Martin De Haan

Martin Ralph De Haan (1891 - December 13, 1965) was a Bible teacher, founder of Radio Bible Class and editor of monthly devotional guide Our Daily Bread.^[1]

Early life

Martin R. DeHaan was born in Zeeland, Michigan to a cobbler who had emigrated from the Netherlands.^[1]

He graduated from Hope College in Holland, Michigan, and the University of Illinois College of Medicine, going on to be physician in Western Michigan.^[1]

He married in 1914 to Priscilla.^[2]

Pastor and teacher

In October 1921, he struggled for his life in a Grand Rapids hospital. He recalled this as a life-changing event. In early spring of 1922, he returned home from house calls and said, "I can't go on any longer. ... This is it!" He sold his medical practice, home, and office equipment.^[2]

De Haan attended the nearby Western Theological Seminary in Holland, Michigan. He pastored two churches in Grand Rapids and ran large Bible classes.^[1]

In 1938, one of the Bible classes in Detroit began being broadcast on radio at a fifty-watt station. Two national networks picked up the Radio Bible Class program, its coverage growing to 600 stations around the world at the time of De Haan's death.^[1]

He was involved in an automobile collision in July 1965 where he sustained serious injuries. Complications of a pre-existing heart condition prevented recovery; he died as he rested at home on December 13, 1965.^[1]

Bibliography

• Simon Peter (1954)
• The Tabernacle (1955)
• Studies in First Corinthians (1956)
• Jonah: Fact or Fiction? (1957)
• Galatians: Twenty-Two Simple Studies in Paul's Teaching of Law and Grace (1960)
• Law or Grace (1965)
• The Days of Noah (1963)
• Portraits of Christ in Genesis (1966)
• Pentecost and After (1966)
• 508 Answers to Bible Questions
• The Chemistry of the Blood
• Broken Things
• Adventures in Faith
• The Jew and Palestine in Prophecy
• Signs of the Times
• The Second Coming of Jesus
• Revelation
• Daniel the Prophet
• The Romance of Redemption
• Genesis and Evolution
• Coming Events in Prophecy
• Dear Doctor, I Have a Problem
• Our Daily Bread
• Bread for Each Day

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f} "M. R. De Haan". Sword of the Lord Publishers. http://www.swordofthelord.com/biographies/DeHaanMR.htm. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Greatest Preachers: Martin R. DeHaan". Higher Praise. http://www.higherpraise.org/preachers/dehaan.htm. 

External links

• M. R. DeHaan Bible teacher
• M. R. Dehaan, LibraryThing
• M. R. De Haan Classic Library
• Writers, Our Daily Bread
  • M. R. DeHaan
• Common Ground Community Church

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Date of birth	1891
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Date of death	December 13, 1965
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