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Church - A. W. Tozer

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This book, Church, by A. W.Tozer is a collection of his insights on the topic. He deals with, The Organization of the church, the character of the church, communion of the church, witness of the church…etc.  There isn't a lot of, how shall I put it? Detailed information.    It may have interest for some people, but I didn't find it very intriguing.   I guess it just seemed like more of a devotional type of work.   It didn't seem particularly expository in any given part. And I had trouble with several things, He made statements that kind of confused me, like: "…would you reach out your hand by faith and pull the Holy Spirit in unto you?   It would make a great and wonderful difference in your life. I've seen it happen and there's no reason why it can't happen for you if you fully obey." So…faith is not a gift from God/The Holy Spirit? The Holy Spirit waits for me to produce faith and good works and then just enters into my life

Lt. General William K. Harrison Jr.

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I first heard of William K. Harrison Jr. on the radio some time ago.  He was being used as an example of someone who made sure he read the word of God every day, even when things got really busy; and things were really busy in his life, as it was noted that this man was a general in World War II.   Not a lot of information was given, but that piqued my interest. But I was sort of afraid he'd be some sort of nominal Christian guy who just read his Bible for just for the sake of 'morality', rather than being the real deal. I tried to find more information about him, and discovered some articles that he had written One was " Professional Excellence for the Christian Officer " And the other one is "May A Christian Serve in the Military ".   I'll give an excerpt from that one here:   From the section in that article,   " The Real Cause of War". "From a Biblical standpoint the answer is simple. The world is dea