Dr walter martin biography of abraham

  • Editor's Introduction Before his recent death, Dr. Walter Martin, author of Kingdom of the Cults and founder of the Christian Research Institute (CRI),*.
  • WALTER MARTIN was fondly and respectfully known as "the father of Christian cult apologetics." Many current professional and academic cult.
  • Interesting article by RTB's Kenneth Samples on 20th century apologist Walter Martin.

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    Abraham of Ur A Critical Analyis of the Life and Times of the Patriarch

    A Challenge to Our Faith

    The primary focus of this work is history, not theology. If, like me, the reader becomes more aware of the highly advanced and exciting time in human history that Abraham lived, then I will have accomplished the purpose of the book. This being said, the reader may be surprised and at first even threatened by some of the similarities of stories that we will study of ancient Sumer and Akkad with those found in the first five books of the Bible. Our first thought may be that perhaps the Hebrew Scriptures are not the word of God but plagiarized from men in a pagan society. But, as we develop the story of man's search for God, we will find that the ancient concept of deity was man's first attempt at trying to understand the mystical world around him and was but a stepping stone to the final concept of God that all monotheistic religions now share. By exploring these similarities, we

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    PHILLIP E. HARRIS

    PREFACE

    The basic doctrinal format of this article is derived from Walter Martin’s book; The Truth About Seventh-day Adventism. For historical and biographical information, use has been made of Rene Noorbergen’s book; Ellen G. White, Prophet of Destiny. Additionally, Adventist doctrine has been researched directly back to their publications. In quoting scripture, there is always a danger of being out of context. To avoid this problem, each verse used has been reviewed to verify its true meaning and application.

    PERSONAL NOTE

    I grew up in the Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) Church in a family that was nominally Adventist. Although my father did not go to church, both he and my mother were raised as Adventist. My grandparents and great-grandparents on both sides of the family were also Adventist. I first remember dad’s parents living at the St. Helena Sanitarium, near Ellen G. White’s home of Elmshaven. Later they moved up the hill t

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    Transformed Lives

    The message that permeates the Bible is that all humans are sinful bygd their nature and conscious action, and are under the judgment of a holy and righteous Creator-God, who has willing offered His own Son as the substitutionary sacrifice for humanity’s sentence of eternal death. That salvation transforms! The “new birth” fryst vatten a “new creation.” Such a supernatural event must transform a life, if it is real. Both the Bible and history are replete with such evidence.

    • Pagan Abram (later Abraham) believed God (Galatians 6:3) and became the “father of many nations” (Genesis 17:5).
    • Banished Jacob (Geneses 27:43) became a “prince” with the name Israel (Genesis 32:28).
    • Joseph, despised and hated by his brothers, became the ruler in Egypt “to save much people alive” (Genesis 50:20).
    • Moses the murderer became Moses the Deliverer (Exodus 3:10).
    • Gideon the fearful became Gideon the mighty man of valor