Christian Book Notes

Hamer, David. American Patriots in Prayer. Enumclaw: Pleasant Word, a division of WinePress Group. 87 pp. $14.99. Purchase at Amazon.com at a discount.

Introduction

David Hamer is a speaker and author seeking to unite a network of prayer warriors across America through his ministry, American Patriots in Prayer. He is passionate about seeing the end of abortion in the world and especially in the United States. His wife, Carolyn, joins him in his ministry.

Review

American Patriots in Prayer is an in your face exhortation to get on your face before God in prayer. In 1989, he believes the Lord gave him a vision for ministry regarding the murder of the unborn. He wrote a poem entitled America, Fall on Your Knees! which introduces the book and the manner in which Hamer writes.

After introducing his subject matter of abortion, Hamer looks at the blood on Lady Liberty’s hands from the 50+ million abortions committed in the United States since 1973. He next looks at the ineffectiveness of government and other “weapons” against abortion that most Americans have used. Instead, he calls for all Christians, regardless of denominational affiliation, to join together in prayer to end abortion.

He clearly demonstrates how the devil is behind the abortions in a most crucial spiritual warfare that has yet to be won or lost. Hamer believes the problem is that most Christians have become apathetic to the abortion argument. The last half of the book is many exhortations to prayer for the unborn.

It cannot be said that David Hamer lacks passion (‘passion’ is not strong enough) for protecting the unborn. He does write with conviction and biblical authority and his voice needs to be heard; however, I do disagree with him in his main premise. He believes that all of the terrorist attacks and severe weather disasters (think hurricanes, tornadoes, and earthquakes, etc.) are a direct result of abortion in America.

I do not agree with this. There is too much “other sin” prevalent in America today that to claim that abortion is the worst sin is to mock God’s holiness. For example, idolatry has run amuck—not just in making God a god, but also in our worship of celebrities, sports, and money. Matthew 24:6-8 explains that these things must happen before the close of the age. Are we living in the end times? I say emphatically, “Yes!” I also believe that the end times to be the period from Jesus’ ascension into heaven to His second coming.

Recommendation

Even though I disagree with David Hamer’s premise that abortion is the reason for the terrorist attacks and increase in natural disasters, I do believe that his voice needs to be heard. We do need more and more of God’s people on their face before the throne pleading for the unborn and repenting of the sin of murder. American Patriots in Prayer would be a nice addition to the church library or the pastor’s book table if either of those are in your local church. If you would like to join the network that the Hamer’s are bringing together, go to www.patriotsinprayer.org.