A. W. Tozer

Aiden Wilson Tozer was an American Christian and Missionary Alliance pastor, preacher, editor, and devotional writer associated with evangelicalism, the Holiness movement, and Keswick spirituality. He became one of the most influential figures in twentieth-century evangelical devotional literature through works such as The Pursuit of God (1948) and The Knowledge of the Holy (1961), which emphasize holiness, contemplative prayer, reverence, self-denial, death to self, and conscious awareness of the presence of God.