been selected to fall into five categories. Categories and titles include:
Theology: The Knowledge of the Holy by A.W. Tozer.
Sanctification: Look and Live by Matt Papa.
Christian Biography: The Poetic Wonder of Isaac Watts by Douglas Bond.
Church History/Cultural Evaluation: Worldly Saints by Leland Ryken.
The Church: Church Planting: Thinking Through Each Step by 9Marks’ Church Matters Journal.
The purpose of highlighting these resources is simply to put biblically solid, Christ-exalting, affection-fueling resources in the hands of the members at Summit Woods for their personal growth in the Lord, to equip them to do the work of ministry, and for use in discipleship relationships.
Perhaps you’ve been looking for a new book for yourself to read in your devotional time, or perhaps you’ve been wanting to get together with a brother or sister in the Lord and desire to encourage them in their walk with the Lord – these resources are there to be readily available for you in addition to the books provided in the resource room.
Today's highlight is The Knowledge of the Holy by A. W. Tozer.
From the back cover:
What is the nature of God? How can we recapture a real sense of God’s majesty and truly live in the Spirit? This beloved book, a modern classic of Christian testimony and devotion, addresses these and other vital questions, showing how we can rejuvenate our prayer life, meditate more reverently, understand God more deeply, and experience God’s presence in our daily lives.
Informative and inspiring, The Knowledge of the Holy illuminates God’s attributes—from wisdom, to grace, to mercy—and shows through prayerful and insightful discussion how we can more fully recognize and appreciate each of these divine aspects. This book bears eloquent witness to God’s majesty, showing us new ways to experience and understand the wonder and the power of God’s spirit in our daily lives.
Excerpts from the preface:
The message of this book… is called forth by a condition which has existed in the Church for some years and is steadily growing worse. I refer to the loss of the concept of majesty from the popular religious mind… With our loss of the sense of majesty has come the further loss of religious awe and consciousness of the divine Presence. We have lost our spirit of worship and our ability to withdraw inwardly to meet God in adorning silence…
The decline of the knowledge of the holy has brought on our troubles. A rediscovery of the majesty of God will go a long way toward curing them. It is impossible to keep our moral practices sound and our inward attitudes right while our idea of God is erroneous or inadequate. If we would bring back spiritual power to our lives, we must begin to think of God more nearly as He is…
It is my hope that this small book may contribute somewhat to the promotion of personal heart religion among us; and should a few persons by reading it be encouraged to begin the practice of reverent meditation on the being of God, that will more than repay the labor required to produce it.