The Pursuit of God

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The Pursuit of God

Laver – Basin for water. Learn by rote – Memorize by repetition.

M’Cheyne, Robert Murray (1813–1843) – Very youthful, ardent, and devout Scottish Presbyterian minister in Dundee, known best through Andrew Bonar’s spiritual classic The Memoir and Remains of Robert Murray M’Cheyne (1844). Mercy Seat – The name of the lid of the Ark of the Covenant. Michelangelo (1475–1564) – A great Renaissance sculptor. Milton, John (1608–1674) – The great English Puritan poet whose epic poems Paradise Lost (1667) and Paradise Regained (1671) were thoroughly baptized in biblical imagery and themes. Nicholas of Cusa (1401–1464) – A favorite of Tozer’s who was a wide-ranging medieval scholar, a busy church statesman, and above all an eloquent mystic whose heart was captured by his vision of God in Christ. Overtures – Invitations. Pantheism – The notion that everything is God. Patriarch – Male authority or prominent father figure. Prevenient Grace – A Christian doctrine which has been especially popularized in the past three centuries by John Wesley and his followers. Quatrain – Poetic form with four lines.