I. M. Haldeman
1845 - 1933

"He who denies the virgin birth denies Bible Christianity, smites the mother of our Lord with shame, snatches the crown of Deity from His head, strips Him of His sinless humanity, and makes His cross a blood-stained failure."


Dr. Haldeman was the longtime pastor of First Baptist Church, New York City, and one of the foremost of Bible expositors.

His best-known work was The Tabernacle Priesthood and Offerings. With great wealth of detail, he shows how the framework, the coverings, the curtains, the hangings, the priesthood, the robes and the offerings of the Tabernacle in the wilderness prefigured the Person, the work and the glory of Christ.

Another well-known volume was How to Study the Bible. Dr. Haldeman believed that the New Testament is a fulfillment of the Old, that each book of the entire Bible finds place and value by the law of growth-and by a moral and spiritual logic.

In Christian Science in the Light of Holy Scripture, Dr. Haldeman states his case with legal exactness-first, calling as witness the words of the Scientists, then calling as witness the words of the Bible. The reader must act as jury and decide whether the witnesses agree or whether they are flatly contradictory. It shows the naked deformity of Christian Science.

Other books by this great Bible scholar include: The Coming of Christ; Ten Sermons on the Second Coming; Christ, Christianity and the Bible; Can the Dead Communicate With the Living?