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.

This book shows the validity of constitutional authority and the invasion of postmodern theories in our culture. Postmodern theory has assaulted the western culture on the battleground of absolute truth and reality. If there is no absolute, independent and manifestly defined truth, there is no God. Without God human beings will not understand the purpose of life. Postmodern theory places human experience over abstract objective principles. Postmodernists insist that reality is constructed in the individual mind and must be interpreted relative to each individual. Postmodern theory explains...

The evangelical church has certainly been affected by modernity and the church growth movement. The argument set forth in this book is that although modernity has shaped the character of the evangelical church, the church growth movement is the driving force to implement the tools of modernity in the evangelical church. This book shows in a nutshell how and why the god of the church growth movement prevailed among evangelicals.

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 title of the book "Return to the Lord" is the theme and emphasis in this brief commentary of Hosea. "O Israel, return to the Lord your God, For you have stumbled because of your iniquity; Take words with you and return to the Lord" (Hosea 14:1). This book traces the historical events and spiritual condition of Israel prior to the fall of the northern kingdom in 722 B.C. The Old Testament congregation turned away from the true God and committed spiritual adultery by worshipping false gods. Hosea understood that the Israelites were religious, but their religion was going the wrong...

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.

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...