In Light of Eternity - The Life of Leonard Ravenhill - Paul Washer

In Light of Eternity

The Life of Leonard Ravenhill

Now why am I recommending this book?

Well, because Leonard Ravenhill

had such a tremendous impact

upon my life as a young man,

a young Christian.

I had the privilege of reading

many of his books,

of listening to many of his sermons.

But I also had the privilege of

listening to him preach live

in the congregation

and also a few conversations with him.

And I can tell you

that this man walked with God.

And I don't say that lightly.

Not at all.

He truly walked with God.

And he was a man of prayer.

In a day where ministers are

sending out questionnaires to discover

what people want to hear,

and what they want out of a church.

Leonard Ravenhill is refreshing.

He only wanted to know what

God wanted the people to know.

And that's what made him so prophetic

and so useful in God's economy.

Now again, the book is

"In Light of Eternity:
The Life of Leonard Ravenhill"

I've written here on the back -

they let me say something

it's one of the
greatest privileges

of my life to be able to do so.

This is what I have written.

I was introduced to Leonard Ravenhill

at the very beginning
of my Christian pilgrimage.

And the impact of his life upon mine

remains unto this day.

He lived as one who dwelt

in the shadow of the Almighty,

and he preached as one sent from God.

He knew God's presence,

wore His mantle, bore His burdens,

and spoke His truth.

He was the rarest of commodities

in his day,

and in ours.

He was a man of God.

And his legacy continues
in people like me,

so many of my friends,

so many of the seminary students

that were friends of mine

and college students.

We used to gather together

just to go listen to him.

It was always exciting to hear that

Leonard Ravenhill was in town,

because you knew that he was

going to tell you the truth.

And you knew that he was

going to bring you something from God.

I guess one of the greatest impacts

that Leonard Ravenhill had on my life

was with regard to prayer

and the power of God.

Like E.M. Bounds,

like George Mueller,

like Robert Murray McCheyne,

he was a man of prayer.

And he taught us that every battle

had to be won on our knees.

Not in the pulpit,

not in activity,

not in ministry,

but before God.

And he taught us that a man needed

God's seal, God's approval
upon his life.

And that although we need to

study the Scriptures
and memorize the Scriptures

and concern ourselves with the purist,

most pristine theology,

we must have the power of God

upon our lives.

It's an absolute essential.

An absolute essential.

And that's why I recommend this book.

Many of the young men that
are around me,

they're all very serious about

church history and systematic theology

and Greek and Hebrew

and all those things that are
so very important,

expository preaching;

but when it's all said and done,

I ask them,

the things Ravenhill used to ask us.

How many hours on your knees?

How much do you pray?

You know about God.

Do you know God?

Do you know Him?

And so I recommend this book

"In Light of Eternity:
The Life of Leonard Ravenhill"

And they tell me that you can get it

at Ravenhillbiography.com

That's Ravenhillbiography.com

And I highly recommend this book.

I'm not giving a recommendation here

because I have something to gain.

And I'm not even giving a recommendation

because Mack Tomlinson
is a good friend of mine.

I'm giving this recommendation because

Leonard Ravenhill had a tremendous impact

on my life.

A tremendous impact.

And I believe that he will also

have an impact on yours.

God bless you.