Meet Mr. Smith: Revolutionize the Way You Think About Sex, Purity, and Romance [Paperback]

Eric Ludy (Author), Leslie Ludy (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 16, 2007

Meet Mr. Smith is a funny, fresh, romantic conversation about the true nature of love and sex.

For singles 18 to 32 who aren't squeamish about learning countercultural truth, Meet Mr. Smith offers a radical alternative to the over-romanced, casual-sex lifestyle popular in today's world.  Re-awakening the ancient ideas of sacred sex, purity, and holy love, relationship experts Eric and Leslie Ludy introduce a new language and framework for our sex-in-the-city culture. Meet Mr. Smith exposes and tackles hot topics like:

• What does God think about pre-marital sex?
• What about oral sex and self sex?
• Why would God give me a sex drive if He didn't plan on me using it?
• Is homosexuality really wrong?

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson (October 16, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0849905435
• ISBN-13: 978-0849905438
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #374,527 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Yes, I realize I look more like a nineteen year old golf caddy than I do a credible literary voice. I'm thirty seven and I still struggle with growing facial hair (I'm just glad I wasn't born Amish). I'm one of those guys that always wanted to be a football player, not a writer. However, I had a mom who was willing to give it to me straight - she told me, "Eric dear, you just aren't built for that sort of thing!" When I asked what sort of thing I was built for, she paused, considered it, and then said, "Well honey, you are built more like a golfer!"

That sort of says it right there. I'm not a fireman, a mighty business mogul, a black ops special forces warrior - I'm a writer (the golfer of the job world). Though it might not sound very epic, I absolutely love my life and I love what I do.

I think if you were to amass the total of my published work in book form thus far it would be approximately 3,300 pages. Now that number is a bit inflated due to the fact that a good chunk of those pages were penned in collaboration with my wife, Leslie. However, since Scripture says that we are "one", I figure its perfectly ethical to claim those 3,300 pages as my own.

I (along with Leslie) currently have 13 books published. We have another three waiting in the interminable publisher birth canal. I have authored five books for Multnomah/Random House publishers. "When God Writes Your Love Story: the ultimate approach to guy/girl relationships" is the book I'm probably most known for. It spent 18 months on the Christian best-seller list and ranks as one of the top three Christian relationship books of all time.

I have three books with Thomas Nelson publishers. My favorite of that collection is one entitled "Meet Mr. Smith". It's a hilarious book about "How to find Great S-x." The book hasn't done particularly well, but I think its a winner (Spoken like a true author).

We have another four books with Harvest House Publishers. And out of this collection is my newest work being released September 2008. It's entitled "The Bravehearted Gospel" and it packs quite a punch. I'm sure I'll find out who my friends really are when that book hits the shelves.

I live in the charming little town of Windsor, Colorado. I have the world's greatest wife and I have three precious little kiddos (Hudson, Harper, and Kipling) that bring a great deal of happiness to my life.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Deceptively Fun Introduction to Purity in Romance, December 15, 2007

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Lindsay H. (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Meet Mr. Smith: Revolutionize the Way You Think About Sex, Purity, and Romance (Paperback)

I have never read a book by the Ludys that I have not adored, and Meet Mr. Smith is no exception. Eric's personification of the virtues that lead to "Great Sex" are so enjoyable that readers are in danger of having a serious change of heart without being fully aware of said change. Meet Mr. Smith is probably more helpful for newcomers to the idea of purity in romance. I felt that it was a conglomeration of principles from the Ludys' other books on a God-scripted romance, such as When God Writes Your Love Story and When Dreams Come True. Even so, the Ludys' devoted readers will not be disappointed by their latest work.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not your normal sex book...prepare to encounter God, March 12, 2009

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Chloe Heston (Olathe, KS USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Meet Mr. Smith: Revolutionize the Way You Think About Sex, Purity, and Romance (Paperback)

Wow. Just moments ago I finished Meet Mr. Smith. Little did I know when I began reading it yesterday that just 24 hours later I would lay the book next to me and find myself a different person.

When the publisher gave Eric the go-ahead to write this book, Eric wanted it to be about Great Sex, since he and Leslie had been very blessed in this area during their 14 years of marriage. Little did he know that God had a different plan. Meet Mr. Smith turned out to be the story of God meeting Eric during the 12 weeks in which he was to write this book before its deadline. In these 12 weeks God taught Mr. Ludy in a new way the glorious building blocks of mystifyingly beautiful sex...

I had a hard time getting into this book in the beginning. The style that Eric chose to write from seemed a bit silly to me at first (a little bit allegorical). But quickly I realized that the revolutionary truths that were placed like jewels throughout the story *far* surpassed the sometimes silly storyline.

This is not your normal sex book. If you are looking for cheap tips or new ideas for the bedroom, buy some other book. But if you are willing to glimpse the face of Jesus Christ in a way you never have before, if you are willing to be taken into a place of enchantment and mystery and see all that our God really had in mind when He created sex...well then, read this book.

I have been married almost a year and am thankful for parents who taught me that sex is pure and beautiful, as well as a husband who truly loves me as Christ loves His bride. Yet, as I read this book, over and over again I was brought to tears of hunger and awe as I saw in a way I never have the epic love story that Yeshua of Nazereth desires each of us to live. It truly surpasses the beauty and valor of any movie or legend.

This book has not only revolutionized my heart in the area of sexual intimacy, but has hit on every area in life, and brought me into a place of deeper worship of the Bridegroom.

As you prepare to read this book, get ready for your hum-drum life to be turned upside down. Get ready for the conviction of the Holy Spirit as He clears away years-worth of lies and rubble in your heart. Get ready to no longer see Purity and Holiness as small, scrawny little nerds, but as the most breathtaking, powerful, enchanting, strong, romantic, and beautiful things you have ever laid eyes on.

Just as God took Eric's pen as he began to write this book, and met him in a radical new way... Get ready for your own encounter with God.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible!!!, June 9, 2008

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S. Speidel "music lover" (Colorado) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Meet Mr. Smith: Revolutionize the Way You Think About Sex, Purity, and Romance (Paperback)

Wow! What a book! I love the way Eric and Leslie approch the subject of Sex and relationships in this book. It is like an alagory that brings the whole subject alive. It makes you realize just how messed up the world and a lot of Christians are when it comes to relationships and instant sex and pleasing themselves instead of finding out God's PERFECT plan for marriage and sex. This book is another hit!!! I love the truth and the purity of God that is throughout this book. All the glory goes to him!! Praise God that Eric and Leslie are getting this message out to people becuase GOD alone is the only one who can make you pure and whole and clean and He is waiting to do it too!!