He was a pastor on Sundays and a radio host during the week. The Chicago Tribune called him "unfailingly cheerful and irrepressibly corny," Bob Murfin was both, and he regularly had his wife, Jessie, with him right in the studio, encountering people in desperate situations, Bob invited listeners to send cards of encouragement to them, offering what he called a cup of cold water. All of this wrapped up in homespun humor and biblical encouragement.

In 2003, God called him home. But to the glory of God, Bob Murfin is a name you should know.