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Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.12,0:00:11.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Light of Eternity
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.63,0:00:13.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Life of Leonard Ravenhill
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.81,0:00:16.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now why am I recommending this book?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.06,0:00:18.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, because Leonard Ravenhill
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.80,0:00:21.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had such a tremendous impact
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.34,0:00:24.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,upon my life as a young man,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.18,0:00:25.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a young Christian.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.76,0:00:27.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had the privilege of reading
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.26,0:00:28.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many of his books,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.33,0:00:30.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of listening to many of his sermons.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.11,0:00:31.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I also had the privilege of
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.69,0:00:34.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,listening to him preach live
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.37,0:00:36.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the congregation
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.16,0:00:38.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and also a few conversations with him.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.29,0:00:41.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I can tell you
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.31,0:00:45.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that this man walked with God.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.57,0:00:46.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I don't say that lightly.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.100,0:00:48.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.59,0:00:50.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He truly walked with God.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.95,0:00:54.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he was a man of prayer.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.54,0:00:56.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a day where ministers are
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.67,0:00:58.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sending out questionnaires to discover
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.49,0:01:00.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what people want to hear,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.24,0:01:03.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what they want out of a church.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.28,0:01:06.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Leonard Ravenhill is refreshing.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.08,0:01:07.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He only wanted to know what
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.75,0:01:10.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God wanted the people to know.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.92,0:01:13.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's what made him so prophetic
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.10,0:01:16.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so useful in God's economy.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.51,0:01:17.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now again, the book is
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.77,0:01:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"In Light of Eternity:\NThe Life of Leonard Ravenhill"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.00,0:01:24.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've written here on the back -
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.49,0:01:25.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they let me say something
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.84,0:01:27.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's one of the \Ngreatest privileges
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.59,0:01:30.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of my life to be able to do so.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.28,0:01:33.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is what I have written.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.09,0:01:35.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was introduced to Leonard Ravenhill
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.05,0:01:38.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the very beginning \Nof my Christian pilgrimage.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.45,0:01:40.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the impact of his life upon mine
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.63,0:01:43.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,remains unto this day.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.54,0:01:45.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He lived as one who dwelt
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.28,0:01:47.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the shadow of the Almighty,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.12,0:01:50.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he preached as one sent from God.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.30,0:01:51.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He knew God's presence,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.62,0:01:53.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wore His mantle, bore His burdens,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.66,0:01:55.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and spoke His truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.77,0:01:58.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was the rarest of commodities
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.91,0:02:00.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in his day,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.54,0:02:01.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in ours.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.84,0:02:04.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was a man of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.80,0:02:08.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And his legacy continues \Nin people like me,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.78,0:02:10.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so many of my friends,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.41,0:02:13.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so many of the seminary students
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.59,0:02:14.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that were friends of mine
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.84,0:02:16.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and college students.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.09,0:02:17.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We used to gather together
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.52,0:02:19.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just to go listen to him.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.38,0:02:21.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was always exciting to hear that
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.41,0:02:23.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Leonard Ravenhill was in town,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.21,0:02:25.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you knew that he was
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.34,0:02:26.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going to tell you the truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.93,0:02:28.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you knew that he was
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.26,0:02:31.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going to bring you something from God.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.40,0:02:33.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I guess one of the greatest impacts
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.61,0:02:35.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Leonard Ravenhill had on my life
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.48,0:02:37.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was with regard to prayer
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.80,0:02:41.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the power of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.68,0:02:43.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like E.M. Bounds,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.83,0:02:46.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like George Mueller,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.69,0:02:50.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like Robert Murray McCheyne,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.12,0:02:52.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was a man of prayer.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.83,0:02:55.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he taught us that every battle
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.14,0:02:57.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had to be won on our knees.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.36,0:02:58.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not in the pulpit,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.42,0:02:59.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not in activity,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.45,0:03:00.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not in ministry,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.81,0:03:02.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but before God.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.52,0:03:04.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he taught us that a man needed
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.45,0:03:08.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God's seal, God's approval\Nupon his life.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.42,0:03:10.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that although we need to
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.25,0:03:13.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,study the Scriptures\Nand memorize the Scriptures
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.03,0:03:15.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and concern ourselves with the purist,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.51,0:03:17.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,most pristine theology,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.48,0:03:20.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we must have the power of God
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.06,0:03:22.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,upon our lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.02,0:03:25.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's an absolute essential.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.20,0:03:27.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An absolute essential.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.08,0:03:28.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's why I recommend this book.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.91,0:03:33.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many of the young men that \Nare around me,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.08,0:03:35.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're all very serious about
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.76,0:03:37.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,church history and systematic theology
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.95,0:03:39.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Greek and Hebrew
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.58,0:03:42.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all those things that are\Nso very important,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.67,0:03:45.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,expository preaching;
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.04,0:03:46.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but when it's all said and done,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.78,0:03:48.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I ask them,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.33,0:03:51.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the things Ravenhill used to ask us.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.62,0:03:54.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How many hours on your knees?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.72,0:03:56.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How much do you pray?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.96,0:04:00.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know about God.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.70,0:04:03.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you know God?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.55,0:04:05.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you know Him?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.01,0:04:06.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I recommend this book
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.84,0:04:09.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"In Light of Eternity:\NThe Life of Leonard Ravenhill"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.84,0:04:12.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they tell me that you can get it
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.02,0:04:15.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at Ravenhillbiography.com
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.49,0:04:19.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's Ravenhillbiography.com
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.73,0:04:22.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I highly recommend this book.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.60,0:04:25.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not giving a recommendation here
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.26,0:04:27.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I have something to gain.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.51,0:04:29.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm not even giving a recommendation
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.48,0:04:32.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because Mack Tomlinson \Nis a good friend of mine.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.14,0:04:34.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm giving this recommendation because
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.01,0:04:38.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Leonard Ravenhill had a tremendous impact
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.54,0:04:41.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.22,0:04:42.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A tremendous impact.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.83,0:04:44.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I believe that he will also
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.61,0:04:46.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have an impact on yours.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.01,0:04:49.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God bless you.