The pursuit of man aw tozer

Throughout his life Tozer read in a wide variety of subjects including religion, philosophy, literature, and poetry.

He had no formal education (neither high school nor college), but he taught himself and would eventually receive two honorary doctorates. He began studying the Bible and reading good books, and he grew in his faith. Before he was 17, he heard a street preacher who challenged his listeners to call on God, saying, “Be merciful to me a sinner.” This stuck with Tozer, and he went home and did just that, accepting Christ by faith. When he was about 15, his family moved to Akron, Ohio.

Tozer, as he preferred to be called, was born April 21, 1897, in western Pennsylvania and lived in poverty during his youth. Tozer was extremely influential in evangelical Christianity in his generation and was often called a “twentieth-century prophet.”

Aiden Wilson Tozer (1897-1963) was an American pastor in the Christian and Missionary Alliance and an author who emphasized the need for a deeper knowledge of God and development of the “inner life.” For this reason he has been described as an “evangelical mystic.” A.W.