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If You Will Ask

Oswald Chambers (1874-1917) began as a Baptist pastor and ended his ministry in the holiness movement. He is best known for his book, My Utmost for His Highest. This book on prayer has many good things about it. It also shows some of Chambers’ holiness doctrines such as the subsequent baptism of the Holy Spirit […]

My Utmost for His Highest

Each year I read through one of those “daily” reading books. It only takes a few minutes and my way of doing it is to keep it beside my bed so I can’t forget it each night. This last year I decided to read Chambers’ well-known book. It was compiled by his wife after his […]

Biblical Ethics

This Kregel ‘98 edition is actually a compilation of three books:  Biblical Ethics; The Moral Foundations of Life; and The Philosophy of Sin.  I enjoyed them all though some thoughts are repeated in each book.  I think that many people enjoy reading this author’s devotional writings but would probably not enjoy hearing the rest of […]

If You Will Ask

Chambers, well-known today for My Utmost For His Highest, first wrote this book in 1958.  It reads very much like Torrey’s book in that it is more of a straight-forward approach to the biblical teaching on prayer with a strong emphasis on the necessity for holy living if one is to pray effectively.  He writes, […]