Lyle Dorsett has been the Billy Graham Professor of Evangelism at Beeson Divinity School since 2005, and teaches courses in evangelism, spiritual formation and church history. He also serves as the pastor of Christ the King Anglican Church (PEARUSA/ACNA). He has published 20 books, including several Christian biographies and three works on C. S. Lewis. His most recent book is Serving God and Country: U.S. Military Chaplains of World War II. He is married to Mary Hayes Dorsett, a deacon in PEARUSA/ACNA. Together they founded Christ the King Anglican Church in Birmingham, Ala. They have two children and four grandchildren.
A. W. Tozer was one of the great spiritual giants of the past
century, and he comes to life again in the pages of this masterful
biography by Lyle Dorsett. Here we see how the jewels from Tozer's
pen were refined in the crucible of his life. This is a book that
will bring every Christian closer to Christ.-Timothy George,
Founding dean of Beeson Divinity School of Samford University,
Senior Editor of Christianity Today
Lyle Dorsett has done it again. I found myself absorbed with this
realistic biography of A.W. Tozer, a man whose writings have
blessed us all. In these pages we are invited to walk with a man
who passionately pursued God, but at the same time had obvious
faults, particularly in his relationship with his family. Tozer's
life also introduces us to the various battles that the church was
fighting in the forties and fifties, and how evangelicals responded
to them. This book encourages us with the reminder that God uses
imperfect but God-focused people to bless His church and strengthen
the saints. Read this book and you'll find yourself recommending it
to your friends.
-Dr. Erwin Lutzer, Pastor, Moody Church, Chicago Lyle Dorsett has
performed a great service in producing this fascinating new
biography of A. W. Tozer, a simple, self-educated Midwesterner who
began his working life in an Akron, Ohio, rubber factory. It tells
the remarkable story of how this young man came in contact with the
literature of Christian devotion, absorbed it deeply, and then,
with a uniquely engaging style (half Jeremiah, half Mark Twain),
passed along his discovered insights to countless soul-hungry
Americans. Two of his many works, The Pursuit of God and The
Knowledge of the Holy, remain classics today. A Passion for God
will be an essential companion to all who wish to tap into a
remarkable spiritual legacy.
-Glen G. Scorgie, PhD, Professor of Theology, Bethel Seminary San
Diego, Author of A Little Guide to Christian Spirituality (2007)
Lyle Dorsett's biography of my grandfather, A.W. Tozer, is the
complete source for anyone who would like to learn about and
understand the person, heart, and passion of Dr. Tozer. For my
first ten years of life I was able to know him as a grandfather. As
time went by I began to learn of and understand his public life and
his place among Christians. The more I knew the more I realized I
had only pieces of the story. Dr. Dorsett has provided that and
more in this wonderfully detailed look into Dr. Tozer's life and
ministry.
-Paul Tozer, Grandson of A. W. TozerFrom Moses to Peter and Luther
to Spurgeon, even the most gifted and accomplished servants of the
Lord have had their blemishes (don't we all?), and we can learn
from them. This book introduces us to some of the more private
aspects of Dr. Tozer's life and ministry and, while it may disturb
some, it should also encourage each of us to examine our own lives
and aim for God's best.
-Warren W. Wiersbe, Author, Former pastor of Moody Church, Chicago
As with so many, A. W. Tozer's writings were a fiery landmark in my
spiritual growth and my love for God. Lyle Dorsett's magnificent A
Passion for God recalls and rekindles those fires. This is a
fascinating and pleasurable and profitable read!
-R. Kent Hughes, Senior Pastor Emeritus, College Church in
Wheaton
Lyle Dorsett captures the heart of the man whose life was totally
focused on his pursuit of God. The opinions and feelings of his
contemporaries, of those in his churches, or of even his own
family, all took second place to his overwhelming passion to know
Christ. Through this carefully researched and objectively written
book, we have an intimate and unbiased look into the life of a man
whose writings have resonated with God seekers around the world. A
sidelight of the book is an inside look at the history of the
Christian and Missionary Alliance through a man who catapulted the
name of the Alliance around the world through his writings. In
Dorsett's writings we see Tozer, first and foremost a man of
prayer, a man oblivious to this world, a man with an earnest desire
to seek and know God above all else.
-Janet Kuhns Howard, Missionary with Christian and Missionary
Alliance in Indonesia and member of the Christian and Missionary
Alliance Board of Directors For those who hunger to know the Lord
in a deeper way, Lyle Dorsett's masterful account of A. W. Tozer's
spiritual journey will encourage, inspire and challenge. This book
is simply a must read for serious Christians.
-John Woodbridge, Research Professor of Church History, Trinity
Evangelical Divinity School
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