Author: David Takle

Interesting quote from A. W. Tozer, The Pursuit of God “Sound Bible exposition is an imperative must in the Church of the Living God. Without it no church can be a New Testament church in any strict meaning of that term. But exposition may be carried on in such...

“God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble” (1Pet.5:5; Jas.4:6). This well-known verse is sometimes misunderstood and viewed like a “how-to” verse. If you will think more humbly of yourself, God will give you more grace. Although God no doubt deeply appreciates true humility and is not...

Sometimes when we begin discovering how relational God truly is and how much He loves us, our neediness becomes incredibly evident, and we thirst for even more and more of God’s love for us. And that’s great! But we do not want to neglect the other side. Because not...

I am in the process of slowly reading through David Benner’s wonderful book on prayer, Opening to God. Today as I read the chapter on Prayer as Being, he described several forms of prayer that focus more on connecting with God and being with God than on the content...

“Blessed are the spiritually impoverished … because they are precisely the ones the kingdom is for!” (Mt.5:3, paraphrased)...

What if we viewed the cross more from God’s perspective? What did He really have in view when He planned this all out? What can we learn by attempting to see more of what God sees in the cross? This is a talk I did at a Lenten retreat...

Under the Old Covenant, the Temple was a sacred place. Deep inside the Temple was the Holiest Place where the ark of the covenant was kept and where God Himself was present. An interesting question to consider — Did God reside there because they made it holy enough for...

I rarely write negative book reviews, for many reasons. But due to the wide acceptance of The Shack (which I actually enjoyed despite my discomfort), it seemed likely that many people would read this book, far too willing to listen to what Paul Young had to say. Personally, I...

“But the aim of our instruction is love that comes from a pure heart, a good conscience, and sincere faith” (1Tim.1:5) Last weekend I presented a seminar over near Raleigh, NC, entitled “Transformation by Design” in which I covered (among other things) 1. the most common primary causes of...

Today ran across a section of Forming: A Work of Grace that I think shows very clearly how the sins committed against us can distort our world for a lifetime, unless we receive healing from God. When a child grows up in an abusive home environment, they learn how...