The Knowledge of the Holy by A.W. Tozer
Week 21: Chapter 21 — The Open Secret
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As Tozer draws toward his conclusion, he gathers his insights into a single, urgent pastoral appeal: the recovery of a true knowledge of God is not merely intellectual — it requires a turning of the whole person.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.Tozer describes the recovery of a worthy concept of God as an "open secret" — something available to all but known by few. What makes it a secret? And what makes it open?
2.He argues that knowing God truly requires not just intellectual engagement but moral submission — a willingness to be changed by what we discover. Why would someone resist genuinely knowing God, even while claiming to study Him?
3.Tozer is deeply influenced by the mystical tradition — writers like Thomas à Kempis, Julian of Norwich, and the anonymous author of *The Cloud of Unknowing* — who insisted that knowledge of God is given through love and surrender, not just through study. How does that tradition complement or challenge your own approach to theology and Bible reading?