Walter Martin - Family

Walter Ralston Martin (September 10, 1928 – June 26, 1989), was an American Evangelical minister, author, and Christian apologist who founded the Christian Research Institute in 1960 as a para-church ministry specialising as a clearing-house of information in both general Christian apologetics and in countercult apologetics. Walter Martin - Family. Martin was born in New York City, the son of George Washington Martin (a judge) and Maud Ainsworth. He was raised in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn, a ...

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Walter Martin - Early years. Martin's career as an apologist coincided with his tertiary education in 1949 as he reputedly self-published some pamphlets on cults. He also practiced answering a variety of questions about the Bible and faith during lunch hours at a public park situated near Wall Street, in New York City. Martin has indicated in various book dedications and in audio recorded lectures how he was mentored by Frank Gaebelein (Principal, Stony Brook School), Wilbur Smith (author of the apologetic text Therefore Stand), and the Presbyterian radio evang ...

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Martin was a figure of controversy who aroused great loyalty among his colleagues, and deep animosity from many of his detractors. He was criticised by some fundamentalist Protestants for his affiliations with Pentecostals and Charismatics (even though he is a Baptist), and for his refusal to classify the Roman Catholic church as a "cult." He was the subject of scathing criticism of his doctrinal stance by the Canadian historian and ex-Jehovah's Witness M. James Penton. He was also criticized by Thomas Johnsen for defending the Lieber manusc ...

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Walter Martin, Walter Martin - Family, Walter Martin - Education, Walter Martin - Career, Walter Martin - Early years, Walter Martin - Evangelical-Adventist controversy, Walter Martin - Early writings, Walter Martin - Christian Research Institute, Walter Martin - Broadcaster debater and lecturer, Walter Martin - Controversies, Walter Martin - External link, Walter Martin - Obituaries and biographical sources, Walter Martin - Critical assessments of Martin's writings, Walter Martin - Bibliography

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