Martin Murphy Christian Books

On the morning of April the 18th in 1521 Martin Luther, a monk from Whittenberg,  prayed this prayer.  Luther had been called before an imperial diet in Worms, Germany to give testimony of his writings which were considered by the Roman Catholic Church to be heretical, an offense punishable by death unless the guilty party recanted his or her teachings.  This prayer is a reformers prayer.  Luther's passion for reformation should be the passion for every Christian.

"O Almighty and Everlasting...

The rediscovery of biblical truth is a biblical principle known as reformation.  It is not just a dramatic change in the religious lives of people, it is a continual process.  There is a good bit of talk today among Christians about reformation and revival.  Every year on October 31st we remember the 16th century Reformation and how Dr. Martin Luther rediscovered "justification by faith alone."  The Reformed church has experienced biblical reformation throughout its history.  Sometimes it was...

This title needs some explanation.  The word protestant comes from the Latin "protestari" which has the root meaning "to protest."  The Latin word “testari” means “to bear witness.” The word protestant was used by the Christian church to describe those who protested the theology of the Roman Catholic Church in the 16^th century.  It became known as the Protestant Reformation.  Denominationalism relative to the Christian church describes a world view that designates names to various gro...

On the Eve of All Saints Day, October 31, 1517, at twelve o'clock, Dr. Martin Luther went to the Castle Church in Wittenberg and posted ninety-five theses on the church door.  This was the normal process used to ask for an academic disputation (a debate) on a particular theological question.  Luther had an irresistible compulsion to resolve the question of indulgences.  The manner he chose was widely practiced and a regular feature of university life at that time.   Luther wanted to see refor...

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...