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The Root of the Righteous

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It's a shame that this book does not have more information provided by Amazon. I have read some thirty of Tozer's books and The Root of the Righteous is far and above the best of his editorial writings. While certain other collections better focus on a particular subject, for sheer passion, power and insight this book is unsurpassed. There was a time when I even considered it Tozer's best work (even ahead of The Pursuit of God)! I would highly recommend it to anyone--particularly if you are a fan of Tozer's writing because of its force and intensity.

The Root of the Righteous is 185 pages long, including 46 editorials and a preface by A.W. Tozer.

Sampling of Chapter Titles:
1. The Root of the Righteous
2. We Must Give Time to God
4. Listen to the Man Who Listens to God
5. We Must Hear Worthily
9. Bible Taught or Spirit Taught?
11. No Regeneration Without Reformation
16. Christ Is the Pattern
20. We Stand in Christ's Triumph
27. The Presence More Important than the Program
29. The Hunger of the Wilderness

From the Back Cover:
"No man has any right to offer advice who has not first heard God speak. No man has any right to counsel others who is not ready to hear and follow the sound counsel of the Lord." (From Chapter 4)

"The idea that God will pardon a rebel who has not given up his rebellion is contrary both to the Scriptures and to common sense. How horrible to contemplate a church full of persons who have been pardoned but who still love sin and hate the ways of righteousness." (From Chapter 11)

"To pray effectively it is required of us that there be no unblessed areas in our lives, no parts of the mind or soul that are not inhabited by the Spirit, no impure desires allowed to live within us, no disparity between our prayers and our conduct." (From Chapter 24)

An "oldie but goodie" this book takes you back to the true biblical perspective of our true relationship with the Father. It will help to set you free from old legalistic thinking of a "hard to please" God and reacquaint you with the Father's loving merciful heart. A highly recommended book for fundamentalist, evangelical, or pentecostal-charismatic. An excellent "back-to -the-basics" book for those wanting a deeper understanding of our "sonship." I know you'll love it!! Pastor Mark Bryan

Tozer speaks the truth of God plainly, simply, and powerfully. This book is a delight of bite-sized teachings by the master.
Tozer's deep love for God saturates each sentence. "[God] is all love, and those who trust Him need never know anything but that love." and "[God] is not hard to please, though He may be hard to satisfy."

But Tozer is no softy...he challenges, exhorts, and convicts skillfully using the sword of the Spirit. "Many a solo is sung to show off; many a sermon is preached as an exhibition of talent; many a church is founded as a slap at ome other church." and "Lacking love, prophets, teachers, orators, philanthropists and martyrs are sent away without reward."

Thanks, Tozer. I needed all the observations that you have leanred and written.

This book has several short essays on Christian life, most of which impressed deeply upon me - Tozer's exhortations drive you deeper into relationship with God and are immensely encouraging and challenging at the same time.

This is the second of a 10 book series of Tozer's best-loved works, the first being what I understand to be his most loved work: The Pursuit of God, which if you haven't read, do so, and repeatedly.

I love Tozer's heart for God. He makes so much sense about a right relationship with our Maker. This small book (143 pages in my version) is a series of 46 two to three page essays, covering a variety of topics including: "The Great God Entertainment", "The Cross is a Radical Thing", and my two particular favourites: "The Whole Life must Pray" and "We must Die if we would Live."

Each essay is to the point, usually quotes Scripture, and challenges the reader to spend more time with God and less time on themselves. As the back cover of my particular edition states:

"Progress in the Christian Life is exactly equal to the growing knowledge we gain of the Triune God in personal experience. And such experience requires a whole life devoted to it and plenty of time spent at the holy task of cultivating God. God can be known satisfactorily only as we devote time to Him."

In our too busy lives, we can give God fleeting moments, when He desires to walk with us all day every day. This series of essays challenges us to seek Him more and more so that we can enjoy the wonderful fruits of an intimate relationship.

Another beauty from Tozer. Now to the third instalment.

Most Christians tend to look for the fruit as evidence of a transformed life - Tozer reminds the reader that the root of righteousness produces fruit. Regardless of whether you can see the evidence of a life rooted in Christ, the goal of the Christian life is not solely the outward expression, but rather the inward transformation. This book was a surprisingly wonderful and challenging read. I really enjoyed how the chapters are broken down into 2 or 3 page selections making up 46 chapters for this book. Quick and easy to digest biblical wisdom - great book.

Very challenging book for the church today! He talks about issues that are very convicting and challenging to lukewarm Christians.

This book is classic Tozer, and one of his best!

As a very orthodox in worship Presbyterian, I particularly like the way Tozer comments on how "The Great God Entertainment" has infiltrated our churches and has taken hold on "the retarded saints of today". Yet this book was written in 1955!

Tozer is an island of Truth in today's wishy-washy sea of dumbed down, "smiley face" Modern Evangelicalism and the Church Growth Movement. It's too bad American Protestantism hasn't heeded Tozer's warning.

I have yet to finish this book but already it has been behooving to read. Tozer points to the root of our interaction with the Lord being more important than the preoccupation with our egocentric "fruit-bearing." Do not get me wrong, Jesus commands us to bear much fruit and so prove to be His disciples, may God strengthen you (and me!) to do just that; however, there is no everlasting fruit from a branch not on the Vine. This is Tozer's point: fruit will blossom from the Christian who is constantly growing His roots deeper into Christ. His many essays in this book explore the facets of the life lived in constant communion and seeking after God. The essays make this book very readable for those who, like myself, can only afford to read in short breaks every now and then.

Simply awesome book and must have next to the Bible. I'm such a blessed person to get a chance to read Mr. Tozer's book I'm looking forward to see Mr. Tozer in Heaven with other great God's people. In page 5 Mr. Tozer wrote " A tree can weather almost any storm if its root is sound, but when the fig tree which our Lord cursed " dried up from the roots" it immediately "withered away"( Mark 11:20,21). A church that is soundly rooted cannot be destroyed, but nothing can save a church whose root is dried up. No stimulation, no advertising campaigns, no gifts of money and no beautiful edifice can bring back life to the rootless tree."
" A MAN SHALL NOT BE ESTABLISHED BY WICKEDNESS: BUT THE ROOT OF THE RIGHTEOUS SHALL NOT BE MOVED" Proverb 12:3