The Very Best of A. W. Tozer
96 classic readings from 16 of his books
About this book
The Very Best of A. W. Tozer is a collection of 96 short chapters excerpted from sixteen of A. W. Tozer’s best-known books — among them The Pursuit of God, Born After Midnight, The Knowledge of the Holy, The Divine Conquest and I Call It Heresy. Several works are represented twice, once briefly and once at greater length, so the anthology reads as a wide-ranging sampler of Tozer’s writing on prayer, worship, the Holy Spirit, the church and the Christian life.
The collection opens with a foreword, “The Voice of One Crying in the Wilderness,” by Dr. J. D. Watson of Sola Scriptura Ministries International, excerpted from his book The Forgotten Tozer, which compares Tozer’s life and ministry to that of John the Baptist.
Author: A. W. Tozer (1897–1963) · Foreword: Dr. J. D. Watson
- 27 sections
- 96 chapters
- 274 pages
- 145,698 words
- ≈ 1,121 min read
- English
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Table of Contents
pp. 3–7 · ≈22 minThe Pursuit of God
Tozer ch. 1–3 · pp. 8–18 · ≈55 minBorn After Midnight
Tozer ch. 4–10 · pp. 19–32 · ≈51 minGod Tells the Man Who Cares
Tozer ch. 11–19 · pp. 33–52 · ≈82 minThat Incredible Christian
Tozer ch. 20–25 · pp. 53–64 · ≈44 minThe Root of the Righteous
Tozer ch. 26–31 · pp. 65–76 · ≈36 minOf God and Men
Tozer ch. 32–38 · pp. 77–89 · ≈42 minMan: The Dwelling Place of God
Tozer ch. 39–47 · pp. 90–113 · ≈100 minHow to Be Filled with the Holy Spirit
Tozer ch. 48 · pp. 114–117 · ≈19 minWorship, the Missing Jewel of the Evangelical Church
Tozer ch. 49 · pp. 118–120 · ≈16 minWho Put Jesus on the Cross?
Tozer ch. 50 · pp. 121–126 · ≈29 minPaths to Power
Tozer ch. 51 · pp. 127–129 · ≈12 minLet My People Go
Tozer ch. 52 · pp. 130–132 · ≈12 minThe Knowledge of the Holy
Tozer ch. 53–56 · pp. 133–145 · ≈52 minThe Divine Conquest
Tozer ch. 57–61 · pp. 146–168 · ≈110 minBorn After Midnight
Tozer ch. 62–64 · pp. 169–174 · ≈23 minThe Pursuit After God
Tozer ch. 65–66 · pp. 175–182 · ≈39 minThe Root of the Righteous
Tozer ch. 67–70 · pp. 183–189 · ≈21 minThat Incredible Christian
Tozer ch. 71–75 · pp. 190–199 · ≈37 minOf God and Men
Tozer ch. 76–79 · pp. 200–206 · ≈24 minMan, The Dwelling Place of God
Tozer ch. 80–83 · pp. 207–216 · ≈37 minI Call It Heresy
Tozer ch. 84–87 · pp. 217–239 · ≈103 minWho Put Jesus on the Cross?
Tozer ch. 88–89 · pp. 240–252 · ≈63 minGod Tells the Man Who Cares
Tozer ch. 90–93 · pp. 253–260 · ≈26 minI Talk Back to the Devil!
Tozer ch. 94 · pp. 261–266 · ≈28 minWorship: The Missing Jewel in the Evangelical Church
Tozer ch. 95 · pp. 267–270 · ≈16 minHow to be Filled with the Holy Spirit
Tozer ch. 96 · pp. 271–274 · ≈20 min
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Source works excerpted in this collection
- The Pursuit of God
- Born After Midnight
- God Tells the Man Who Cares
- That Incredible Christian
- The Root of the Righteous
- Of God and Men
- Man: The Dwelling Place of God
- How to Be Filled with the Holy Spirit
- Worship: The Missing Jewel of the Evangelical Church
- Who Put Jesus on the Cross?
- Paths to Power
- Let My People Go
- The Knowledge of the Holy
- The Divine Conquest
- I Call It Heresy
- I Talk Back to the Devil!
About the author
Aiden Wilson Tozer (1897–1963) was a self-taught American pastor, editor and author who led Southside Alliance Church in Chicago for over thirty years and later Avenue Road Church in Toronto. He edited the Christian and Missionary Alliance’s Alliance Life magazine. Among the more than forty books he wrote, The Pursuit of God (1948) and The Knowledge of the Holy remain enduring Christian classics of the devotional life.
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- 2026 — Published from the source PDF: the foreword and all 96 chapters across 26 excerpt sections, full-text search, dark mode and mobile reading.
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