The Pursuit of God is the enduring Christian classic written by the pastor and preacher A. W. Tozer, composed in one sustained stretch on a train journey and published in 1948. Its burden is simple and uncomfortable: that much religious life is conducted at a distance from God himself, and that the soul was made to pursue, apprehend and enjoy him. Ten short chapters treat the thirst for God, faith as a gaze of the soul, surrender, the veil of self, and the sacrament of living.

More than seventy-five years later, Tozer's words still find their mark with readers who sense that they know a good deal about God and comparatively little of him. Each chapter closes with a prayer, and the book's brevity makes it well suited to slow devotional reading rather than a single pass. A standing recommendation for Christians at any stage and a frequent gift.