Set Apart Podcast

Leslie continues her series on Personal Life Lessons with Part Two of her message on Hurtful Christians.  In this episode, Leslie shares additional insights into gaining a Christ-centered perspective and response when we experience pain by fellow believers.  Being hurt by Christians can be devastating.  But as this episode reminds us, we serve a God of healing, redemption and s...

This week Leslie continues her series on Personal Life Lessons.  In this episode, she reflects back on some of the most difficult seasons she has faced and unpacks the spiritual blessings that came out of those challenges. As this message demonstrates, trials can be a catalyst for the greatest spiritual growth we can ever experience, if we respond correctly to them. Listen to Eric Ludy and ot...

This week, Leslie continues her series on Personal Life lessons, sharing about an important season of her life in which God convicted her of spiritual sloppiness.  It’s easy to slide into spiritual apathy without evening realizing it.  This candid episode offers practical, Biblical truth for overcoming and preventing spiritual sloppiness and keeping our love relationship with Christ as t...

This week Leslie continues her Personal Life Lessons Series, sharing spiritual keys to stepping out of our comfort zone and saying yes to God’s call on our lives, even when we feel weak and inadequate. If God is calling you to step out of your comfort zone, this candid episode will remind you that He doesn’t just give you an impossible task, He supplies everything You need in order to carry it out...

This week, Leslie continues her series on Personal Life Lessons. In this candid and deeply personal episode, Leslie shares spiritual lessons from her own life about dealing with insensitive or hurtful Christians. Drawing from her personal experience, as well as sharing powerful stories from women in Christian history, Leslie shares Biblical perspective and practical truth for responding to hu...

This week Leslie continues her Personal Life Lessons series, sharing about her early ministry years and her journey to recognize and respond to error within the modern Church. This episode offers an eye-opening look at the state of Christianity today and offers practical ways that we as believers can grow in spiritual discernment for such a time as this. To join our upcoming 5-Week Discipleship pr...

In her new series, Leslie recalls significant personal experiences throughout her life and the important spiritual lessons learned through them.  In this episode, Leslie talks about some unexpected challenges she faced during her first year of marriage, and how God used those circumstances to cultivate a deeper surrender to Him. If you would like to join us in Colorado this fall for our upcom...

In Part Three of this series, Leslie explores two practicals ways we can cultivate Heavenly beauty in our daily lives - choosing truth over emotion and choosing freedom over shame.  As women in this culture, we are often told that following our feelings is good - but it’s only when we build our lives upon the unchanging Truth of God that we can truly shine with Christ's radiance.  Leslie...

In part two of this series on Incorruptible Beauty, Leslie unpacks the principle of becoming a “friend of the Bridegroom” and offers practical ways that we as women can point others to Christ and not ourselves. There is tremendous freedom in focusing not on what others think of us - but only on what they think of Him. Becoming a friend of the Bridegroom is one of the most tangible ways t...

This week, Leslie unpacks the spiritual keys to true feminine beauty and offers practical ways to allow Christ's Heavenly radiance to  shine through our lives.  This episode is the first of a three-part series on practical ways to cultivate the incorruptible beauty of Christ in our daily lives.   To learn more about our 2022 and 2023 Ellerslie Discipleship Programs, visit ...

In this episode, Leslie lays the foundation for exchanging defeated Christianity for victorious Christianity.  On our own, triumphant Christianity is impossible to achieve, any more than a branch can produce fruit while laying detached on the ground. But when we are in Christ and He is in us, our Christian life can flourish without striving and effort, simply because we are connected to the V...

Oswald Chambers said, “there is no condition of life in which we cannot abide in Jesus.” This statement is Biblical and true, but the enemy doesn’t want us to believe it. He is a master of excuses, constantly seeking to hinder us from building a thriving relationship with Christ. In this episode, Leslie offers Biblical, practical ways to overcome excuses and draw closer to Jesus Chr...

Whenever we take a step forward with Christ, the enemy often is right there, trying to discourage us and whisper lies into our ears. In this episode, Leslie offers powerful biblical truth for countering the enemy’s lies and clearing the fog of deception that hinders us from the victorious Christian life. Don’t forget, there is only one more day to register for a simulcast of our 2022 Set Apart Con...

In this week's episode, Leslie reminds us that God is waiting to heal, redeem and restore us when we abide in His love and trust instead of doubt.  Even when we can’t see the end of the story, He is always faithful to finish the work He began, in His perfect time. Don’t miss the chance to join our 2022 Set Apart Conference via simulcast! Our theme for this year’s event is Abide. Reg...

This week Leslie offers hope and Heavenly perspective to anyone walking through a season of loneliness.  Whether you are single with a desire to be married or feeling overlooked and excluded, Leslie reminds us that solitary seasons can become amazing catalysts for cultivating a deeper walk with Christ and preparing for what He has for our future.   Join Leslie, Eric and the Ellerslie tea...

We often view seasons of loneliness and pain as a problem that needs to be avoided at all costs.  In this episode Leslie reminds us what those seasons can become - an opportunity to grow closer to Christ than we ever thought possible. Leslie unpacks the reality that Jesus is not a distant King who can’t relate to our struggles or meet our deepest needs, but the perfect fulfillment of every lo...

This week Leslie begins a two-part series on how to have a Heavenly perspective when others let you down. If you have ever been hurt by others - if you have ever felt alone, rejected, isolated, abandoned, or disregarded - this episode will encourage and uplift you with a fresh reminder of the incredible nearness, comfort, restoration, healing and faithfulness of our King.  Don’...

Description:  Today Leslie continues her series on powerful praying.  Many of us are afraid to pray boldly and specifically for the needs in our lives or the burdens on our hearts.  But God’s pattern for prayer involves both boldness and determination. In this episode Leslie unpacks key Biblical principles for praying with confidence, courage, and faith.  And don’t forget to re...

Description:  What hinders us from a thriving prayer life?  That’s the question Leslie tackles in this week’s episode. Whether it’s a practical hinderance such as busyness or a spiritual barrier such as doubt, it’s critical to tackle those roadblocks head-on with God’s liberating Truth. By God’s grace, let’s overcome our personal prayer barriers and experience the amazing strength a...

In this episode Leslie offers 4 practical ways to overcome spiritual apathy and revive your prayer life.  Even in our busiest seasons of life, prayer is meant to be our steering while and not our spare tire, as Corrie ten Boom often said.  But how to we do that in our fast-paced daily lives?  This message will equip and inspire you to make prayer a priority even when it doesn’t seem...

In this episode Leslie highlights powerful truths gleaned from the life and testimony of Hudson Taylor, who is known as the father of modern missions.  Hudson Taylor was simply an ordinary Christian who was fully surrendered to an extraordinary God - and his life is a demonstration of what is possible when we fully yield to His purposes. Glean insights on wrestling prayer, overcoming fear, an...

In this episode Leslie shares the inspiring story of Mary Slessor, a missionary to Africa who demonstrated extraordinary courage and dependence upon God.  We can gain valuable spiritual truths from this powerful testimony of an ordinary woman who came from very difficult circumstances and was mightily used for the glory of God.  And don’t forget that space is quickly filling up for our 2...

This week Leslie highlights powerful truths demonstrated in the life of Elizabeth Fry - a Quaker woman from the 1800's whom God used to reform prisons and share the Gospel with prisoners across Europe. Leslie shares practical Biblical principles from Elizabeth's example that apply to our lives today, with a fresh challenge to make ourselves fully available to God and let Him work through us as He...

This week Leslie continues her series on Spiritual Lessons from Corrie ten Boom by sharing eight of her most powerful quotes.  Leslie unpacks the life-changing Biblical principles behind each of these statements from Corrie, and shares personal stories of how they have impacted her own spiritual life.  Gain fresh encouragement on key areas such as surrender, forgiveness, faith, and the e...

Have you ever wondered how to effectively lead your children closer to Christ?  Whether you are a mom, a future mom, or someone with influence over children, this episode will give you fresh vision and practical ideas for pointing children toward Gospel-centered living and giving them a God-sized vision for their future.  With powerful stories from Christian history as well as personal s...