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Browsing Archive: August, 2010

Education on a Collision Course

Posted by Martin Murphy on Tuesday, August 31, 2010, In : Education 

In 1926 Dr. J. Gresham Machen gave his testimony before the house and senate committees on the proposed Federal Department of Education.  Machen said, “We do not, I think, want a Federal Department of Education because such a department is in the interests of a principle of uniformity or standardization in education which, if put into practice, would be the very worst calamity into which this country could fall.”  The Federal Government, using greenbacks as leverage, eventually did what M...


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More on Worship

Posted by Martin Murphy on Wednesday, August 18, 2010, In : Worship 
Worship is an innate principle that belongs to God’s rational creatures. It is expressed by attributing worthiness to their object of worship, the triune God.  The first principle of God-centered worship is that it must be offered to God through the Mediator, the Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, the worship of an unbeliever will not be acceptable to God.   I have visited dozens of worship services in a variety of denominations located in the eastern half of the United States over the past thir...
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Theological Terms

Posted by Martin Murphy on Saturday, August 14, 2010, In : Books 
Christianity brought me into faith and fellowship.  It was faith in Christ and fellowship with other Christians.  I learned very quickly that Christians used strange words in their conversations.  I remember hearing a discussion about the sin of Adam and Eve and one man said to the other “are you infralapsarian or supralapsarian?”  Those words were foreign to my vocabulary.  Eventually I bought theological dictionaries to help me understand theological words, concepts, and ideas.  During ...
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What is Worship?

Posted by Martin Murphy on Wednesday, August 4, 2010, In : Worship 
I responded to a blog that asked the question "What is Worship" and this was my brief answer.

Worship is an innate principle that belongs to God’s rational creatures. It is expressed by attributing worthiness to their object of worship.  May I suggest a couple of resources.  I published a paper entitled "Restore Biblical Worship" on my web site, Rational Christian Thoughts, www.rationalchristianthoughts.com

The fact that biblical principles have been maligned in a large part of the evangelica...
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About Me


Martin Murphy My first priority in life is spending time with my wife and enjoying life together. Next on the list is writing books. After spending nearly 30 years in the class room, the pulpit, the lectern, the study, and the library, I now devote most of my time consolidating my academic and practical gains by writing books. My web site is titled "Writing My Books" because last year my wife kept insisting that I start writing before it was too late. Every day counts when most of life is in the past. I starting writing my books last summer and my wife would often ask "what are you doing?" My answer was "writing my book." When I proposed the idea of a web site about my writing project I asked my wife "what should I name it?" Without a second thought she said "writing my books." I have a B.A. in Bible from Columbia International University and a Master of Divinity from Reformed Theological Seminary.
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