Kenneth Howard, a Spurgeon's College graduate, held various pastorates in Baptist Churches in England. His last and longest was at Union Chapel, Bethersden, Kent. These sermons on the letters to the 7 churches of Asia were first published individually in the Gospel Tidings magazine. They are characterised by a deeply held conviction that the Word of God must have absolute authority in all aspects of the individual lives of believers, and of the corporate life of the church.