Words to Inspire for the 3rd millennium from my spiritual diary.

Accepting the spiritual baton that my father, Denis H. Ruffle, handed to me in the last years of his life, this blog contains words to inspire 3rd Millennium believers. Sometimes prophetic, and one hopes, always inspirational, my role is to help equip follows of Jesus on the road to conversion of heart and discipleship through word and life-example. – John

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Thankful that the site now has added functionality, with the large array of Bibles accessible on an easy-to use drop down menu system. We are also busy helping Anglican priest and theologian William De Arteaga populate his blog, “Anglican Pentecostal” which we are helping him host.

Why not visit the site now and leave a comment or a prayer request? We would love to hear from you! We also immensely value your prayers as we redesign the entire site, page by page, to make it much, much simpler to find and access what you might be looking for. God bless you – John & Gladdys Ruffle

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“We immensely value your prayers as we redesign the site page by page..”

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As I was adding new content tonight, it seems all the sub-menus have gone off-line temporarily. Don’t worry, the Lord will help us get them all back again soon. Meanwhile, enjoy the many new items that are available – I’ve added new content over the past 24 hours including Blog posts from William De Arteaga and an edition of Walter Hilton’s “Ladder of Perfection“.

The Ladder of Perfection – Walter Hilton

Walter Hilton (b.1340–45 – d.1396) was an English Augustinian monk whose writing became influential only after his death. To my mind, his Ladder of Perfection remains the greatest work in the late Middle Ages Christian mystical tradition; and is certainly of equal calibre to “The Imitation of Christ” by Thomas á Kempis. Some passages arguably even exceed the warmth and depth of the Imitation, especially Book 1 of Hilton’s work, where the chapters are generally shorter and pithy.

Hilton has been far less widely read that á Kempis, and bound copies are hard to come by, as it appears to be out of print other than very costly print on demand reprints. On the other hand, our online version here is bookmarked chapter by chapter, making for easy on-line reading. So rather than purchase, why not just read our version here a far more sensible proposition, especially as it is free to read or download.

• The Scale (Ladder) of Perfection – Walter Hilton

Our online version here is bookmarked chapter by chapter, making for much easier on-line reading.

“But you should ever seek with great diligence in prayer that you might gain a spiritual feeling or sight of God. And that is, that you may know the wisdom of God, His endless might, His great goodness in Himself and through His creatures…so that you may know and feel with all saints what is the length of the endless being of God, the breadth of the wonderful charity and the goodness of God, the height of His almighty majesty and the bottomless depths of His wisdom. In knowing and spiritual feeling of these should be the exercise of a contemplative man. For in these may be understood the full knowing of all spiritual things.”

– The Ladder of Perfection

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Additions and Updates

As we approach the 2019 Lenten season, I’m excited to be releasing a raft of new titles to the D.H. Ruffle Memorial Library.

Giving first place to the Word of God, the A-Z Bibles page is not only refreshed but now has significant additions, including the entire Amplified Bible. This week I also gained permission to re-publish the 2016 edition of the entire Berean Study Bible. If that wasn’t enough, that’s accompanied by their Interlinear New Testament, Literal New Testament and the Berean Greek New Testament. That’s quite a haul! All this and more can be browsed or downloaded to your PC or other device free HERE.

You also may wish to explore the five downloads available on the new page I’ve created called “Spanish Mystics”. It features the famed Christian writings of St. Teresa of Ávila (1515 – 1582) and St. John of the Cross (1542 – 1591). Check them out HERE!

I’m fully aware of other excellent sites such as Bible Hub, where key scriptures can be searched with results coming up in multiple translations. I use those sites, and I’m very thankful for them.

The D. H. Ruffle Memorial Library however, offers something different: a growing library of over 200 works, many of which have never before been available in one place; all of which can be downloaded to your PC free of charge. This is ideal if you are a serious student or disciple of Christ who may not have access or cannot afford print copies – even when they can be found. You can academically reference these on-line works (I personally like Harvard) using whatever system you need to with confidence that your referencing will be acceptable at any of the world’s universities.

May this Lent be a time of drawing close to Jesus our Redeemer through prayer and meditation upon the Word of God and by perhaps delving into some of the devotional works found here. God bless you!

John E. Ruffle