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Postmodern American Culture

Posted by Martin Murphy on Friday, August 26, 2011, In : World Views 

Every nation and every generation has problems of its own. For example the Apostle Paul (30 A.D.) quoted the poet Epimenides (600 B.C.) saying, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons” (Titus 1:12).

Around 700 B.C. in Israel a prophet speaking about the king of Babylon (based on my research, I believe the prophecy ended up referring to Nebuchadnezzar) said, “Therefore hear this now, you who are given to pleasures, who dwell securely, who say in your heart, I am and there ...


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Who Are We?

Posted by Martin Murphy on Sunday, July 17, 2011, In : World Views 

Dr.  Os Guinness wrote a book eighteen years ago entitled The American Hour.  In it he said, “that the deepest source and agency of …cultural authority lies in its faiths, so that it can be truly said that there is no strong and vital culture without a cultus or source of worship and ultimate faith commitment.  His book motivated me to write a brief statement expressing concerning about cultural authority.  The following is one example of my assessment of the culture in May 1993.  It was ...


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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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My Christian Apology

Posted by Martin Murphy on Thursday, November 18, 2010, In : Apologetics 
I walked into a fast food restaurant and asked the cashier what kind of meat was on the super snicker sandwich.  With a blank dumbfounded stare he said, "I don't know."  No, that really didn't happen, but it could happen because incompetency is the norm rather than the exception in the American culture.  We find it in every segment of our society.  I can understand how a relativistic unbelieving society might fall prey to the "incompetency syndrome", but I do not understand how Christians hav...
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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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