Q & A : Three Acclaimed Writers Agree
Q: Who are these three prominent writers?
A: A.W. Tozer (1897-1963), Andrew Murray (1828-1917),
W. Phillip Keller (1920-1997).
Q: Where were they in agreement?
A: They all seem to connect evangelicals to a distant Jesus.
Q: A distant Jesus?
A: Because of evangelicalism, evangelicals are satisfied
with a feeble (distant) relationship with Jesus Christ.
Q: Their writings indicate that?
A: Tozer: “Why do so many enthusiastic new converts
later run out of steam and settle down to a life of dull
religious routine? Why do they lose their first zeal and
accept the dead average of sub-normal spirituality?”
Q: Hmmm. And does Murray concur with Tozer?
A: Andrew Murray: “You have had to complain of disap-
pointment: as time went on, your expectations were not
realized. The blessings you once enjoyed were lost; the
love and joy of your first meeting with your Saviour,
instead of deepening, have become faint and feeble. And
often you have wondered what the reason could be….
The answer is simple. You wandered from Him.”
Q: And Keller? Do his writings suggest a “distant Jesus”?
A: Phillip Keller: “We tend to look at Israel’s conduct with
scorn and contempt. We fault this ancient race for their
folly and lack of faith. We are astonished by their fears
and failures. Yet, the tragic truth is most of us still live
our ‘grasshopper lives’ the same way. In cynical unbelief
we go on wandering through our wilderness experience,
not daring to trust Christ completely.”