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Browsing Archive: December, 2010

Where is the Church?

Posted by Martin Murphy on Thursday, December 30, 2010, In : Church 
    At the end of 2010 I ask the question “where on earth is the church or is it just in heaven?”  Why ask such a ridiculous question when we all know that the church of the living God is alive and well?  The question comes to mind when I am provoked by an ever increasing number of churches who have abandoned the true gospel for another gospel.  I recall a conversation with a seminary student about how difficult it is to find a biblical church.  During the conversation he told me about a ...
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Western Intelligence

Posted by Martin Murphy on Thursday, December 16, 2010, In : Education 
We, most of the western world, live in the skepticism produced in the change from modernity to post modernity.  The rational intellectual perception of human development has  been absconded by the empirical suggestion that “image is everything.”  It is said that Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) “at thirteen years of age said he was enraptured by the reading of John Locke’s “An Essay of Human Understanding” (Rational Biblical Theology of Jonathan Edwards, p. 7).  I use that quote to sh...
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A Letter for the Season

Posted by Martin Murphy on Wednesday, December 15, 2010, In : Theology 

William Still was the minister of Gilcomston South Church in Aberdeen, Scotland from 1945 to 1997.    He was faithful to take the gospel to members and friends in the church by writing hundreds of letters through the years.  He wrote a Christmas greeting to the congregation which is appropriate for us during this Christmas season.

Dear Friends,
        On my fifty-first Christmas letter, I want to revert to the rude domesticity of the stable as an antidote to the lavishness of Christmas extra...


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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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