Living Close to God (Rev Ed)

LIVING CLOSE TO GOD is written by one of America’s great preachers, but that is not the important thing about it. The important thing about this strikingly written book is that it has been poured out honestly and humbly from a man’s own heart and personal experience.
You are not about to read a collection of sermons. As one who can never be anything more than a witness to the transforming power of Jesus Christ in a life, I am thrilled that this outstanding man of the pulpit has dared also to witness to this same power in his own life! Read Dr. Oldham’s own words:
“Some time ago I set myself to find a richer and more satisfying walk with God. Although I had been a Christian since the age of sixteen, there was the feeling that fellowship with Jesus Christ ought to be providing more for my life than was apparently there. . . . That longing has finally resolved itself into a great yearning for a person―and that person is Christ!”
Such was not necessarily his intention, but you will be given a new concept of humility as you read the pages of this book. I know Dr. Oldham personally and have been greatly blessed by his friendship and challenged by his knowledge of God and his ability to communicate that knowledge. LIVING CLOSE TO GOD has added a new dimension. I have been set free in a new way! I no longer merely admire Dale Oldham’s sincere and productive life and work for the Master he serves and rejoice in my friendship with him and his beloved “Polly.” I have heard new heavenly laughter and feel a new longing within myself to know Jesus Christ as he really is!
I believe my experience will be yours as you read through the forcefully written pages of this book. You will see that no one, not even great preachers, has a “corner on the market” of the victorious life in Christ! You will see Christ as he is. Your heart will ache to know him better. You will come to see that the genuine disciple of Jesus Christ is never dissatisfied, but always unsatisfied! You will realize this and rejoice in your realization as you come to see that nothing merits our gratitude as much as to see our own desperate need and the face of the only One who can fill it! All anyone ever needs to be filled with the fullness of God is need, and in this unusual book, Dale Oldham turns from his position as a needy disciple to that of a dedicated, clear-thinking minister of the gospel to show us how to lay hold of God’s grace. He shows us God’s part and our part with magnificent balance. He reminds us (and I rejoice in this!) that if even Judas had been willing to repent, Jesus would have forgiven him!
Dr. Oldham testifies that he is “singing more and [being] irritated less” since he has become convinced that all fullness is in the Person of Jesus Christ. This is my own experience too, and it has been deepened and heightened since I have read LIVING CLOSE To GOD. This will be your experience, if you choose to let it be. God is always willing and your own victorious life can prove this book’s dynamic message. My own victorious life can prove it too―if I am willing to let God do all that he wants to do for me. Then, you and I can go on from “glory to glory” in spite of our hardships, and we will, quite naturally, as Dr. Oldham declares, “gather up others and take them along” with us rejoicing and living close to God.
Eugenia Price
Chicago, Illinois