This one is by Tozer,
Yeah Lin Lee sent me loads an dI have to read them I promise a short commentary for each. I must agree with her that rote,rut and rot is a good read. It basically about how the church can get into a rote of doing things. This means that they do it for the sake of doing it and don't mean it, feel that it is true or believe that is true. They may say it but they don't really believe. What does that mean? Well like the precher can preach that Christ is returning but then after church everyone goes home and do secular stuff and forget the message and this happens week in and week out and when that happens we reach rut and if it goes on it becomes rot. So Tozer ends by saying that a dead church like a dead tree will not feel a thing when things like this is told them but a living church like a living tree will bleed when pricked and start questioning themsleves. He illustrates this by saying it is sort of like the apostles when Jesus said that one will betray him, they didn't start pointing fingers but asked is it I and start with soul-searching. So if that happens we are on the right track. Because if not we will be self-righteous, judgemental, andn complacent and then revival will never come.