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A.W. Tozer Devotional Archives |
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That First Day
By A.W. Tozer
In a great and loved hymn by Christopher Wordsworth this idea is set forth with great beauty and unanswerable logic. After praising the first day as a "day of rest and gladness" and a "day of joy and light . . . Most beautiful, most bright," he gives three sound reasons for celebrating it:
On thee, at the creation, The light first had its |
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The Lord's Day
By A.W. Tozer
Another Latin hymn dating back to the sixth century begins,
"Welcome, happy morning!" age to age shall say; Hell today is vanquished; Heaven is won today.
Lo! The Dead is living, God for evermore! Him, their true Creator, all His works adore.
This sets forth the theological reason behind the joy of Easter. Christ was dead, but His death was |
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Biblical Truth Musically Proclaimed
By A.W. Tozer
No other event in the history of the world has brought forth such a full chorus of song as the resurrection of Christ from the dead. More music has issued from Joseph's empty tomb than from all the concert halls of the world since the dawn of the first civilization. The resurrection was the fact. Hymnody is the response of faith to that fact. |
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Theology Set to Music
By A.W. Tozer
Just as the book of Psalms is a lyric commentary on the Old Testament, set to the music of warm personal devotion, so our great Christian hymns form a joyous commentary on the New Testament.
While no instructed Christian would claim for any hymn the same degree of inspiration that belongs to the Psalms, the worshiping singing soul is easily |
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God Not Santa Claus with Us
By A.W. Tozer
Among the harmful abuses of the Christmas season in America is the substitution of Santa Claus for Christ as the chief object of popular interest, especially among the children.
The morality of Mother Goose stories and fairy tales has been questioned by serious-minded Christian parents, but my opinion is that these are relatively harmless |
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