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The Kingdom of the Cults: The Definitive Work on the Subject
by Walter Ralston Martin.
Published by Bethany House Publishers.
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Since the first edition was published in 1965, Walter Martin's The Kingdom of the Cults has been the leading reference work on the major contemporary cult systems. With an emphasis on the currently active, proselytizing cults, The Kingdom of the Cults continues to be a crucial tool in counter-cult ministry and evangelism. Among cults and religions included are: Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormonism, New Age Cults, the Unification Church, Baha'i Faith, Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, and more. While remaining true to Walter Martin's original tone and text, this updated edition includes substantial new information. Relevant and accurate materials have been reintroduced from the original editions, preserving Dr. Martin's unique voice and defense of the faith. Scholarly yet readable and engaging, The Kingdom of the Cults evaluates each cult's history and beliefs, contrasting individual teachings with true biblical theology. Readers will find apologetics help in dealing with cults not only at home but also overseas. About the Author Dr. Walter Ralston Martin Martin was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1928. Martin's career as an apologist began at the age of fifteen after receiving Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior in the chapel at Stony Brook School in New York. While in college and graduate school, he often skipped eating during his lunch hours to answer a variety of tough questions about the Bible and the Christian faith while standing on the corner of Wall Street and Broadway, in New York City. Martin was ordained as a minister of the Regular Baptists in 1951. He served as a pastor in various churches in New York and New Jersey in the 1950s and 1960s. He also became a regular teacher of Bible study classes at Barnhouse's Church in New York City. In later years Martin would serve as a preacher and Bible teacher at Melodyland Christian Center and then at Newport Mesa Christian Center in California. His role as a columnist from 1955-1960 in Eternity magazine allowed him the freedom to address other topics such as basic Christian doctrines, the theology of Karl Barth, and also to review books. His basic approach in apologetics was that of an evidentialist. Between 1955-65 Martin was appointed as director of cult apologetics publications with Zondervan. During this period Zondervan released several publications about cults under his direction, with at least eight books and four booklets written by Martin. His earliest countercult books included Jehovah of the Watchtower, The Christian Science Myth, The Christian and the Cults and The Maze of Mormonism. In 1960 Martin established the Christian Research Institute in New Jersey, and then in 1974 relocated it to Southern California. Through this para-church organization Martin built up a reference library of primary source material, and sought to train Christians in the art of apologetics and evangelism. He developed a bureau of speakers, and from the early 1960s conceived of the need for a computerized data base of apologetic information. In 1978 he established a ministry periodical known as Forward, which was redesigned in 1987 as Christian Research Journal. Martin was also a radio broadcaster and in the mid 1960s Martin regularly appeared as a guest panelist on The Long John Nebel Show, and then founded his own program known as 'The Bible Answer Man.' During the 1980s Martin spoke in churches and para-church conferences in Australia and around the world, Brazil, Kenya and New Zealand. His final book dealt with New Age spirituality. Martin maintained a part-time role as a lecturer in various liberal arts and bible colleges including The King's College, Melodyland School of Theology in Anaheim, California, and was for many years a board member of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. In 1980 he joined John Warwick Montgomery in promoting apologetics through the Master of Arts program at the Simon Greenleaf School of Law. Dr. Martin passed away in the summer of 1989.
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