KNOWING GOD BETTER
There is nothing more important in the Christian life than getting to
know God better and walking with Him.
This section covers books that help us see God's character more clearly.
Most of these books have been around long enough to be forgotten as the publishers'
advertising dollars are devoted to promoting the latest, but not necessarily the greatest
books.
We have included some new books which we have not read, but books marked **
are those that Kosta and I consider classics not to be missed.
 The God Who Hears by W. Bingham Hunter. I have
not had a chance to read this yet, but it appears to be a good source of information on
getting to know God through prayer. Since the purpose of prayer is intimacy with
God, the author answers questions about prayer by showing us the nature and attributes of
God. Just as we pray in faith to One whom we want to know better, He responds not just to
our words, but to who we are. The author seeks to answer these basic questions:
What is God like?
How should we pray to Him?
Whom does God hear?
What did Jesus teach us about prayer through his example?
Since God already knows everything, what's left to tell Him?
Can prayer change God's mind?
How do I speak to an invisible God?
Why pray to one who lets people hurt?
Of course, the book covers much more than the above, but I hope I've given
you an idea of what you might find.
Recommended by Luci Shaw and J.I. Packer. Trade paper, InterVarsity Press, 1986. 224 pages
including Appendix: Scriptures on Prayer; Notes; and Index of Scripture References. Cat.
#IVP-6049. $11.69-D
 Knowing God by
J.. I Packer. Recommended by Elisabeth Elliot, Billy Graham, Bill Hybels, Joni, D. James
Kennedy, Michael Card, Jack Hayford, Chuck Swindoll, me, and many others, this book
presents the facets of God's character and attributes in a way that is easy for layman to
understand and apply. Meet God unchanging, God only wise, God the Judge, and the jealous
God. Look at God's majesty, wisdom, grace, love, truthfulness, wrath, goodness, and
severity. Learn how to recognize the only true God. And learn how all this new knowledge
can change the way you live your life and meet your trials. Trade paper, InterVarsity
Press, 1993. 279 pages followed by an index of Biblical passages.
Cat. #IVP-1650X. $11.29-D.
**
 The Pursuit of God by
A.W. Tozer. The author defines this book as "a modest attempt to aid God's hungry
children so to find Him. Nothing here is new except in the sense that it is a discovery
which my own heart has made of spiritual realities most delightful and wonderful to me.
Others before me have gone much further into these holy mysteries that I have done, but if
my fire is not large it is yet real, and there may be those who can light their candle at
its flame." Though he had little formal education, Tozer has been considered a 20th
century prophet by those who have heard him speak and read his books. He ministered to
thousands before his death in 1963. This is the book we usually recommend first to those
who have not met him yet. Ten chapters in 128 pages.
Cat. # ChPb- 3663. 7.99*
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