Rich Murphy 
It is not unusual for people to try and find biblical meaning in just about anything. There is a long history of people finding meaning where others never saw it, all through church history and probably even all through Jewish history as well. Some of those meanings are actually applicable to our lives, while many … Read more
Baptism is something that all Christian denominations declare to be a necessary sacrament. Everyone from the Catholics, through the Baptists to the Charismatics agree on baptism in water. But that’s about as far as the agreement goes. There are those who say that without baptism, one can’t go to heaven and there are others who … Read more
There are many names given to God in the Bible; those which are commonly known, such as Jehovah Jirah (God my Provider) and El Shaddai (Lord God Almighty) as well as others which may easily be skipped over, without us realizing they are names. But those names are important, as all names in the Bible … Read more
All throughout human history, people have struggled with the idea of what happens to us after death. Much of what is known as world religions came about by people trying to answer that and other difficult questions. Religion tries to answer this question, giving people some sense of comfort in death, mostly by promising some … Read more
Mankind has always desired to hear from God or the gods, by whatever name they have called him or them. Much religious activity, some of which we might consider to be absurd, has gone into trying to receive that message, even to the point of using drugs to “open one’s mind” to visions. More than … Read more
It is not uncommon for believers in God to question their faith. Faith, after all, requires believing not in what is seen, but what is unseen. If we could see God, we wouldn’t need faith. But because we can’t see Him, but only experience the things He does in our lives, we must operate in … Read more
Prehistoric times can be difficult to decipher and understand. Without a written record that we can understand, mankind is left with the option of using the evidence they find to try and reconstruct what actually happened. The problem is that the same evidence can lead to many different conclusions. This problem is amplified when people … Read more