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In fact, the first fifty pages of the book essentially serve as introduction and an attempt to establish the topic’s relevance to the reader.

Ingram’s thesis is best captured by Tozer’s statement, “What comes to our mind when we think about God is the most important thing about us.” Ingram not only uses the quote as thesis but expounds on it for several chapters. With glowing praise, Ingram describes the impact the book had on his life and makes the argument that and individual’s worldview is shaped by their understanding of God. Ingram begins with a person anecdote in which he describes his introduction to Tozer’s book Knowledge of the Holy while on a mission trip. Chip Ingram, God: As He Longs For You to See HimĬhip Ingram leans heavily on other authors in his devotionally oriented introduction to Theology Proper, God: As He Longs for You to See Him.