The postmodern concept has saturated modern evangelicals with the idea that absolute truth is not important or necessary. What came with it was the demolition of Christian doctrine. This book calls Christians to take a fresh look at the essentials of Christian doctrine. When Alice in Wonderland asked the cat where she ought to go the cat said "That depends a good deal on where you want to get to." Christians have purpose and a final goal "to get to" and "The Essence of Christian Doctrine" is a valuable tool for that process. This work is an explanation of the essential doctrine of...

This book investigates the doctrine of Christian apologetics. It explains the teaching of a rational Christian apologetic based on theological assumptions derived from Special Revelation. Martin Murphy takes the reader to a new level of understanding the God of meaning and reality.

The author looks for the church with the present truth of Scripture as His guide. The Summary of The Present Truth is found in this remark about the State of the Church. "The More I look at the church the less I see of the church. The more I look at the American culture, the more I see the church." Each chapter is practically theological and purposely penetrates the surface of evangelical church. It is the present truth.

This book is written so that simple words like faith or not so simple words like aseity are explained in plain language. Although there are numerous dictionaries, concordances, and encyclopedias that define theological words, phrases, and concepts, there are few that are concise and simple. Theological Terms in Layman Language is easy to read and designed for people who want a brief definition for theological terms.

This book traces the first thirty years of the church with a particular emphasis on the mission and ministry of the church. The mission of the church is to make disciples and teach the whole counsel of God. The ministry of the church is to prepare the saints (the people of God) to understand the purpose and engage in the mission of the church. In recent church history, Evangelical churches have devoted an extraordinary amount of time, effort, and money on "church growth" methods rather than on the biblical mission and ministry of the church. The first thirty years of the church reveals...

I am sure you have heard Christians say, "I believe in keeping the Ten Commandments." Unfortunately, many of them are not able to quote the Ten Commandments. I wrote this book so Christians might discover or re-discover the meaning of the Ten Commandments, based on the full counsel of God. The underlying motivation was to help Christians develop a worldview that includes God's moral law. God's law is not merely a series of moral injunctions. The nature of its content is much broader than the Ten Commandments found in Exodus twenty. I hope this book will challenge Christians to further study...

Friendship is a popular concept. Having a large number of friends was popularized by the social media such as Twitter and Facebook. Friendship involves a relationship of distinction. It is a relationship that respects the dignity of another person. The Bible teaches a different version of what it means to be a friend than the popular culture teaches. There are many occasions when friends say they are friends, but they are not friends. This monograph is as much rational as it is affectionate. The truth of biblical friendship will engage the entire person, mind, will, and emotions.