05/23/2026
A.W. Tozer — Popular Christianity killed the Reformers, jailed the Quakers and drove John Wesley into the streets. When it comes to religion, the crowds are always wrong.
True Christianity has never been safe to the religious crowd. The prophets were rejected, Jesus was crucified, the apostles were persecuted, and revivalists were often opposed by the very systems that claimed to represent God. Religion without the Spirit loves control, comfort, and reputation, but the fire of God will always disturb dead formality. Jesus warned that men would honor God with their lips while their hearts were far from Him (Matthew 15:8), and Paul spoke of those who have a form of godliness but deny its power (2 Timothy 3:5). The crowd may celebrate tradition, but revival comes through those who are willing to obey God even when popular religion calls them extreme.
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