M. R. DeHaan: The Life Behind the Voice

by James R. Adair

The true story of the medical doctor whose faithfulness to God's call began the Radio Bible Class ministry and the devotional, Our Daily Bread , and whose dynamic, direct teaching never lost touch with the human needs around him.

Genres: Biography

160 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2008

Reviews

[Anson Cassel Mills · Rating 3 out of 5]

James R. Adair (1923-2009), an author and editor at Scripture Press Publications, was commissioned by the Radio Bible Class to write this biography of its founder, M. R. DeHaan. We can be grateful that both Adair and DeHaan’s son Richard believed the biography a worthwhile project because in the late 1960s, Adair was able to interview many people who knew DeHaan, including his widow. Though the biography is not entirely uncritical, it expends little time placing DeHaan in his era, which included the Fundamentalist-Modernist controversy, the golden age of radio, and a gradual divergence between fundamentalists and new evangelicals in the late 1950s.

[Tim Chavel · Rating 4 out of 5]

The copy of the book I have is titles, "M.R. DeHaan the MAN and HIS MINISTRY. The book was published in 1969. If you enjoy "The Daily Bread" then you will enjoy this book. Dr. DeHaan started the Radio Bible Class and "The Daily Bread." His son after his father's death started the tv program, "The Day of Discovery." This book is a biography of Dr. DeHaan. "Perhaps Today" became Dr. DeHaan's motto. He tried to live each day if that day may be the return of Christ.

[Ryanne Molinari · Rating 5 out of 5]

An encouraging portrait of my husband’s great-grandfather. Highly recommend!