Over the years, Ken Boa has taught and helpfully summarized a number of works from classic literature. This series introduces several of 16 important works.
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Tozer
Time: Part 7—Implications for Everyday Life
Tozer said, “The days of the years of our lives are few, and swifter than a weaver’s shuttle.” Ken Boa closes this series on time with some practical tips for seeing and spending our time on earth with an eternal perspective.
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Time: Part 4—Time & God
Our conventional view of time is insufficient to explain the eternal nature of God. As the one who created our space-time universe and stands outside of time, God always was and always is; there’s never been a time when He didn’t exist. He alone is able to survey time in its entire duration. Some of the things related to God’s purposes, such as free will, election, and divine sovereignty, are mysterious to us because of our own limited view of time.
Read MoreHolistic Spirituality: Part 37—Stewardship & Purpose (Time, Continued)
Ken Boa continues to discuss stewardship, with a focus on our management and stewardship of time. He reflects on the brevity of our lives and the fact that God gives us all the time we need to accomplish His purposes.
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Trusting God in Turbulent Times
Emotional, intellectual, and volitional obstacles can keep us from trusting and yielding to God, both for the first time and after we become followers of Christ. Trusting Him is especially challenging when life is difficult or doesn’t make sense from our perspective. But if we turn toward God, his Spirit in us will help us overcome these barriers, so that we’re able to trust Him at all times, no matter what’s going on around us.
Read MorePracticing the Presence of God: Part 3
Dr. Boa continues his discussion of the metaphors and images that represent our practice of the presence of God in our day-to-day lives.
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Loosening Your Grip
Commentating on A.W. Tozer’s “The Pursuit of God,” Ken Boa explains that everything we commit to God is safer there than anywhere else; in fact, nothing is really secure that is not committed to His care.
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Letting Go Is No Easy Task (Tozer Commentary, Part 3)
Ken Boa discusses the hindrance of the false self in our intimacy with God in this third and final part of a three-part commentary on A.W. Tozer’s “Removing the Veil” chapter in his classic “The Pursuit of God.”
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Removing the Veil Over Your Heart (Tozer Commentary, Part 2)
In this second part of a three-part commentary on A.W. Tozer’s “The Pursuit of God,” Ken Boa talks about the need to draw near to God—and what hinders us from doing so.
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Rest for a Restless Heart (Tozer Commentary, Part 1)
Apart from God, we thrash about desperately, struggling to find our place in this world. Only upon returning to the Maker of our souls does our grinding search end. This is the first of a three-part commentary on A.W. Tozer’s “The Pursuit of God.”
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