Materialism

Continuing the exposition of 'walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly,' Pastor Martin identifies the mass media of communication -- television, radio, newspapers, magazines, and advertising -- as a primary channel through which ungodly counsel reaches believers. He exposes four philosophies permeating the mass media: materialism, sensualism, moral relativism, and anti-God intellectualism, and offers practical counsel for guarding oneself and one's family against their subtle influence.

Pastor Martin contrasts the counsel of ungodly materialism with the blessed man who meditates in the law of God. Drawing from Genesis through the Epistles, he demonstrates that things were never meant to bring blessedness, that sin has deceived man into thinking otherwise, and that judgment falls on those who pursue blessedness through material accumulation. He shows practically how the blessed man receives and relinquishes things according to God's will, using Job and the Apostle Paul as examples.