The Weight of the Cross
Ever since I was little I loved to read. Though I don’t have as much time for it as I would like nowadays, I try to squeeze in a few pages every night and if I’m lucky, throughout the day. One of my quirks, however, is that I tend to read five or six books at the same time. I jump between them based on my mood and what I want to dive into that day. Several months ago I had started a great old book called Crowded to Christ, which I tried to finish up last night. While the whole book has been greatly pressing to my soul, a small passage on the weight of the cross made me stop in my tracks. Read more
A Chiastic Displeasure – 2 Samuel 11.27
Last week we examined the cause of David’s downfall into sin as recorded in 2 Samuel 11 (I encourage you to read it – click here for the article). But what is God’s perspective of the whole thing? How does God feel when we indulge in the passions and desires of our flesh – or when we simply turn within to source our own lives, rather than living in the source and flow of God within us? 2 Samuel 11.27 gives us a great point of view. Read more
Learning to Take
I had been for a long time a minister in Leicester, with a large church and of considerable influence in the city, but very unhappy. Conscious that I had not received the power of the Holy Ghost, I went to Keswick. A great number of God’s people gathered there to seek and to receive the power of the Holy Spirit, and they elected to have a prayer meeting from nine o’clock to eleven and onwards, to pray for the Holy Ghost. A great many people were there agonizing. I was too tired to agonize and I felt that God did not want me to agonize hour after hour, but I had to learn to take; that God wanted to give, and I had only to take. Read more
March-April 2011 Set Apart Girls Magazine
The new edition (March-April) of Leslie Ludy’s Set Apart Girl Magazine is now available online! Filled with articles, thoughts, studies, and musings on what it means to be a woman of God – delightfully bundled within an enchanting design. As a man, I could not recommend a resource for young ladies any higher, truly a must read. Read more
Quote 017 :: Preachers
We preachers have the most serious job in the world. It’s not to be popular, not to be nice. It’s to get people to step out of darkness into the light. Life is short. Eternity is long. Read more
The Sounds of Crashing Cymbals
A few weeks ago, I stopped at Walgreens to track down a particular brand of vitamins I was looking for. Having been told this brand is outstanding (and cheap), I finally made my discovery in the back corner of the store, to my great delight. While reading the label, my eye caught a large stack of boxes containing red super fruits (a powered mixture of healthy super fruits to mix into a drink for added vitamins, minerals, and other health benefits I have no idea of). They were 50% off and so I decided I might want to try a box. As I turned to leave I noticed another box of sample daily vitamins that you could have for free if you purchased a bottle of vitamins (which I held in my hand), so I picked that up too. But it was as I approached the checkout counter, the kind lady gave me the most startling news … Read more
2 Samuel 11
Several months ago I wrote a blog on the downfall of David in 2 Samuel 11 (David and Bathsheba). Recently I have dusted off the study to continue moving forward into chapter twelve. But before we get into the confrontation with David by a studly prophet named Nathan, it is necessary we review the events in chapter eleven. What causes a man of God, a man after God’s own heart, to fall into sin? How can one in close intimacy with the Lord turn around and run the other direction? Read more
